Jean Balissat

Jean Balissat (born May 15, 1936 in Lausanne , † September 16, 2007 in Corcelles-le-Jorat ) was a Swiss composer , music teacher , musician and conductor .

Life

Jean Balissat studied harmony and counterpoint in Lausanne with Hans Haug and from 1954 in Geneva composition and orchestration with André-François Marescotti and conducting with Samuel Baud-Bovy . At the same time he studied percussion with Charles Peschier and horn with Robert Faller .

From 1972 to 1983 he was professor of composition and orchestration at the Geneva Conservatory . Since 1979 he has also worked as a professor at the Lausanne Conservatory. Through his lessons at the Geneva and Lausanne Conservatories, he led numerous young students in composition and orchestration.

From 1960 to 1983 he was a conductor in various wind orchestras, including 12 years with the well-known La Landwehr wind orchestra in Friborg, Switzerland.

Jean Balissat was head of the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein (STV) from 1986 to 1990 and since 1991 president of SUISA (“Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works”).

Works

Works for orchestra

• 1977 Fête des vignerons sur un livret d'Henri Debluë
• 1980 Review - pour violon et orchester
• 1982 Bioméros for chamber orchestra

Works for wind orchestra

• 1981 Incantation et sacrifice essai pour une bicephale harmony
• 1994 Le Chante de L'Alpe
• 1998 Gli elimenti pour orchester d'harmonie
  • 1. La terre
  • 2. L'acqua
  • 3. L'aria
  • 4. Il fuoco
• AGE Suite symphonique, pour grande orchester d'harmonie
• Les Gursk's poème symphonique pour orchester d'harmonie
• Le premier jour for orchestra d'harmonie
• Petite overture romantique
• Preludio Alfetto
• Second Sinfonietta For Band for brass band
• Symphony for orchester d'harmonie
• Songes d'automne Sinfonietta pour orchester d'harmonie

Works for chamber music

• 1956 Adagio et Fugue for violin and piano
• 1971 Sept Variations for Octet

literature

• Jean-Louis Matthey: Jean Balissat . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz - Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse. Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 104. (French)

Web links

• Works by and about Jean Balissat in the catalog of the German National Library
• Brief information about Jean Balissat on fattore.com. Retrieved September 2, 2008 (French). 
• Composer and conductor Jean Balissat has died. Basler Zeitung, September 18, 2007 ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )