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Henri-Paul Sicsic is equally respected as a teacher, a mentor to his students, and as a pianist, striving to be the living demonstration of his own teaching and learning. In 2005, he received the Killam Teaching Prize, one of the highest academic honours awarded in Canada, supported by colleagues, students and alumni.
Sicsic taught at Rice University from 1986 to 1992 as the associate of eminent artist-teacher John Perry. He was a member of the piano faculty at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for thirteen years. His strong commitment to teaching and ability to enrich and inspire young talents is legendary. His students have distinguished themselves at the national and international levels, earning prestigious Fulbright and Canada Council grants and winning top prizes and awards at major competitions. His teachers include Juliette Audibert-Lambert (herself a student of Gabriel Fauré and of Alfred Cortot ), Pierre Sancan (professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris and recipient of the First Grand Prix de Rome of Composition), and renowned pianist and master teacher John Perry. At the Conservatoire de Nice, France, Sicsic was awarded a first prize with honours in piano, a first prize in chamber music, and a conducting diploma. As a pianist, he also received a first prize at the Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice Competition and top prize at the Royaume de la Musique National Radio Competition in France.
A concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, pianist Henri-Paul Sicsic has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, the Pasadena Philharmonic, the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, the Abbotsford Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, among others. His performances have been aired in New York City on WQXR radio, on the National French program “France Musique” in other major centers in the U.S. and on the C.B.C. in Canada. Sicsic joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto July 2007. He is a proponent of the Alexander Technique and also studies Tai Chi Chuan. He enjoys French cuisine and is an avid runner.
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