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Louis Diémer

French pianist, teacher and composer, born Louis-Joseph Diémer on 14 February 1843 in Paris.

He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from the age of ten, under Antoine Marmontel (piano), Ambroise Thomas (composition) and François Benoist (organ). After his graduation in 1861 he taught piano and gave regularly concerts, touring with Pablo de Sarasate. In 1887 he succeeded Marmontel as professor at the Conservatoire, and continued to compose, teach and perform until his death in Paris on 21 December 1919.

Tchaikovsky dedicated his Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 75, to Louis Diémer.