JEAN-PIERRE WALLEZ-Gb

JEAN-PIERRE WALLEZ France/Switzerland Soloist, chamber musician, conductor, laureate in the Paganini, Long Thibaud and Geneva competitions, Jean Pierre Wallez has played alongside and conducted prestigious musicians, including Isaac Stern, Mistlav Rostropovitch, Henryk Szeryng, David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier, Arto Noras, Maurice Gendron, Jean Pierre Rampal, Maurice André, Pierre Barbizet, Paul Badura-Skoda, Aldo Ciccolini, Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, José Van Dam, Jean Philippe Lafond, Gabriel Bacquier, Gundula Janowitz, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pierre Boulez, Georges Prêtre, Bernard Haitink, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Baremboim,…. Leader of the Ensemble Instrumental de France, in 1978 Jean Pierre Wallez founded the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and has conducted the Orchestre National De Lille, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, the Orchestre National de Nancy, the Orchestre National de Nice, the Orchestre National d’Auvergne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the Malmo Orchestra, Rome’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Turin’s RAI Orchestra, the Radio Sofia Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Orchestra, the Berlin RIAS Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Copenhagen Opera Orchestra… Musical director of Normandy’s “Septembre Musical de l’Orne” and “Ensemble” festivals. Jean Pierre Wallez has composed numerous contemporary works: André Jolivet, Marcel Landowski, Jacques Bondon, Antoine Tisné, Jean Martinon, Jean Louis Florentz…He has recorded with major record labels: ERATO, EMI, CBS and DECCA, with which he earned a gold disc Jean Pierre Wallez teaches violin at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (HEM) and has been invited to give concerts and master classes all round the world. Jean Pierre Wallez has received numerous acknowledgements in his home country, such as Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Officier des Artes et Lettres and Commandeur du Mérite National.