Jean-François Paillard (Conductor)

Born: April 12, 1928 - Vitry-le-François, France

The noted French conductor, Jean-François Paillard, received his musical training at the Paris Conservatory. Later he took courses in conducting with Igor Markevitch at the Salzburg Mozarteum.

In 1953 Jean-François Paillard founded the Jean-Marie Leclair Instrumental Ensemble, which became the Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra in 1959, with which he toured widely. He also appeared extensively as a guest conductor. He edited the series Archives de la Musique Instrumentale. He published the study La Musique Française Classique (Paris, 1960).

Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2001)

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