Biography

Having completed his studies with Thomas Friedli, Pascal Moragues, Michel Arrigon and Maurice Bourgue, Jérôme Compte successively won “Prix de virtuosité” at the Conservatoire de Genève and “Prix à l’unanimité” at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP). He is laureate of the Meyer Foundation for cultural and artistic development and the Fondation d’entreprise Groupe Banque Populaire, and in 2003, was “filleul” of the Académie Charles-Cros. Distinguished by several international competitions, Jérôme Comte has appeared across the world as soloist and chamber musician. He regularly performs with ensembles such as the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, the Orchestre National de France and the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2005, at 25 years old, he became a member of the prestigious Ensemble Intercontemporain. Pierre Boulez and Matthias Pintscher have directed him in works he is particularly fond of: Unsuk Chin’s Concerto for clarinet, Hans Werner Henze’s du Miracle de la rose, Yan Marez’ l’Eclipse and Eliott Carter’s Concerto for clarinet, which he has just recorded with the Ensemble Intercontemporain. In 2010, he was invited to perform Pierre Boulez’ Dialogue de l’ombre double upon the occasion of a retrospective on the composer at the Louvre auditorium. Jérôme Compte exclusively plays a Tosca clarinet by Buffet Crampon.