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

11th June 2023

PERFORMERS
Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra
CONDUCTOR
Jessica Morell
LOCATION
Richardson Auditorium Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States of America

20th June 2023

SOLOISTS
Valentine Laporte, flute
PERFORMERS
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
CONDUCTOR
David Leigh
LOCATION
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland

20th June 2023

SOLOISTS
Joonas Neumann; Martin Pajumaa
PERFORMERS
MUBA Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR
Jaan Ots
LOCATION
MUBA Concert Hall, Talinn, Estonia

15th July 2023

SOLOISTS
Claire Luck
PERFORMERS
Ensemble East
CONDUCTOR
Philip Hesketh
LOCATION
St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, United Kingdom

21st July 2023

PERFORMERS
Orchestre des Jeunes de la Mediterranée
LOCATION
Nuits de la Citadelle à Sisteron, Sisteron, France

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