1.   And the French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who will make his Met debut that day in a nonspeaking role, simply has to have that poster.

2.   Falling for French pianist Gerard Depardieu.

3.   His mother was a French pianist, his father a Czechoslovak violinist who had spent part of World War II in a concentration camp.

4.   Lama Gyurme is a monk, and on his second collaboration with the French pianist Jean-Philippe Rykiel, he focuses on Vajra style devotional chanting.

5.   The French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, best known for his work in contemporary music, gave the recital of the year at Carnegie Hall this month.

6.   Before Shostakovich was Philippe Entremont, the French pianist who spent five years in New Orleans and then went to Denver.

7.   Nicole Henriot, a French pianist who performed around the globe, dies in Louveciennes, France.

8.   The new work is to be performed by French pianist Alain Jacquon in July at the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, Kallberg said.

9.   Other performers will include French pianist Stephane Kochoyan and Chinese saxophonist Liu Yuan.