and artist, Noémie Pérugia, and the highly regarded musician and pianist, Catherine Collard, both now deceased. From 1997 to 2001, Jean-Paul Sevilla taught at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and from September to December 1999, he was guest Professor at the Oberlin (Ohio) Conservatory of Music. He is regularly invited as a jury member at national and international competitions such as Munich, Lisbon, Porto, Cleveland, Marsala, Senigallia, Jaen, Orléans, Cagliari, Moscow, Leipzig as well as the Paris Conservatoire, The Pro Musicis Competition, Le Concours des Grands Amateurs, the Canada Art Council, the Canadian Music Competitions etc. Jean-Paul Sevilla has released a C.D. featuring works of Vincent d'Indy and Albert Roussel and an album of two CDS "Homage to childhood" with works of Debussy, Prokovief, Ibert, Grovlez, and the world premiere of works by Pierné and Soulima Stravinsky. More recently, he has recorded works by Fauré in Japan and in France (Préludes op.103). A recent CD of the world premiere of Gabriel Pierné's Variations in C minor has just been awarded a Diapason d'Or, the highest award given by the French music magazine "Diapason". A new album including Fauré's complete Nocturnes has just been released and critically acclaimed. Jean-Paul Sevilla is an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France). References 1934 births Living people 20th-century French male classical pianists Conservatoire de Paris alumni French people of Spanish descent Academic staff of the Schola Cantorum de Paris Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 21st-century French male classical pianists