Raymond Trouard

Biography

Raymond Trouard (9 August 1916 – 17 December 2008) was a French classical pianist.

Born in Étampes, Trouard had André Bloch, Joseph Morpain, Victor Staub, Emil von Sauer, Marcel Dupré, Paul Dukas, Philippe Gaubert and Bruno Walter as teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris. His classmates included Maurice Baquet, Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau, Léo Chauliac, Henri Dutilleux, Louiguy and Pierre Spiers. He won his First Prize in piano in 1933 and a Second Prize in directing in 1937. He perfected his musical studies with Yves Nat, Sergueï Rachmaninov, Manuel Infante, and Maurice Ravel.

Trouard gave his first piano recital in 1935. He won the 1st Louis Diémer Grand Prix in 1939. This was the beginni...