Jean-Baptiste Haye graduated with a Master’s degree in Harp from the Haute école des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg and a Master’s degree in Chamber Music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. In 2016, he won Second Prize at the World Harp Competition in Utrecht (Netherlands).
In 2015, he founded the Le Bateau Ivre Quintet (flute, violin, viola, cello, and harp). Unique in Europe, the ensemble has received several international awards, including the Léopold Bellan Competition (Paris, 2016), the Osaka International Music Competition (Japan, 2017), and the
Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival (Lucca, Italy, 2018).
In 2019, Le Bateau Ivre joined the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA). Supported by the Meyer Foundation, the quintet released its debut album Marionnettes in October 2022 under the CNSMDP’s Initiale label. In May 2023, the ensemble was awarded the Silver Medal at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. With this distinction, Jean-Baptiste Haye became the first harpist ever to receive such a major award in the field of chamber music.
His career has led him to perform in renowned concert halls such as the Philharmonie de Paris, Opéra Bastille, Auditorium de Radio France, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Konzertgebouw Nijmegen, Gasteig Munich, Kukje Art Hall Seoul, and Izumi Hall Osaka — both
as an orchestral musician and a chamber performer.
Jean-Baptiste Haye is the regular principal harpist of the Opéra National de Lorraine, harp professor at the CRR du Grand Nancy, and teaches harp and chamber music at Pôle Sup’93.