Biography
Early music keyboardist Pierre Gallon maintains an active career both as a soloist and as a participant in chamber groups of differing scales. His programs range across works from the Renaissance through the Classical era.
Born March 27, 1986, in Falaise, Normandy, France, Gallon is the son of lutenist Pascal Gallon. He and his brother, cellist François Gallon, were raised amid a household collection of period instruments. At nine he began harpsichord lessons and soon joined the classes of Bibiane Lapointe and Thierry Maeder at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Caen while also pursuing violin. In 2006 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMD), where he studied harpsichord and basso continuo under Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou. There he worked with Blandine Verlet, Élisabeth Joyé, and Pierre Hantaï, each of whom he has credited with shaping his artistic growth.
Gallon launched his recording career in 2014 on the L'Encelade label with Attaingnant: Auprès de vous, an anthology of pieces issued by the sixteenth-century Parisian printer. He remained affiliated with L'Encelade throughout the following decade, supplementing those projects with releases on Harmonia Mundi that involved additional collaborators.
His performing partnerships have been notably wide-ranging. He serves as principal harpsichordist of the Baroque ensemble Pygmalion and has held comparable posts with Ensemble Correspondances and Le Poème Harmonique. Gallon regularly partners with soprano Alice Foccroulle, appearing with her as fortepianist on the 2021 album Haydn: Deutsche Lieder, and he maintains an ongoing duo with viol player Lucile Boulanger. In 2023 he contributed harpsichord to the Irish and Scottish program Indiscretion by The Curious Bards. The following year he joined harpsichordist Matthieu Boutineau for a two-keyboard reading of François Couperin's Concerts Royaux, marking his debut as a featured soloist on the Harmonia Mundi roster.
Born March 27, 1986, in Falaise, Normandy, France, Gallon is the son of lutenist Pascal Gallon. He and his brother, cellist François Gallon, were raised amid a household collection of period instruments. At nine he began harpsichord lessons and soon joined the classes of Bibiane Lapointe and Thierry Maeder at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Caen while also pursuing violin. In 2006 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMD), where he studied harpsichord and basso continuo under Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou. There he worked with Blandine Verlet, Élisabeth Joyé, and Pierre Hantaï, each of whom he has credited with shaping his artistic growth.
Gallon launched his recording career in 2014 on the L'Encelade label with Attaingnant: Auprès de vous, an anthology of pieces issued by the sixteenth-century Parisian printer. He remained affiliated with L'Encelade throughout the following decade, supplementing those projects with releases on Harmonia Mundi that involved additional collaborators.
His performing partnerships have been notably wide-ranging. He serves as principal harpsichordist of the Baroque ensemble Pygmalion and has held comparable posts with Ensemble Correspondances and Le Poème Harmonique. Gallon regularly partners with soprano Alice Foccroulle, appearing with her as fortepianist on the 2021 album Haydn: Deutsche Lieder, and he maintains an ongoing duo with viol player Lucile Boulanger. In 2023 he contributed harpsichord to the Irish and Scottish program Indiscretion by The Curious Bards. The following year he joined harpsichordist Matthieu Boutineau for a two-keyboard reading of François Couperin's Concerts Royaux, marking his debut as a featured soloist on the Harmonia Mundi roster.
Albums
After Dark: A Midnight Fantasia
2026
J. S. Bach: Concertos for Three and Four Harpsichords
2025
Haydn: Deutsche Lieder
2021
Singles
