Pascal Nemirovski (born 1962) is a French

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

. In 1981, he was admitted to the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

on full scholarship (

Steinway Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Henry E. Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth le ...

& Freundlich Fund) and studied with

Nadia Reisenberg Nadia Reisenberg Sherman (14 July 1904 – 10 June 1983) was an American pianist of Lithuanian birth. Biography Nadia Reisenberg was born in Vilnius to a Jewish family. Her parents were Aaron and Rachel Reisenberg., adapted from Dr. Anne K. Gray ...

, pupil of

Josef Hofmann Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor. Biography Josef Hofmann was born in Podgórze (a district of Kraków), in Aus ...

and

Adele Marcus Adele Marcus (February 22, 1906 May 3, 1995) was an American pianist and instructor whose career was based at the Juilliard School in New York City. Life and career Marcus was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the youngest of 13 children of a rabbi ...

, pupil of Josef Lhevinne. As a pedagogue, he enjoys an international reputation for presenting master classes throughout the world and is often a jury member at international piano competitions. His students include celebrated pianists

Lise de la Salle Lise de la Salle (born 8 May 1988) is a French classical pianist. Career De la Salle first performed aged 9 on Radio France. At 12 years old, she won the First Prize of the Seventh International Contest of Ettlingen, Germany. She is also a pri ...

and

Louis Schwizgebel Louis Schwizgebel (born 19 November 1987) is a Swiss pianist. He studied piano with Franz Josefovski and Brigitte Meyer at the Lausanne Conservatory, Pascal Devoyon at Universität der Künste Berlin, Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald at the Juillia ...

. From 2006 to 2016, he taught at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...

in London, where in 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM). In 2012, he also became a teacher for the academy's LRAM teaching diploma. Since 2011, he has taught at The Purcell School. In 2015, he was appointed guest professor at the

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a music school, drama school and concert venue in Birmingham, England. It provides education in music, acting, and related disciplines up to postgraduate level. It is a centre for scholarly research and docto ...

, becoming a professor and international chair in piano in September 2016. He is currently a visiting professor at the

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and

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Conservatories in

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. He also teaches at several summer music festivals, including the Edwin Fischer Sommerakademie (Germany), MusicAlp (France), Music Fest Perugia (Italy), and the Cadenza Summer School (UK). He was appointed artistic director and chairman of the jury of the Concours International de Piano Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Saint-Priest/Lyon, France) from 2017 to 2021. In 2023, He is appointed artistic director and chairman of the Madrid International Piano Competition. Pascal Nemirovski is a Steinway artist.

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External links

Official site of Pascal NemirovskiOfficial site of Madrid International Piano CompetitionGenealogy on Pianists Corner
21st-century French male classical pianists 21st-century French classical pianists 1962 births Academics of the Royal Academy of Music French piano educators Living people Juilliard School alumni Academics of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire {{classical-pianist-stub