Justin Taylor harpsichord
Franco-American harpsichordist Justin Taylor was revealed to the international scene at the age of 23 by winning First Prize at the prestigious and much-coveted International Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges in 2015. He also received the Audience Prize, the Alpha Prize and the EUBO “Developing Trust Prize” for the most promising young European musician. That same year, he founded Le Consort with violinists Sophie de Bardonnèche and Théotime Langlois de Swarte. In 2017 Justin was awarded the “Musical Revelation of the Year” Prize by the Professional Critics Association.
Justin has been invited to perform in venues and festivals such as the Philharmonie de Paris, BOZAR in Brussels, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Kölner Philharmonie, LSO St Luke’s London for the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL), Muziekcentrum De Bijloke in Ghent, L’Auditori Barcelona, Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid, Auditorium du Louvre Paris, Washington DC’s Library of Congress, Oji Hall Tokyo, Seoul Arts Center, Festival International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, etc. He has also appeared as a soloist with Concerto Köln, 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, Mannheimer Philharmoniker and the Duisburger Philharmoniker.
Upcoming appearances include a tour in North America, concerts with Le Consort, a performance with William Christie and Jordi Savall at the Philharmonie de Paris, a Vivaldi week-end at Radio France and a solo recital at the Valetta Baroque Festival in Malta, to name but a few.
Justin Taylor already has a comprehensive discography on Alpha Classics: “La Famille Rameau” (Choc de l’année from Classica magazine, and Exceptional by Scherzo Magazine), “La Famille Forqueray: Portrait(s)” (Gramophone Editor’s Choice and a Choc de l’année from Classica magazine), “Continuum” (devoted to Scarlatti and Ligeti). As gifted on fortepiano as harpsichord, Justin has released Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17. In 2018 he recorded a double album for Deutsche Grammophon’s “Bach 333: Harpsichord Works”. With Le Consort, Justin has released four albums on Alpha Classics: “Venez chère ombre” and “Royal Handel”, both with mezzo soprano Eva Zaïcik, “Opus 1” (Diapason d’Or award) and “Specchio Veneziano” with works by Reali and Vivaldi.
Ever since his childhood Justin Taylor has played both the piano and the harpsichord with passion, and he studied in Angers and Paris, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Roger Muraro, Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou.
