Jean Françaix has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 6 August 2023. Songs played include Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet.

Jean René Désiré Françaix (23 May 1912–25 September 1997) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.

Françaix's natural gifts were encouraged from an early age by his family: his father a musicologist, composer, and pianist, and his mother, a teacher of singing. He was only six when he took up composing, and his first publication, in 1922, caught the attention of a composer working for the publishing house who…