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Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse.
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse.
Born in 1977, Romain Herve is considered as “one of the most talented pianists of his generation”. (“Le nouveau musicien”, May 2005). Product of the poetic school of French piano, taught by Pierre Froment (a student of Alfred Cortot) and Bruno Rigutto (a student of Samson François) at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in Paris, Romain Herve took first prizes in piano and chamber music, was awarded advanced studies diplomas with highest honours in the same disciplines, and subsequently entered the postgraduate programme.
He has also received advice from Lazar Berman, Georges Cziffra, Dimitri Bashkirov, Leon Fleisher, January-Marisse Huizing and Lev Naumov.
Romain Herve"s appearances in France, in recital or as a soloist with orchestra, have included performances at the Salle Pleyel, at the Salle Gaveau with the European Romantic Orchestra, at the Maison de Radio France with the Orchestre de la Garde Republicaine, at the Cité de la Musique with Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, at the Salle Cortot, the auditoriums of the Palais Royal and at the Musée Grevin. International guest performances have taken him to Germany (NDR Concert Hall in Hanover), The Netherlands (in Nijmegen, Bergen, and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw), Singapore (Esplanade Concert Hall with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra), South of Korea (Seoul Arts Center, concert hall) Switzerland (in Interlaken, Saint-Ursanne, at the Palais de l’Athenee and the Ansermet Studio in Geneva), Great Britain (with the Nottingham Youth Orchestra), Italy (Casagrande Theatre), Belgium, and Spain.
He has participated in several television and radio broadcasts, including France 3, France Inter, France Culture, France Musiques, RTL, Radio Suisse Romande, NDR Kultur.