Pianist · Conductor
Jean‑Bernard Pommier
Béziers, 17 August 1944 · 23 April 2026
Life
Programme
IBéziersThe organist's eighth child, lessons at four, a first concert at seven, a child on the radio
1944–1958IIParisThe last pupil of Yves Nat, Pierre Sancan at the Conservatoire, conducting with Eugène Bigot
1958–1962IIIMoscowSeventeen, the youngest finalist of the Tchaikovsky Competition, and a return to Paris as a star
1962IVThe world stageIstomin, Meadow Brook, Boulez, Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, Stern and Rostropovich
1963–1990VFrom the keyboardFontfroide, the Northern Sinfonia, Turin, Sofia, Žilina, Menton
1969–2015VIThirty-two sonatasThe complete Beethoven and Mozart sonatas, the Diapason d'Or, eight evenings at Salle Gaveau
1982–2015VIIPassing it onMusikè, Codarts and the École Normale, the Franciscains, Piano Prestige, Olga Martinova
1978–20261944 · 2026
Chronology
Eighty-one years on a single line. Move along it, or use the arrows, to open a year.
1962
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Concerts
Concerts documented online, from Moscow in 1962 to his last festival in the autumn of 2025.
ExploreRecordings
Every release we could find, from the Moscow competition LP of 1962 to the reissues of today: LPs, CDs, boxes and digital editions. Corrections and additions are welcome.
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Moments that say more than a list of dates.
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Students, colleagues, orchestra musicians, friends, audience members: everyone who knew him or heard him is invited to share a story.