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Jacques Loussier
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1934-10-26
- Active to
- 2019-03-05
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Discography
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- 103,538
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Jacques Loussier (Angers, France, 26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He was well known for his jazz interpretations in trio formation of many of Johann Sebastian Bach's works, such as in the Goldberg Variations. Loussier started piano lessons aged ten, in Angers, and after three months he encountered his first J. S. Bach – the little G-minor Prelude. It was a piece he fell in love with, he has said, and he played it on 'tens <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jac
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Angers
- Place of death
- Blois
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Yves Nat
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- loussier.com
- Image
- Jacques Loussier-02.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- Commons category
- Jacques Loussier
- date of birth
- 1934-10-26
- name in native language
- Jacques Loussier
- date of death
- 2019-03-05
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- place of burial
- Cour-sur-Loire
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
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