Born in Santiago de Chile to German/Chilean parents, Jacques Ammon first became known in 1989 as an award winner of the international "Claudio Arrau" piano contest. This was followed by a number of radio and television appearances. Since then, he has been performing regularly at Chilean concerts series and festivals.
Jacques Ammon began his studies as a pupil of Margerita Herrera at the University of Chile and continued these in 1990 under Konrad Elser at the Musical Academy of Lubeck, where he has been a music tutor himself since 2000.
In Germany, the artist, who is at home in Berlin, has been a guest at important musical venues, such as the Rheingau and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festivals and at the Hamburg Musikhalle. The autumn of 2002 saw his Japanese debut. A particular artistic interest to Jacques Ammon is the juxtaposition of the classic-romantic and Latin American repertoire.
Jacques Ammon was the artistic consultant in a CD production (EMI) with Latin American music performed by the "12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra" which was nominated for a Grammy and for the Echo classical music prize in 2001.