Jean-François Taillard

 

 

 
Jean-François Taillard began his musical studies with Robert Faller at the Conservatoire de Musique in La Chaux-de-Fond (Switzerland), his hometown.  He continued his studies at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Geneva under the tutelage of Gregory Cass, where he was awarded the First Prize in French Horn performance in 1985.  In 1984, Jean-François Taillard was named Second Horn of the Radiosinfonieorchester Basel, before finishing his studies. Two years later he was appointed Principal Horn in the same orchestra.  He is currently Principal Horn of the Sinfonieorchester Basel.  Mr. Taillard has received the Swiss Youth Musical Award, the Bela Siki Prize, and is a laureate of the Skene Aberdeen Festival Competition (Scotland).  Jean-François Taillard performs regularly with the Basel Brass Quintet, the Grand Ensemble de Cuivres d'Alsace and the Swiss Baroque Soloists.  Jean-François Taillard is a very active musical arranger, providing arrangements for the Basel Brass Quintet, the Grand Ensemble de Cuivres d’Alsace, as well as for renowned orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Sinfonieorchester Basel.  Mr. Taillard’s arrangement of Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin is featured on a Sinfonieorchester Basel’s CD dedicated exclusively to the works of Ravel. An entire CD of Jean-François Taillard’s arrangements for very large brass ensemble (six trumpets, four horns, four trombones, two tubas, and percussion) has been released under the direction of Fred Mills (formerly of the Canadian Brass).  Jean-François Taillard is playing on a Reto Spada Horn (unique model) .  He is also playing on an Egger natural horn.

 

Recordings

J.S. Bach : Brandenburg Concertos (2 CD's)

 

Concerto # 1 in F major BWV 1046

Naxos 8.557755-56

 

Swiss Baroque Soloists

Andrés Gabetta, director

 

Jean-François Taillard, Diane Eaton, horns

 

recorded in 2005

Jean-François Taillard, probably more known as principal horn in the Sinfonieorchester Basel, is also a very active natural horn player.  He is actually working right now with the Swiss brass maker Egger on a new model of baroque horn.  He is the one who did almost everything for these CD's: sound engineer, editing, as well as playing the first horn part in the first concerto.  The 5 other concertos can be found in this 2 CD's set.

 

Calender

Illzach, France March 11, 2007

Beethoven, Brahms, Franck

Jean-François Taillard, horn
Axel Schacher, violin
Brigitte Garzia-Capdeville, piano

 

31 mars 2007 at the Conservatory in Mulhouse (France)

Professor Virginie Maillard

Natural horn Master class by Jean-François Taillard