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
6th April 2024
- PERFORMERS
- University of St Andrews Symphony Orchestra
- LOCATION
- Younger Hall, St Andrews, United Kingdom
7th April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Ann Kuo
- PERFORMERS
- Jefferson Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Dr. J. Arturo Gonzalez
- LOCATION
- Green Center Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States of America
11th April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Laura Michelin
- PERFORMERS
- Göteborg Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Pekka Kuusisto
- LOCATION
- Göteborg Concert Hall, Göteborg, Sweden
12th April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Corban Kerr
- PERFORMERS
- Symphony of the Canyons
- LOCATION
- Kanab High School Auditorium, Kanab, UT, United States of America
12th April 2024
- SOLOISTS
- Nat Rivet
- PERFORMERS
- Nazareth University Symphony
- CONDUCTOR
- Raul Munguia
- LOCATION
- Glazer Performing Arts Center, Rochester, NY, United States of America