CHOPIN – Thom Poirier

Program:

R. Schumann

Waldszenen (Forest Scenes) op. 82

F. Chopin

4 Etudes, op. 25 no. 4, 10, 11 & op. 10 no.12 ("Revolutionnaire / Revolutionary")

Ballade no.3 op. 47 in A flat Major

Nocturne op. 48 no.2 in F sharp minor

Polonaise-Fantaisie op. 61 in A flat Major

Berceuse op. 57 in D flat Major

Heroic Polonaise op. 53 in A flat Major

It was on the island of Réunion that Thom Poirier began learning music. Admitted to the CRR, in 2016 he validated a DEM in piano with unanimous Highest Honors and the Congratulations of the Jury, and at the same time obtained a scientific Baccalaureate with Highest Honors, while developing a passion for musical writing and composition, which he studied as an autodidact. He then had the opportunity to meet the pianist and pedagogue Marie-Claude Equoy, with whom he would work for two years during this period. He continued his training in the Paris region, first at the CRR of Boulogne-Billancourt. There he studied piano with Nicolas Mallarte within an advanced cycle, validated a DEM in musical analysis with Highest Honors with Naji Hakim, and received guidance from Aline Bartissol in chamber music as well as Marie-Paule Siruguet in vocal accompaniment, lied and mélodie.

At the same time, he studied musical writing and keyboard harmony with Isabelle Duha and Matthieu Balanant at the CRD Niedermeyer in Issy-les-Moulineaux, where he obtained a DEM in writing with Highest Honors and the Congratulations of the Jury. Thom was admitted in 2019 to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in the piano class, as well as in the Advanced Writing Cycle in which he currently holds the three first prizes in Harmony, Counterpoint and "Fugue and Forms" (class of Thierry Escaich). He is currently pursuing his studies in the 1st year of his Master's in piano in the class of Hortense Cartier-Bresson, deepening his knowledge of writing through learning orchestration, has studied musical analysis with Yves Balmer, and also practices piano accompaniment with Jennifer Fichet. Passionate both about the solo repertoire (especially the music of J.S. Bach which he is particularly fond of) and about the activity of piano accompanist, he regularly has the opportunity to perform by combining these two approaches, such as in the context of the "Jeunes Talents" festival at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, a performance at the Grand Salon of Les Invalides, or vocal recitals with soprano Aniana Malalaharisoa.

Passionate about philosophy since high school, and placing interdisciplinarity as well as the interactions between different disciplines at the heart of his path, his reflection and his research, he is currently completing the Master's in Philosophy offered by the distance learning program of Paris-Ouest Nanterre University.