Julien-François Zbinden died
Julien-François Zbinden, composer and jazz pianist, died in Lausanne on March 8 at the age of 103.
The composer and performer, who was born in Rolle on November 11, 1917, studied at the MGG from 1930 to 1935 with Ernest Décosterd and Gertrude-S. Keller-Ching in Lausanne, and later in Geneva with Marie Panthès. In 1938 Julien-François Zbinden began his professional career as a jazz pianist, while from 1942 to 1945 he studied counterpoint and orchestration privately with René Gerber.
Zbinden held a management position at Radio-Télévision Suisse Romande in Lausanne until 1982, was president of the Swiss Association of Musicians from 1973 to 1979 and of Suisa from 1987 to 1991. His work has won several awards.
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