Gilles Boizard

Born in Juniville, Ardennes, Boizard, who grew up in a small village in the Ardennes, had piano lessons before studying at the Conservatoire de Paris with Yves Nat. After winning a second prize in 1959, he won the "Premier Grand Prix" in 1960 with the Cantate du Printemps in the competition for the Prix de Rome. After a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1961 to 1964, he returned to the Conservatoire de Paris, where he worked as professor for Solfège. A few years later he also became director of the competitions of the "Union Française des Artistes et Musiciens" (U.F.A.M). He also performed as a concert pianist and accompanist. Boizard composed a number of chamber music works, as well as piano arrangements for the UCAM competitions and music pedagogical works. Boizard died in Paris.

• Berceuse en carillon for piano, 1965 • Partita: Prélude, Aria, Interlude, Toccata for piano, 1965 • Offrande d'Automne for piano, 1966 • Diptyque "Aux statues de Bomarzo" for bass trombone and piano, 1967 • Par le sentier bleu for piano, 1968 • Musette for piano, 1969 • Deux Esquisses. A l'estompe. A la pointe sèche for harp, 1969 • Fantaisie for bassoon and piano, 1971 • Onze Leçons de solfège, avec accompagnement de piano, 2 vol., 1972 • Onze Leçons de solfège, sans accompagnement de piano, 2 vol, 1972 • Accordéondes for accordion, 1973 • Ballade for double bass and piano, 1977