P A U L A N D R É B E M P É C H A T Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Artist-in-Residence, Leverett House Harvard University www.bempechat.com Education D.M.A. (Piano/Musicology), Boston University, 2000 - Professors: Anthony di Bonaventura, Piano; Isabelle Cazeaux, John Daverio, Musicology - Dissertation: The Life and Works of Jean Cras (1879-1932) Diplôme d'études approfondies (M. Phil.) (Musicology and Comparative Literature) Université de Paris Sorbonne - Professors: Marie-Claire Beltrando-Patier, Musicology; Pierre Brunel, Comparative Literature M. Mus. (Piano), The Juilliard School - Professors: Nadia Reisenberg, piano; Felix Galimir, chamber music M. Mus. (Piano), B. Mus. (Piano), Manhattan School of Music - Professors: Artur Balsam, Piano, Chamber Music HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS (most recent) 2017: Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) 2013-2018: The REC Foundation, St. Louis, MO. Career development grant. 2013: The Austrian-American Association of Boston. Research subvention. 2010-2013: The REC Foundation, St. Louis, MO. Research subvention 2008: John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, MA. Publication subvention 2007: Halcrow Yolles Foundation, Toronto. Publication subvention 2004: Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Grant for Consultancy in Arts Education 2000-2009: Institut Culturel de Bretagne – Post-doctoral Fellowship 1997: Winner of the National Opera Association's annual Scholarly Papers Competition for “Jean Cras and Albert Samain: Parallels and Paradoxes in the Genesis of ‘Polyphme’” 1995: Elected member of Pi Kappa Lambda, May 1995 1995-2000: Institut Culturel de Bretagne (France) — Dissertation Fellowship 1990-1994: Boston University — Dean’s Award for Doctoral Studies Foreign Languages: French, German, Swedish, Italian (written); conversational Danish, Dutch, and Spanish Professional Research and Teaching Appointments at Harvard University 2016-2019: Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies 2014-: Artist-in-Residence, Leverett House 2011-2014: Center for Jewish Studies, Visiting Fellow 2009-2010: Harvard Divinity School, Visiting Scholar 2 2007-2008: Adjunct Lecturer, Division of Continuing Education 2005-2007: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Visiting Scholar 2002-2005: Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Visiting Scholar 2002-2014: Center for European Studies, Affiliate Activities at and Community Service to the University: 2016-date: Co-founder of the Harvard-Uppsala (Sweden) Chamber Music Exchange Program 2016-date: Chopin lecture-recitals at Leverett House 2015-date: Beethoven lecture-recitals at Leverett House 2013-date: Member of the Senior Common Room, Leverett House; Leader, French Table 2006-date: Creation of the Lyrica Society’s Annual Dialogues at Harvard 2003-2008: Member of the Senior Common Room, Cabot House 2002-date: Annual piano recitals at The Memorial Church and/or at undergraduate Residence Halls Parallel Professional Appointments 2014-: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Visiting Lecturer 2014-: Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Instructor 2013-: Elie Wiesel Institute, Paris, France, Visiting Lecturer 2012 (Spring): Princeton University, Department of Music, Visiting Artist 2012 (Spring): Rutgers University, Mason Gross School for the Arts, Visiting Instructor, Musicology 2011-2012: Princeton Adult School: Courses on Chopin (Fall) and Women Composers (Spring) 2009-2012: The Hun School of Princeton, Private Piano Instructor 2009-2013: Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music 2004-2005: Pennsylvania State University, Visiting Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence 2004-: Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations, President and Chief Executive Officer 2000-2010: Institut Culturel de Bretagne, Research Fellow 1991-2009: Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, Visiting Artist and Professor 1985-1986: Denison University, Visiting Associate Professor 1981-1984: University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Associate Professor (tenured) 1980-1981: University of Ottawa, Ontario; Visiting Lecturer PUBICATIONS Monographs, Edited Volumes and Journals 2018: Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters, 2nd edition, Peter Lang Publishers; in preparation. 2016: Naturlauf: Scholarly Excursions Toward Gustav Mahler, Essays in Honour of Henry-Louis de La Grange at His 90th Birthday. Editor/Contributor. New York: Peter Lang Publishing; 672 p. 2013: Ars Lyrica 22 (2013), Editor 2012: Ars Lyrica 21 (2012), Co-Editor 2011: Ars Lyrica 20 (2011), Editor 2009: Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters. Farnham (UK): Ashgate Publishing. 610 p. 2005: Liber Amicorum Isabelle Cazeaux: Symbols, Parallels and Discoveries in Her Honor. Editor and contributor. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. 