Musician, teacher, researcher, director... Sylvain Jaccard's career is characterised by the combination of these facets.

Pianist, opera singer, music didactician and musicologist, with a doctorate in music, he has broadened his skills with a master's degree in cultural management. He is currently in charge of a research team at the Haute école de musique HEMU.

Thus, while pursuing a career as a musician, after having trained generalist and specialist teachers for twenty years, he took over the direction of the Conservatoire de musique neuchâtelois, and then, from 1 September 2021, that of the Haute école de musique du Valais. He is also artistic director of the Novantiqua choir of Sion.