Raymond Trouard (9 August 1916 â 17 December 2008) was a French classical pianist. Born in Ătampes, Trouard had AndrĂ© Bloch, Joseph Morpain, Victor Staub, Emil von Sauer, Marcel DuprĂ©, Paul Dukas, Philippe Gaubert and Bruno Walter as teachers at the Conservatoire de Paris. His classmates included Maurice Baquet, Henri Betti, Paul Bonneau, LĂ©o Chauliac, Henri Dutilleux, Louiguy and Pierre Spiers. He won his First Prize in piano in 1933 and