Gaël Liardon

Swiss musician (1973–2018)

Organist
Composer
Academic

Organizations

Geneva Conservatory
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne
Sweelinck Ensemble

Gaël Liardon (18 December 1973 – 21 October 2018) was a Swiss classical keyboard player, composer and academic.

Born in Lausanne, he studied harpsichord, organ and continuo playing with Pierre-Alain Clerc [fr] and Jovanka Marville [fr], piano with Freddy Balta [fr], and improvisation with Rudolf Lutz. He has been organist of the church of Villamont, Lausanne, from 1995.^[1]

In 2009, he obtained a diploma of teaching theory at the Geneva University of Music, with distinction. He taught music pedagogy at the Geneva Conservatory.^[1]

In 1997, he created the Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne^[2] and also participated in the creation of the research group on improvisation of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.^[1]

In 2011, he founded the Sweelinck Ensemble^[3] in Geneva.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gaël Liardon". Ecole Emil (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne
^ Sweelinck Ensemble on Cantate-choir.info

External links

Official website
Festival de musique improvisée, Lausanne on RTS
Gaël Liardon France-orgue
Gaël Liardon IMSLP
Gaël Liardon: Les psaumes de Didier Poncet (1611). Etude d'un style polyphonique hors norme. (thesis) Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance [fr]
Enquête sur la disparition de l'improvisation au XVIIIe siècle by Gaël Liardon on Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance
Gaël Liardon - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland YouTube
Gaël Liardon: Sonne der Gerechtigkeit IMLSP