Jean Jacques Balet was born in Switzerland and studied the piano at the Paris conservatoire with Lélia Gousseau. Having  won  the first prize in 1974 he obtained the “licence de concert” at the Ecole Normale de musique de Paris, then studied with Dieter Weber in Vienna and Livia Rev and Ania Dorfman. He studied chamber music with Tibor Varga during several years. He is currently professor at the conservatoire  de Genève, (HEM) for accompaniment and  chamber music. He also conducts small ensembles in concerts dedicated to contemporary music. He has given concerts in more than twenty countries and made several records and gave master classes in Japan, China, Singapore. I worked with important composers like Ohana, Dutilleux, Hosokawa and Kurtág. Jean Jacques teaches chamber music, accompaniment and contemporary chamber music at the Hem, (Haute Ecole de musique de Genève)