565 p. Articles 3 Peer-Reviewed 2017: “Restoring Luise Greger: A Renaissance in Progress,” in Journal of the International Alliance of Women in Music, expected May 2017. 2011: “Felix Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony and the Culture of Assimilation,” in Harvard University Center for European Studies Working Papers Series; online, at http://ces.fas.harvard.edu/publications/OpenForum/CES_OFWP_6_Bempechat.pdf. 25 pp. 2011: “The Location of Mendelssohn’s Culture: Religious Counterpoint, Confusion and Synthesis in the Reformation Symphony,” in Ars Lyrica 19, pp. 27-56. 2010: “Rita Strohl, Classicist or Mystic?” in Journal of the International Association of Women in the Arts, pp. 17-22. 2010: “The Abergavenny Eisteddfod of 1838 and the Birth of Barzaz Breiz,” in Ars Lyrica Celtica (Ars Lyrica 17), pp. 97-129. 2004: “Classic - Celtic - Eclectic: The Harp Compositions of Pierick Houdy,” in American Harp Journal, Summer 2004, Vol. 19, No. 3; pp. 9-15. 2003: “Allons, enfants de quelle patrie ? Breton Nationalism and the French Impressionist Aesthetic,” Harvard University Center for European Studies Working Papers Series, 2003; http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/working_papers/bempechat.pdf. 24 pp. 2002: “Narrating the Symbol: Jean Cras’ Legacy of Song,” in Ars Lyrica 12, pp. 3-70. 2001: “Where Formalism Meets Folklore: Jean Cras’ ‘Trio pour cordes (1925),’” American String Teacher, May 2001, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 74-81. 2001: “The Choral Works of Jean Cras,” The Choral Journal, February 2001, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 9-16. 2000: “An Admiral of Music: Jean Cras’ Chamber Music for Strings,” The Strad, London, October 2000, Vol.111, No. 1326, pp.1096-1100. 1999: “Love’s Labours Found: Jean Cras' Pieces for Violin and Piano Rediscovered (with apologies to The Bard),” American String Teacher, November 1999, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 64-74. 1999: “Inside Jean Cras’ Musical Laboratory II: Cyclical Composition at its Zenith: ‘Quintet for Harp, Flute, and Strings,’” American Harp Journal, Summer 1999., Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 7-12. 1998: “Jean Cras and Albert Samain: Parallels and Paradoxes in the Genesis of Polyphème,” The Opera Journal, March 1998, Vol. XXXI/1, pp. 3-17. 1998: “Inside Jean Cras' Musical Laboratory: An African Diary in Music and Letters: The Genesis of His ‘Suite en Duo' for Flute and Harp (1928),’” American Harp Journal, Winter 1998, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 7-14. 1998: “A Rediscovered Masterpiece: Jean Cras' ‘Deux Impromptus pour harpe (1925),’” American Harp Journal, Summer 1998, Vol.16, No. 3, pp. 5-10. Proceedings Articles (Peer-Reviewed) 2009: “The Breton Compositions of Jean Cras,” in Proceedings of the 23rd Harvard Celtic Colloquium. 2008: “Toward a Breton Musical Patrimony: Symbiosis and Synthesis of the Folkloric, the Classical and the Impressionistic,” in Proceedings of the 22nd Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Encyclopedia Entries 2011: “Lori Laitman,” in The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 2001: “Jean Cras,” in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG). 2001: “Jean Cras,” in The Revised New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2001: “Max d’Ollone,” in The Revised New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Miscellaneous Articles: 4 2015: “Jean Cras, Musicien-Marin,” in Mon violon m’a sauvé la vie – Destins de musiciens dans la Grande Guerre. Musée de Meaux (France); in press. 2005: “Ravel Writes to Jean Cras,” in Liber Amicorum Isabelle Cazeaux: Pendragon Press (Hillsdale, NY), pp. 365-376. 2005: “Fair Winds and Following Seas: Jean Cras’ Symphonic Autobiography, ‘Journal de bord (1927),’ ” in Liber Amicorum Isabelle Cazeaux, Pendragon Press (Hillsdale, NY), pp. 443-457. 2000: “Naval Hero—Novel Voice: The Piano Works of Jean Cras,” Piano & Keyboard 206, September-October 2000, pp. 47-55. 2000: “Recent Repertoire Discoveries from France: Jean Cras’ ‘Sonate (1900)’ and ‘Légende (1929)’” for the Internet Cello Society: http://www.cello.org. (ca.) 10 pp. 1995: “In Memoriam Artur Balsam (1906-1994),” in Durch die Brille; Vienna: Hans Schneider, 1996. WORKS IN PROGRESS Recordings: 2016-2022: Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas, annual release of one of eight compact discs. DANACORD Records, Copenhagen, Denmark. Books: Jean Cras, Polymath of Music and Letters, 2nd edition, revised and expanded. P. Lang, 2018. Jean Cras, musicien et scientifique. P. Lang, 2018. Jean Cras, Mélodies de jeunesse. First critical edition of his unpublished early songs. Expected 2018. Chopin, Scientist. Manuscript in progress, expected, June 2020. Articles: “Genius and Solitude: The Life and Work of Mel(anie) Bonis”: to be submitted to the Journal of the International Association of Women in the Arts; expected, December 2017. “Duparc Dismisses Debussy: The Unpublished Pelléas Correspondence”: to be submitted to Cahiers