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Jean-Baptiste Robin is one of the most prominent French organists and composers of his generation. He is Organist at the Royal Chapel in palace of Versailles and professor of Organ at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Versailles.
He studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris where he was awarded seven "Premier Prix" (organ, harmony, counterpoint, 16th Century composition, 20th century composition, orchestration, Basso continuo) and two postgraduate diplomas with honours, in theory and in organ performance.
He also studied composition in the class of George Benjamin at King's College, London.
He studied organ with Marie-Claire Alain (two years in the CRR Superieur of Paris), Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard (Paris) and Louis Robilliard (Lyon).
In 2000, while still only twenty-three, Jean-Baptiste Robin was appointed to the prestigious post of organist of the Cathedral of St Peter in Poitiers (historic François-Henri Clicquot organ achieved in 1791).
In 2010 he was appointed organist at the Royal Chapel in palace of Versailles where he succeeds to great musicians like Nicoles Lebègue, François Couperin, Louis Marchand, Louis-Claude Daquin or Claude Balbastre.
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As a performer he has appared throughout Europe, Japan, Corea, North Africa and in more than twenty states in North America (including the National Convention of the AGO in Washington in July 2010).
In Europe he has performed in famous international organ festivals including Toulouse-les-orgues, Roquevaire, Masevaux, Saint-Bertrand de Comminges, Saint-Riquier, Haarlem, Silbermann festival in Freiberg, Mendelssohn festival in Coblenz, Monaco, Internationaler Orgelfestival im Schloss, International Orgelsummer in Potsdam-Sans Souci, Porto, etc.
He has given master classes on French organ music for the American Guild of Organists (Washington and Minneapolis), at the International Summer Academy in Haarlem (Holland), the Sapporo Organ Academy (JP), the Hochschule of Tübingen and Rottenburg (Germany), Conservatory of Music of Cincinnati and each year at the Poitiers Summer Academy.
His recordings include the complete works of Jehan Alain (Brillant Classics), Felix Mendelssohn, Louis Marchand (Triton), François Couperin and his own works (Naxos). They have been hailed by the specialied press and awarded highest distinctions in France (Golden Diapason of the Year, Choc by the Monde de la Musique, Recommandé by Classica and Répertoire, "coup de coeur" de l'Académie Charles Cros) and in USA (Dallas Morning News, The American Organist).
As a composer Jean-Baptiste Robin is the author of twenty works ranging from solo instrument to full orchestra. He is winner of the Lagardère Foundation, the Academy of Fine Arts and George Price Enesco from SACEM. His works respond to commsissions from the Ensemble intercontemporain, Radio France (for the Orchestre National de France), the Philharmonia Orchestra and they were performed by many conductors as Pierre Boulez in 2010 for his 85th birthday.
His Organ works are performed all around the world and are published by Gérard Billaudot Éditeur.
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