Gérard Jarry, born June 6, 1936, in Châtellerault, France, died January 18, 2004, in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France, was a French classical violinist. Jarry won the Premier Grand Prix at the Long-Thibaud Competition in 1951 at age 15. In 1959, Jarry co-founded the Trio à cordes français alongside Serge Collot and Michel Tournus. In 1969, Jarry joined the Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra as concertmaster, performing over 2,500 concerts across 33 years and making over 150 recordings, including the complete concertos of Jean-Marie Leclair in 1977, Haydn in 1973, Mozart in 1976, and Bach in 1978. From 1984 to 2001, Jarry served as concertmaster of the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. Jarry served as professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, training several generations of international violinists. Jarry died at age 67.
