Gaël Liardon

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 and , piano with , and improvisation with Rudolf Lutz. He has been organist of the church of Villamont, Lausanne, from 1995.

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.

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

In 2011, he founded the Sweelinck Ensemble in Geneva.

References

External links

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) 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

1973 births

Musicians from Lausanne

2018 deaths

Swiss harpsichordists

Swiss organists

Swiss male musicians

Male classical organists

Organ improvisers

20th-century organists

21st-century organists

20th-century Swiss musicians

21st-century Swiss musicians

20th-century male musicians

21st-century male musicians

20th-century classical musicians