Justin Taylor – harpsichord

Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Tendres, Plaintes Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1724
Jean-Philippe Rameau La Rameau, Pièces de clavecin en concert, Paris, 1741, transcription de J. Taylor
Claude Rameau Menuet Barosais
Jean-Philippe Rameau La Poule, Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1728
Jean-Philippe RameauLes Sauvages
Jean-Philippe RameauLes Triolets
Claude-François Rameau La Forcray
Jean-Philippe Rameau L’Égyptienne, Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1728
Jean-Philippe Rameau Allemande en mi mineur, Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1724
Lazare Rameau Rondo Grazioso (Sonate n°1, Œuvre I, Paris, 1788)
Jean-Philippe Rameau Le Rappel des Oiseaux, Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1724
Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Cyclopes, Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1724
Jean-Philippe Rameau Allemande, Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1706
Jean-Philippe Rameau Courante, Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1706
Jean-Philippe Rameau Sarabande, Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1728
Jean-Philippe Rameau Gavotte & Doubles, Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, Paris, 1728

Tribute to Jean-Philippe Rameau. This programme offers an intimate portrait of his music, enriched by composers from within his family, including works by his son, Claude-Francois, and his nephew, Lazare.

At the age of only twenty-three, the Franco-American musician Justin Taylor won First Prize in 2015 at the prestigious International Musica Antiqua Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, and in addition to this he won the Audience Prize, the Alpha Prize, and the EUBO Developing Trust Prize awarded to the most promising young European musician. In 2017 he was nominated in the young soloist category at the Victoires de la Musique, and in the same year, the Professional Critics Association awarded him the Musical Revelation of the Year Prize. His career has already seen him appear at LSO St Luke’s in London for the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Series, Auditori in Barcelona, Philharmonie and Louvre Auditorium in Paris, BOZAR in Brussels, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Mozart concertos), the Roque d’Anthéron Festival, MA festival in Bruges, Philharmonie de Paris, and Sintra festival in Portugal. He has also been invited to perform with the Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Orchestre de Picardie, both Mannheim and Duisburg Philharmoniker Orchestras in Germany, where he also recorded a Bach and Vivaldi concerto programme with Concerto Köln in 2021. Following a successful debut tour in Japan the same year, Justin Taylor has been invited to tour again there and make his recital debut in Seoul, Korea. Future highlights include a tour of North America with recitals in Montreal (Salle Bourgie), Washington for Capriccio Baroque and Philadelphia (Ravensong), a Vivaldi week-end at the Maison de Radio France (following the success of the Bach harpsichord concertos series in 2020), a solo recital at the Valetta Baroque festival in Malta, to name but a few. Justin Taylor has already a comprehensive discography on ALPHA Classics, with a recent addition in the internationally praised disc ‘La Famille Rameau’ (Choc de l’année from Classica magazine, E by Scherzo Magazine), an echo to his first solo disc, La Famille Forqueray: Portrait(s) received international acclaim and was awarded a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a “Choc de l’année” from Classica magazine. His second solo disc, Continuum, is devoted to Scarlatti and Ligeti. As gifted on fortepiano as harpsichord, Justin has recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto no.17 (K 453). In 2018 he recorded a double album for Deutsche Grammophon’s BACH 333 compilation. With his ensemble, Le Consort, which tours extensively worldwide, Justin recorded four CDs for ALPHA Classics: Venez, chère Ombre and Royal Handel, both with mezzo soprano Eva Zaïcik, OPUS 1 (Diapason d’Or of 2019) and Specchio Veneziano (2021), with works by Reali and Vivaldi. Ever since childhood, Justin Taylor has played both the piano and the harpsichord with passion, and studied in Angers and Paris, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris, with Roger Muraro, Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou.