French harpsichordist, organist and pedagogue born in 1961, Jean-Marc Aymes was appointed professor of harpsichord at the CNSMDL in 2009, after two years as director of the Regional Centre for Baroque Art in Marseille.
He began his harpsichord and organ studies in Toulouse, seduced since his youth by Baroque and Renaissance music, but also by the contemporary repertoire.
He spent a large part of his life in the Toulouse region, before coming to southeastern France for his professional activities in Lyon and Marseille, where he currently resides.
The opening of Jean-Marc Aymes to contemporary music, a relative rarity among great performers of early music, is reflected in his active participation in the contemporary life of composers, notably through the acceptance of dedications and the creation of several solo works for harpsichord, but also through collaborations with the ensemble Musicatreize [fr] directed by Roland Hayrabédian.
[2] The musicological approach of Jean-Marc Aymes, common to many musicians specialized in the baroque repertoire, is reflected in a close collaboration with researchers, notably Dinko Fabris, author of the notice of his recording of the 4th volume of Girolamo Frescobaldi's works.