Born in 1966 in Marseille, where he started his musical studies, Jérôme Granjon entered at the age of 15 the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in Jacques Rouvier and Jean Hubeau’s classes. There, he was awarded the First Prize of Piano and of Music Chamber. He carried on his studies in Canada at the Banff Centre, School of Fine Arts. He also worked with Pascal Devoyon.
Jérôme Granjon was the award winner of the International Piano Competition Città di Senigallia, and the recipient of the Fondation Albert Roussel prize.
He then decided to spend more time to enrich and deepen his musical approach. During two consecutive years, he was awarded a Lavoisier grant by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowing him to improve his work with the great teacher Maria Curcio-Diamand in London. He also studied accompaniment, harmony and writing.
Noticed by Maria Joao Pires, he performed several times with her, notably in the Concerto for two Pianos by Mozart in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, and in Lisboa with the Gulbenkian Fundation Orchestra. Since September 2000, he has been working as Artistic Assistant Director of the Centre d’Etudes des Arts Belgais in Portugal. In January 2004, he opened the Piano(s) Festival Lille 2004 in a concert shared with Maria Joao Pires, performing the Concerto in d-minor by J.-S. Bach with the Lille National Orchestra conducted by Jean-Claude Casadessus. The critics were enthusiastic (Le Figaro, Diapason).
Jérôme Granjon also performed as a soloist with the Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists’ Orchestra, the Portuguese Broadcasting Orchestra, the Marseille Soloists’ Orchestra. He has made appearances in many countries such as Denmark, Germany, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, China and the U.S.A as well as in major French cities. He was also the guest artist of En Blanc et Noir, Scènes Ouvertes, Jeunes Solistes, on the radio channel France Musique, and on regional and national television programmes.
Besides his soloist activities, he has a passion for chamber music and has created the Hoboken Trio with the violonist Saskia Lethiec and the cellist Guillaume Paoletti. They recorded in 2004 the Dumky Trio of Dvorak and the Smetanta trio (Lyrinx). The record rewarded by the critics. He also performs with musicians like Augustin Dumay and Jean-Guihen Queyras.
Jérôme Granjon has recorded L’Histoire de Babar de Francis Poulenc (CD shared with Maria Joao Pires for Universal Portugal), a CD with the cellist Yves Savary dedicated to French music (Pan Classics) and the recording of Anton Webern ‘s complete chamber music work (Farao). These records have been particularly acclaimed in the musical press: Fono Forum, das Orchester…