Jacques Ibert

1890 - 1962

French

Summary

Biography

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from 1910 to 1914. After winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1919 he stayed at the Villa Medici for three years, writing Escales for orchestra and Histoires for piano, works which rapidly brought him worldwide fame. With his antidogmatic personality Ibert was open to various forms of modernity, and tackled all styles with equal success, producing such major works as his Flute Concerto, the comic opera Angélique, a String Quartet, Symphonie Concertante and the choreographic epic Le Chevalier Errant. As a figurehead in French music – director of the Académie de France in Rome from 1937-1960 with a break for the war years, and administrator of the Paris Opera from 1955-1956 – Ibert was elected to the prestigious Institut de France in 1956.

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Performances

8th November 2025

SOLOISTS
Hannah Yu
PERFORMERS
Case Western Reserve University
CONDUCTOR
Ronald Vernon
LOCATION
Buckman Performing Arts Center, Memphis, TN, United States of America

18th November 2025

SOLOISTS
Ben Still
PERFORMERS
UNC Charlotte Orchestra
CONDUCTOR
Alan Yamamoto
LOCATION
Robinson Hall UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States of America

30th November 2025

SOLOISTS
Geoffrey Doucet
PERFORMERS
Entre ciel et terre
CONDUCTOR
Gonzalo Bustos
LOCATION
Auditorium de Brest, BREST, France

7th December 2025

SOLOISTS
Yongrong Chen
PERFORMERS
California Youth Symphony
CONDUCTOR
Leo Eyler
LOCATION
San Mateo Performing Arts Center, San Mateo, CA, United States of America

10th December 2025

PERFORMERS
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Toulon
CONDUCTOR
Victorien Vanoosten
LOCATION
Palais Neptune, Toulon, France

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