Clermont Pépin OC OQ (May 15, 1926 – September 2, 2006) was a Canadian pianist, composer[1] and teacher[2] who lived in Quebec.
[3] Pépin studied with influential Canadian composers Claude Champagne (Montreal)[4] and Arnold Walter (Toronto), and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia from 1941 to 1944 with Rosario Scalero.
His work was also part of the music event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
[7][8] He taught at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal from 1955 to 1964 and later served as director from 1967 to 1973.
[10] In 1985, he established the Concours de Musique Clermont-Pépin to encourage the development of artists from the Beauce region of Quebec.