Paul-André Bempéchat
Pianist and Historical Musicologist
Contact Information
E-Mail (work): pabempec@fas.harvard.edu
Biographical Statement
A graduate of the Juilliard School, the Sorbonne, and Boston University, Bempéchat's research focuses on the interplay of music, literature, and politics to examine the survival of minorities. His recent biography of the Breton Impressionist, Jean Cras, Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters (2009) is the founding study of this eclectic composer. Bempéchat's current research will continue to yield studies on nationalism via Impressionism, and an exploration of the religious and spiritual identities of the Mendelssohn family from Moses Mendelssohn to the present. He also serves as president of the Lyrica Society (www.lyricasociety.org) and is concurrently preparing compact discs to include the complete piano works of Cras and major works of Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms.
Curriculum Vitae (December 2011)
Dr. Bempéchat has been invited to lecture on and perform Jean Cras at the International Festival of Piano Rarities at Schloss Husum, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 19 August 2012.
Reviews for Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters:
Curriculum Vitae (December 2011)
Dr. Bempéchat has been invited to lecture on and perform Jean Cras at the International Festival of Piano Rarities at Schloss Husum, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 19 August 2012.
Reviews for Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters: