Raj Bhimani to perform the music of Thérèse Brenet Sunday, April 19th in Paris

Pianist Raj Bhimani will perform the French première of Thérèse Brenet's "Trois Preludes" pour piano on Sunday, April 19 at 16h00 at the American church in Paris. The programme (which is listed below) will also feature works by Brahms, Roussel and Poulenc. The American church is located at 65, quai d’Orsay, 75007 Paris and admission is free (a collection is taken to help support the series).

Raj Bhimani is an active performer, teacher, and adjudicator. He has presented solo and chamber music recitals in the United States, France, Italy, Portugal, Canada, and India, and can be heard regularly in and around New York. Performances of his have been broadcast on Indian National Radio and Television, Portuguese National Radio, and also on WQXR and WHUS Radio in the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College in California, and a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory in Maryland. He had the good fortune to study in Paris for three years with noted French pianist Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, and in New York has had a long association with Seymour Bernstein. He also values the assistance he has received from Claude Frank and Andre Laplante. Mr. Bhimani teaches in the Music School of the 92nd Street Y in New York and also maintains large private teaching studios in Bronxville, New York, and in Manhattan. He has also taught at New York University and in the Music Preparatory Department of Concordia College, and gives lectures and workshops on piano pedagogy, the performance of French piano music, and other topics.



Trois Intermezzi, Opus 117 - Johannes Brahms

Variations et Fugue sur un thème de Handel -

Johannes Brahms

Trois Préludes pour piano - Thérèse Brenet

Nocturnes - Francis Poulenc

Trois Pièces pour piano, Opus 49 - Albert Roussel


à l’Eglise Américaine

65, quai d’Orsay, 75007 Paris


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