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Jean-Pierre Wallez
12+ albums
conductorClassicalearly musicviolinwestern classical music
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Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 18 March 1939) is a French violinist and conductor. Wallez was born in Lille. He graduated in first place in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He won the highest prize of the 1960 Paganini Competition in Genoa after winning three lesser prizes in previous years. Wallez was laureate of the International Competition in Geneva, as well as of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris. 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 Pierre Dervaux and then with Sergiu Celibidache. He was the artistic director of the Festival de Musique d'Albi from its creation in 1974 to its end in 1990. Most of the productions were recorded and broadcast on television. In 1978, Wallez created the chamber orchestra
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Les quatres saisons : Le printemps
2502The Four Seasons: Winter in F minor, RV 297 / Op. 8 No. 4 - Allegro non molto - Largo - Allegro
1643The Four Seasons: Summer in G minor, RV 315 / Op. 8 No. 2 - Allegro non molto - Adagio - Presto
1224The Four Seasons: Spring in E major, RV 269 / Op. 8 No. 1 - Allegro - Largo e pianissimo sempre - Allegro: Danza pastorale
1165Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Op. 40 -
966Sinfonies pour les soupers du Roi: 1er Caprice ou Caprice de Villers-Cotterêts
607The Four Seasons: Autumn, RV 293 Op. 8 No. 3 - Allegro - Adagio molto - Allegro
598Concerto for Trumpet & Oboe in C Major, RV 534: Largo
499Concerto Grosso for 6 Trumpets: II. Adagio
4410Concerto in A minor for 4 keyboards, BWV1065: I. Allegro
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Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring In E Major, Rv 269 / Op. 8 No. 1
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Antonio Vivaldi : Les quatre saisons - Concerto pour hautbois et cordes en Ré mineur
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Romance For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In F Major, Op. 50
L'art de Jean-Pierre Wallez
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Bach - Concertos Pour 3 Et 4 Pianos
Bach: Keyboard Concertos
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Bach: Les Concertos pour 3 et 4 pianos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K. 550
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100 Best Baroque
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The Most Relaxing Vivaldi Album In The World... Ever!
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Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons / Op. 8 No. 1
Baroque Trumpet Concertos