Jean-François Bovard

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Jean-François Bovard (born April 3, 1948 in Lausanne ; † November 4, 2003 ) was a Swiss musician ( trombone , composition ) who emerged in the fields of classical and jazz as well as new improvisational music.

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Bovard began playing the trumpet when he was eight . At the age of 14 he switched to the trombone and received classical lessons at the Conservatoire de Lausanne . In 1968 he became a member of the Orchester de chambre de Lausanne ; he worked both in the Quatour Saint-Jean wind quartet and in the Roby Seidel Bigband and accompanied Pascal Auberson .

In 1981, Bovard founded the improvisation quartet BBFC together with Daniel Bourquin , Léon Francioli and Olivier Clerc , which performed at numerous jazz festivals in Switzerland and Europe and released several albums over the next few years. In 1990 the double bass player Popol Lavanchy brought him into his quintet Popolien . From 1993 he was on the road with the Compagnie d'Eustache , which in 1997 became the large-format Bovard Orchestra , which he directed . In the same year he performed with Pascal Auberson and the Big Band de Lausanne at the Montreux Jazz Festival (CD Big Bang ).

In the following years he worked increasingly across genres as a composer, also for wind orchestras and symphony orchestras. He also wrote for the Jost Meier & Michel Hostettler company ( Fête des Vignerons 1999). He also composed the oratorio Echo d'Eole for mixed choir and orchestra based on a text by Pierre Louis Péclat. In 2002 Expo.02 commissioned him with a composition for the opening ceremony.

In 1985 and 2001, Bovard received prizes from the Fondation vaudoise pour la promotion et la création artistiques , first the sponsorship award, then the Grand Prix. He died of complications from cancer.

Discographic notes

  • BBFC Montreux 18 Juillet 1987 ( Plainisphare 1987)
  • Jean-François Bovard & la Compagnie d'Eustache Voyage a l'intérieur d'une trompe (Plainisphare 1992)
  • Flibuste ( Unit Records 1995)

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personal data
SURNAME Bovard, Jean-François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician (trombonist, composer)
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2003