Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 18 March 1939) is a French violinist and conductor.
Career
Wallez was born in
He was the first solo-violin of the Orchestre de Paris from 1975 to 1977. At the same time, from 1968 to 1983, he was the leader of the Ensemble Instrumental de France, touring extensively. While doing this, he continued his career as a soloist; he played with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, the Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim and Zubin Mehta, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. He also played with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Isaac Stern, Henryk Szeryng, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Aldo Ciccolini, Paul Badura-Skoda, and Pierre Barbizet.
Wallez studied conducting with
In 1986, Wallez left the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. He became the first guest conductor of the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie in Belgium from 1987 to 1990, and of the Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Denmark from 1990 to 1993. He was the musical director of the Örebro Chamber Orchestra in Sweden from 1992 to 1995. From 1994 to the end of 2000, he was the principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Japan. In 1996, he was also the first guest conductor of the Pasdeloup Orchestra in Paris. His repertoire includes operas by Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, Berlioz, Gounod, Britten, Offenbach.
Wallez recorded for Decca, EMI, CBS, Erato, Forlane, Ades and received awards for them, including the
He teaches violin at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Geneva (virtuosity class) and tutors children aged 3 to 7 through the association he created, la Maison Internationale du Violon.[1] Wallez is the artistic adviser of the Septembre Musical de l'Orne a festival in Normandy.[2]
Wallez is Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur,[3] Officier dans l'Ordre national du Mérite,[4] Officier des Arts et Lettres, and received the Médaille de Vermeil (bronze) from the City of Paris.
References
- ^ Profile at Classical Music Academies (in French)
- ^ Profile[permanent dead link] at Monique Cazeneuve agency
- ^ "JORF n°76 du 30 mars 1997 page 4998 – Décret du 28 mars 1997 portant promotion et nomination", Légifrance, le service public de la diffusion du droit (in French)
- ^ "Cérémonie de remise de décoration", Ministre de la culture et de la communication (26 May 2003) (in French)
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