Yves Balmer

Yves Balmer (born 6 June 1978) is a French and Swiss composer. He is also a professor, musicologist, and specialist in French music of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is a professor of musical analysis at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. Life and work Balmer has a dual background in music and academia. He studied piano from 1996 to 2000 at the Conservatoire de Lille, where he obtained four gold medals in piano, chamber music, musical writing, and music history. From 2000 to 2005, he studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, where he obtained six first prizes and two Diplômes de Formation Supérieure. Balmer also earned a doctoral degree in musicology in 2008 from the university Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III, under the supervision of Joëlle Caullier. His thesis focused on the music of Olivier Messiaen. Balmer was admitted to Agrégation in 2003 From 2006 to 2018, he was a lecturer, then reader at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, where he was also the Deputy Director (2010-12) and Director (2012-13) of the Department of Arts. Balmer’s research focuses on French music of the 20th century, particu