Jérôme Laran

Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in Claude Delangle's class, he obtained a saxophone prize with “unanimous distinction” in 2002 before being admitted to the advanced program.

Winner of numerous international competitions (Luxembourg, A.R.D. Munich, Adolphe Sax Dinant), he has received support from several prestigious institutions: the Sasakawa and Meyer foundations, then the Cziffra Foundation and Mécénat Musical Société Générale.

His career as a soloist has led him to perform with the Republican Guard Harmony Orchestra, the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphonic Winds, the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra in Zlín, and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia.

A guest at numerous festivals — Pablo Casals in Prades, Les Transclassiques, Voix Nouvelles, Musica, Ars Musica in Brussels, Tokyo Summer Festival — he collaborates closely with composers such as Nicolas Bacri, Élise Bertrand, Karol Beffa, Thierry Escaich, Bruno Mantovani, and Satoshi Yagisawa.

Founder and artistic director of the Rencontres Musicales de Capvern in the Hautes-Pyrénées since 2007, he works actively to promote contemporary music and develop original artistic projects.

Following Hikari in 2015, his latest recording, Osmose, has just been released with the Musique de la Garde Républicaine.

Supported by Henri SELMER Paris and Vandoren, he regularly participates in the development of new materials and is also collection director at Gérard Billaudot Éditeur.

Deeply committed to teaching, Jérôme Laran teaches saxophone at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, the Conservatoire Paul Dukas, and the LUCA School of Arts – Campus Lemmens in Leuven (Belgium) as a guest professor. He is also regularly invited to give masterclasses and public lectures in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Photo credit: Lucie Bigo / Henri SELMER Paris