Jean Henri Marcel Boyer (4 October 1948 – 28 June 2004) was a French organist and a professor of organ at several institutions including the Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon.
Jean Boyer began his musical studies in Toulouse, where he trained with Xavier Darasse.
In 1975, he also joined Michel Chapuis, André Isoir and Francis Chapelet at the pulpit of the Église Saint-Séverin.
[2] Among his students were Élise Rollin, Yves Lafargue, Nicolas Bucher, Arnaud Pumir, Dong-ill Shin, Jean-Luc Perrot, Damien Simon, Aude Schumacher, Francis Jacob, Bruno Beaufils, Brice Montagnoux, Dominique Chevalier, Laurent Bouis, Sylvain Heili, Lionel Avot, Andrés Cea Galan, Willy Ippolito, Jérôme Mondesert, Aude Heurtematte, Michel Jézo, Régis Rousseau, Thomas Ahrén du Quercy, Su-One Park, Hye-Won Park, Ayako Kuwayama, Yukiko Jojima, Loreto Aramendi, Mickael Souveton, Krzysztof Pawlisz.
His scant discography illustrates his mistrust of the fixed recording compared to the spontaneity of concerts.