Jean-Jacques Werner: A Life in Sound and Form Born in Strasbourg, France, in 1935, Jean-Jacques Werner’s life was a testament to the profound interconnectedness of music, mathematics, and visual art. From his early childhood immersed in the rhythms of Alsace – the chime of church bells, the scent of the Vosges forests, and the flow of the Rhine – emerged an artist deeply attuned to both the ephemeral beauty of sound and the underlying structures of form. His journey began with a remarkably diverse musical education: he mastered the harp, horn, and orchestral conducting at the conservatoire i…