Julien-François Zbinden

Julien-François Zbinden (11 November 1917 – 8 March 2021) was a Swiss composer and jazz pianist.

Born in Rolle, Kanton Waadt, Zbinden studied piano in Lausanne and Geneva.

From 1947 he worked at Radio Suisse Romande in Lausanne, first as a recording manager and from 1956 as head of the music department.

From 1973 to 1979 and from 1987 to 1991 Zbinden was president of the Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works (SUISA).

[3][4] Zbinden played the piano every day and was still performing in public as late as 2017,[5] the same year he celebrated his centenary.