Patrick Hemmerlé is a French pianist, born in 1981. He studied the piano in France, firstly privately with Nadine Wright and then at the Conservatoire in Paris with Bill Eidi. He received advice from Ventislav Yankoff, Joaquín Soriano and Eric Heidsiek. He is a prize winner at several international competitions: the Scriabin Competition in Grosseto, Italy (second prize), Toledo (first and Spanish music prize), Valencia (4th prize, Spanish music Chopin and Beethoven concerto prizes), CFRPM competition in Paris, etc. His career has led him to play in many European countries, North America and China. He has worked on several occasions with the Alliance Française. The main focus of his activities is German music. This has led him to present programmes with the last three Beethoven Sonatas in parallel with the last three Schubert Sonatas, or Bach's Goldberg Variations with Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. He is also interested in French music written at the turn of the 20th century. In 2012, he presented a series of five concert, in which he analysed and played the works of nine French composers. Patrick is the musician in residence at Clare Hall, part of Cambridge University, where in addition to giving concerts, he lectures on various musical subjects.