Gaël Liardon (18 December 1973 – 21 October 2018) was a Swiss classical keyboard player, composer and academic. Born in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

, he studied harpsichord, organ and continuo playing with and , piano with , and improvisation with

Rudolf Lutz Rudolf Lutz (born 1951) is a Swiss organist, harpsichordist, conductor and composer. Education Lutz studied at the Zurich University of the Arts, in Zürich and at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Career From 1973 he was ...

. He has been organist of the church of Villamont, Lausanne, from 1995. In 2009, he obtained a diploma of teaching theory at the

Geneva University of Music The Geneva Haute école de musique (french: Haute école de musique de Genève HEM) is a higher music education institution in Geneva, Switzerland. Status The HEM is a public institution founded in 2009, but the school has its origin back to 1 ...

, with distinction. He taught music pedagogy at the Geneva Conservatory. In 1997, he created the Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne and also participated in the creation of the research group on improvisation of the

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that have ...

. In 2011, he founded the Sweelinck EnsembleSweelinck Ensemble
on Cantate-choir.info in Geneva.

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Festival de musique improvisée, Lausanne
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Les psaumes de Didier Poncet (1611). Etude d'un style polyphonique hors norme.
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''Enquête sur la disparition de l'improvisation au XVIIIe siècle'' by Gaël Liardon
on Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance
Gaël Liardon - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
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Gaël Liardon: ''Sonne der Gerechtigkeit''
IMLSP {{DEFAULTSORT:Liardon, Gael 1973 births Musicians from Lausanne 2018 deaths Swiss harpsichordists Swiss organists Swiss male musicians Male classical organists Organ improvisers 20th-century organists 21st-century organists 20th-century Swiss musicians 21st-century Swiss musicians 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians 20th-century classical musicians