Jean Balissat

15.05.1936 - 16.09.2007

Jean Balissat was born in Lausanne (Switzerland) and was immediately attracted to composition and conducting. He was educated in harmony and counterpoint in Lausanne before undertaking studies in composition, orchestration and conducting in Geneva. In order to have a deeper insight into the mechanism of an orchestra he also studied the horn and percussion.
As a conductor and musical director he has directed numerous ensembles in our country including the "Landwehr de Fribourg" which has been under his baton for the past 12 years.
Jean Balissat has composed for orchestras, chamber music ensembles, percussionists, choirs, harmonic orchestras, brass bands and solo instruments. He wrote the score for the "Fête des Vignerons", which was celebrated in 1977 in Vevey.
He has taught orchestration and analysis for many years at the conservatories of Lausanne and Geneva.
From 1986 to 1990 he was the president of the Swiss Association of Musicians and from 1991 to 2004 of the SUISA Foundation for Music.
Profoundly attached to the countryside of the canton of Vaud, he lives since 1963 in Corcelles-le-Jorat.

Jean Balissat
CH-1082 Corcelles-le-Jorat
Fon: +41 (0)21 903 12 39


Discs


Musik in Luzern - Sinfonische Blasmusik
Albert Benz: Der Landvogt von Greifensee
Albert Jenny: Dialoge
Jean Balissat: Sinfonie
Mani Planzer: Provocaliente II
Richard Wagner: Kaisermarsch
(Blasorchester Stadtmusik Luzern; Franz Schaffner)

Gallo CD 885
SME/EMS Order Nr.: 144
Price CHF: 39.- (2 CDs)    Price EUR: 24.- (2 CDs)

International Competition for Musical Performers Geneva CIEM 1996
Ivan Jevtic: Trompetenkonzert
Jean Balissat: Kaléidoscope
(André Henry; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Kissozcy)
Willy Burkhard: Konzert für Viola und Orchester, op. 93
(Naoko Shimizu; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Kissozcy)

Musica Helvetica MH CD 101.2
SME/EMS Order Nr.: 142
Price CHF: 15.-    Price EUR: 9.-

Frédéric Rapin
Herbert Fries: Concerto pour clarinette et cordes
Armin Schibler: Concertino pour clarinette et cordes op. 49
Jean Binet: Petit Concert pour clarinette et cordes
Jean Balissat: "Cantabile" pour clarinette et cordes
Andor Kovach: Concerto pour clarinette et cordes
Alexis Chalier: Concertino pour clarinette et cordes
(Frédéric Rapin; Kammerorchester Arpeggione Hohenems; Jean-François Antonioli)

Musiques Suisses MGB CTS-M 80
SME/EMS Order Nr.: 92
Price CHF: 29.-    Price EUR: 18.-

Quatuor Sine Nomine
Jean Balissat: Quatuor à cordes
William Blank: Quatuor à cordes
Michel Hostettler: Quatuor à cordes
Frank Martin: Quatuor à cordes
Jean Perrin: Quatuor à cordes
Henri Scolari: Quatuor à cordes
Julien-François Zbinden: Quatuor à cordes
(Quatuor Sine Nomine)

Musiques Suisses MGB CTS-M 57
SME/EMS Order Nr.: 77
Price CHF: 39.- (2 CDs)    Price EUR: 24.- (2 CDs)

Jean Balissat
Jean Balissat:
Sept Variations pour Octuor
(Quatuor Sine Nomine u.a.)
Incantation et Sacrifice
(Musique de Landwehr de Fribourg; Hervé Klopfenstein et Albert Zapf)
Bioméros
(Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana; Jean Balissat)
Rückblick
(Bettina Boller; Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana; Jean Balissat)

Grammont CTS-P 17-2
SME/EMS Order Nr.: 39
Price CHF: 29.-    Price EUR: 18.-



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