Jacques Desbrière

Jacques Desbrière (1925-2021) belongs to the generation of French composers of the second half of the twentieth century, a contemporary of Dutilleux, Sauguet, Jolivet, Françaix, Ibert and others. He has composed numerous instrumental works for piano and chamber ensemble. He studied music formally at the Paris Conservatoire in the 1940s under Claude Delvincourt but insists his real instruction in composition came from the organist and composer André Tournier with whom he stayed in close contact until the latter’s death.