Jacques Delécluse is French performer, educator and composer. He revolutionized the teaching and composition of modern percussion music. At the hub of the modernism movement in France, Jacques Delécluse’s musical influence stemmed from his work with other noted composers such as Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen.



In 1959 Jacques Delécluse was appointed timpanist of the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire and eventually held principal positions after the orchestra reformed as the Orchestre de Paris.



Jacques Delécluse taught percussion at the Conservatoire de Paris for more than 30 years and wrote many percussion works, including “Twelve Etudes for the Drum,” one of the most often referenced books in percussion education today.



At the age of 76 Jacques Delécluse retired from the Orchestre de Paris and the Conservatoire and continues to teach, judge and compose.



In 2009 he was selected to be inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame, along with The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.