Gaël Liardon (18 December 1973 – 21 October 2018) was a Swiss classical keyboard player, composer and academic.
Born in Lausanne, he studied harpsichord, organ and continuo playing with and , piano with , and improvisation with Rudolf Lutz. He has been organist of the church of Villamont, Lausanne, from 1995.
In 2009, he obtained a diploma of teaching theory at the Geneva University of Music, with distinction. He taught music pedagogy at the Geneva Conservatory.
In 1997, he created the Festival de Musique Improvisée de LausanneFestival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne and also participated in the creation of the research group on improvisation of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
In 2011, he founded the Sweelinck EnsembleSweelinck Ensemble on Cantate-choir.info in Geneva.
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Festival de musique improvisée, Lausanne on RTS Gaël Liardon France-orgue Gaël Liardon IMSLP Gaël Liardon: Les psaumes de Didier Poncet (1611). Etude d'un style polyphonique hors norme. (thesis) Enquête sur la disparition de l'improvisation au XVIIIe siècle by Gaël Liardon on Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance Gaël Liardon - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland YouTube Gaël Liardon: Sonne der Gerechtigkeit IMLSP