Justin Taylor

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“Justin Taylor reveals himself to already be a boldly individual interpreter (…) and certainly one to watch.”
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Franco-American harpsichordist and fortepianist Justin Taylor was revealed to the international scene at the age of 23 winning First Prize at the prestigious and much-coveted International Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges in 2015. That same year, he founded Le Consort with violinists Sophie de Bardonnèche and Théotime Langlois de Swarte and gambist Hannah Salzenstein. In 2025 Justin was nominated in the Soloist of the Year category at the French Victoires de la Musique.

Justin is the guest of such venues and festivals as BOZAR Brussels, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Cologne Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Philharmonie du Luxembourg, Radio France Auditorium, LSO St Luke’s, KKL Luzern, De Bijloke Ghent, Auditori Barcelona, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Washington DC’s Library of Congress, Oji Hall Tokyo, Seoul Arts Center, Cal Performances, Boston Early Music Festival, Caramoor Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron International Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Innsbrucker Festwochen, Festival de Saint-Denis, Radio France Montpellier Festival, Sintra festival, Festival de Saintes. As a soloist, Justin has been the guest of Concerto Köln, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, Capella Cracoviensis, Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Orchestre de Picardie, Mannheimer Philharmoniker and Duisburger Philharmoniker.

Justin Taylor credits to Jean-Baptiste Millot — Justin Taylor © Jean-Baptiste Millot

In the 2027, Justin will start an international Goldberg Variations tour over two seasons taking him to the Philharmonie de Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Symphony Center Shanghai, Potsdam Sanssouci, Rheingau Festival, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Salle Pasteur Montpellier, Salle Bourgie Montreal, Early Music Vancouver and Wigmore Hall among several other venues. He will also make his Carnegie Hall debut with his long-time chamber music partner Théotime Langlos de Swarte and debut as a soloist with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota.

Justin Taylor is an exclusive ALPHA Classics artist. His latest album Clavecin XX, released in 2026, is structured around four major 20^th century concertos (Falla, Poulenc, Françaix, Górecki) linked by pieces for solo harpsichord. This album received major awards. Before that was a superb Chopin album on a rare upright 1839 pianino released in 2025 to great critical acclaim. Previously his Bach & l’Italie album (2023) had also won international critical acclaim with top prizes (Diapason d’Or of the Year, Choc Classica of the Year, BBC Instrumental choice). This followed several internationally praised albums; La Famille Rameau, La Famille Forqueray: Portrait(s) ‘and Continuum dedicated to Scarlatti and Ligeti. Justin has also recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.17 on the fortepiano. With Le Consort, Justin recorded four albums on ALPHA Classics: Venez, chère Ombre and Royal Handel, both with mezzo soprano Eva Zaïcik, OPUS 1 (Diapason d’Or) and Specchio Veneziano (2021) with works by Reali and Vivaldi.

Ever since childhood Justin Taylor has played both the piano and the harpsichord with passion, and studied in Angers and Paris, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Roger Muraro, Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou.