French harpsichordist, organist and pedagogue born in 1961, Jean-Marc Aymes was appointed professor of

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

at the CNSMDL in 2009, after two years as director of the Regional Centre for Baroque Art in Marseille.

Biography

He began his harpsichord and organ studies in Toulouse, seduced since his youth by Baroque and Renaissance music, but also by the contemporary repertoire. Continuing his studies brought him from Brussels to The Hague. The harpsichord occupied most of his professional time, until 2009 mainly for the interpretative aspect of this art, pedagogy only came to him when he was appointed to the CNSMD in Lyon. Until then, he had only worked as a harpsichordist in numerous concerts around the world and in the most famous

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

festivals. He spent a large part of his life in the Toulouse region, before coming to southeastern France for his professional activities in Lyon and Marseille, where he currently resides.

Career

Jean-Marc Aymes is regularly called upon to perform alongside early music ensembles: Akadémia, Daedalus,

Ensemble Clément Janequin The Ensemble Clément Janequin is a French early music ensemble founded in 1978 and specializing in the chansons of the Renaissance and early Baroque. The founder, and leader, is the countertenor Dominique Visse. The group has recorded almost excl ...

Les Talens Lyriques The French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques was created in 1991 in Paris, France, by the harpsichordist and orchestral conductor Christophe Rousset. This instrumental and vocal formation derives its name from the subtitle of ''Les fêtes d'Hé ...

. He founded the "Concerto Soave" in the company of the Argentinean soprano

María Cristina Kiehr María Cristina Kiehr (born in Tandil, Argentina) is a soprano vocalist associated with Baroque music. After receiving her early musical training in Argentina, she moved in 1983 to Europe and studied under René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basil ...

. This Phocaean phalanx is specialized in the 17th century Italian repertoire and sees them perform all year round in the Marseille region. Moreover, it is in this city that what is meant to be a "showcase of soloists embedding the (voice) of the soprano" that the musicians who constitute it settle down. The opening of Jean-Marc Aymes to contemporary music, a relative rarity among great performers of early music, is reflected in his active participation in the contemporary life of composers, notably through the acceptance of dedications and the creation of several solo works for harpsichord, but also through collaborations with the ensemble directed by Roland Hayrabédian. The musicological approach of Jean-Marc Aymes, common to many musicians specialized in the baroque repertoire, is reflected in a close collaboration with researchers, notably

Dinko Fabris Dinko Fabris is an Italian musicologist. He specializes in lute music, the music of Naples, and Italian music in general, having written books on Italian composers such as Andrea Falconieri, Andrea Gabrieli, Francesco Provenzale and Francesco Ca ...

, author of the notice of his recording of the 4th volume of Girolamo Frescobaldi's works.

Discography

* ''Fin de siècle à Venise'' - harpsichord music at the end of the 16th century - éd. L’Empreinte digitale *

Girolamo Frescobaldi Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 15831 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of k ...

:Frescobaldi by Jean-Marc Aymes: Caprices, délices et orgues
on ResMusica''Accenni : Suonate d'intavolatura. Libro Primo'' - Music for keyboard kept in manuscript - L’Empreinte digitale * Girolamo Frescobaldi: complete music for keyboard music in IV volumes - Disques Ligia Digital - distribution Harmonia Mundi I Toccate d'intavolatura, Libro Primo II Il Primo Libro di Capricci III Il Secondo Libro di Toccate , Canzoni alla Francese (1615) IV Fantasie (1608) , Recercari e Canzoni Franzese (1615) , Fiori Musicali (1635)

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