Rotary Club of Lisieux president to play piano in Taunton

Marie-Pascale Talbot-Hitier, who is the president of the Rotary Club of Lisieux, will play at St John’s Church on Sunday, May 3, at 3pm <i>(Image: Supplied)</i>
Marie-Pascale Talbot-Hitier, who is the president of the Rotary Club of Lisieux, will play at St John’s Church on Sunday, May 3, at 3pm (Image: Supplied)
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A pianist is set to perform in Taunton during a special visit from a French Rotary Club.

Marie-Pascale Talbot-Hitier, president of the Rotary Club of Lisieux, will play at St John’s Church on Sunday, May 3, at 3pm.

The event is part of a series of activities organised by the Rotary Club of Taunton to welcome the French club members.

The audience will include the mayor of Taunton and the president of the Rotary Club of Taunton, who will give the vote of thanks at the event.

Ms Talbot-Hitier is an award-winning pianist who first studied at the Conservatoire of Caen and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Music and Dance in Paris.

She completed her studies at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels and trained as a teacher at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris.

Her professional career is divided between teaching piano and chamber music, and being a concert pianist as a soloist, chamber musician, accompanist, and vocal coach.

The recital will include performances of works by Handel, Beethoven, Bach, and Debussy, among others, and there will be a retiring collection.

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