Name Jean Balissat | Role Composer | |
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Died September 16, 2007, Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland | ||
Jean balissat variations concertantes pour 3 percussions et orchestre de chambre
Jean Balissat (May 15, 1936 – September 16, 2007) was a composer, a professor of music and head of Swiss orchestra.
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- Jean balissat variations concertantes pour 3 percussions et orchestre de chambre
- Le premier jour jean balissat
- Biography
- Works
- References
Le premier jour jean balissat
Biography
Jean Balissat was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. He studied counterpoint and harmony with Hans Haug in Lausanne. In 1954, he moved to Geneva, where he studied the orchestration of Andre-Francois Marescotti and course management with Samuel Baud-Bovy. He also studied percussion with Charles Peschier and the horn with Robert Faller.
From 1972 to 1983, he was professor of composition and orchestration at the University of Geneva. Since 1979, he also served as a professor at the University of Lausanne. Moreover, he was from 1960 to 1983 in various conductor brass orchestras, including 12 years at the famous La Landwehr in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Balissat died in September 2007 in Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland.