Francoise Regnat

Pianist Francoise Regnat is a graduate of the Paris Conservatory where she studied with Jeanne -Marie Darre and a recipient of the Artist Diploma from Indiana University where she was a student and assistant of Gyorgy Sebok. She has performed extensively throughout the United States. Her solo, orchestra and collaborative performances have taken her to such venues as New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Hunter College, Boston’s Gardner Museum, Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis as well as colleges and universities across the country. She has appeared at music festivals in New Hampshire and in Banff, Canada. In California , her concerto appearances have been with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the Mozart festival in San Luis Obispo and the Pasadena Symphony among others. Ms. Regnat has recorded on the Orion label the Franz Liszt complete works for violin and piano which won the Grand Prix International du Disque Liszt in 1977, and on the Centaur label as a member of the Primavera Trio. She remains a very active collaborative artist and is currently the pianist of the TEMPO New Music Ensemble.

Ms. Regnat is Professor Emeritus of Music at California State University, Northridge where she was on the faculty from 1972 to 2010. She is the recipient of the 2011 CAPMT Life Time Achievement Award.