Jean-Bernard Pommier is a French pianist and conductor.

Biography

Pommier studied conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris

Conservatoire de Paris

The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...

 with Yves Nat

Yves Nat

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, Pierre Sancan

Pierre Sancan

Pierre Sancan was a French composer, pianist, teacher and conductor. Along with Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux, he was a major figure among French musicians in the mid-twentieth-century transition between modern and contemporary eras; but outside France his name is almost unknown.Born in...

 and Eugene Bigot

Eugène Bigot

Eugène Bigot was a French composer and conductor. He also taught at the Conservatoire de Paris where his notable pupils included Émilien Allard, Louis de Froment, Henri-Claude Fantapié, António Fortunato de Figueiredo, Karel Husa, Paul Kuentz, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Pierre Rolland, and Mikis...

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In 1962 he won the International Competition for Young Musicians in Berlin. Then at 17 he was also the youngest finalist in the International Tchaikovsky Competition

International Tchaikovsky Competition

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He has performed in recitals and as soloist with numerous orchestras and in several European festivals.
In chamber music, he has collaborated with Isaac Stern

Isaac Stern

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 and Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman

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He recorded the Sonata for two pianists Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling

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 with the author in 1972.
Jean-Bernard Pommier has been artistic director of the Northern Sinfonia

Northern Sinfonia

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 and the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2006 he was appointed artistic director of the Menton Classical Music Festival.