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.
News
Performances
19th September 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Nordic Chamber Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Malin Broman
- LOCATION
- Tonhallen, sunds, Sweden
27th September 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Jan Berry Baker
- PERFORMERS
- St Matthews Chamber Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Dwayne Milburn
- LOCATION
- Parish of St Matthews, Pacific Palisades, CA, United States of America
26th October 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Tyler Menzales
- PERFORMERS
- Billings Symphony
- CONDUCTOR
- Aram Demirjian
- LOCATION
- Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT, United States of America
16th November 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Karen Jones
- PERFORMERS
- Oxford Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Robert Max
- LOCATION
- Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, United Kingdom
23rd November 2024
- PERFORMERS
- Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Robert Roscoe
- LOCATION
- All Saints Church, Wokingham, United Kingdom