Jacquillat was born in Versailles in 1935. He was named assistant to Charles Munch at the Orchestre de Paris in 1967. He was chief conductor of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. He made a number of recordings, with that orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, and others. His career was cut short when he died in a car accident in 1986 in France, aged 51.
Recordings
His recordings include:
arr. Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, with Victoria de los Ángeles and the Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris (released under EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series)
Emmanuel Chabrier: España (Orchestre de Paris)
Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer and Chanson perpétuelle, with Victoria de los Ángeles and the Lamoureux Orchestra
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Orchestre de Paris)
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Orchestre de Paris)
Maurice Duruflé: Three dances for orchestra, Op. 6: Divertissement, Danse lente, Tambourin (Sydney Symphony)
Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951): Sinfonietta (Icelandic Symphony Orchestra) and Five Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (Iceland Chamber Orchestra)
Reynaldo Hahn: Le bal de Beatrice d'Este (Orchestre de Paris)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle arr. Hector Berlioz: La Marseillaise (Orchestre de Paris)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, with Einar Johanesson and the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Pierné: Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Little Lead Soldiers) (Orchestre de Paris)
Maurice Ravel: Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Jean-Christophe Benoît and the Orchestre de Paris Ensemble)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (Orchestre de Paris)
John Speight: Concerto for Clarinet "Melodious Birds Sing Madrigals", with Einar Johanneson (Iceland Symphony Orchestra).
