Paul Doyon Blind Concert Pianist 1942 Photo and similar items

Subject(s): Paul Doyon Format: Authentic original 8 x 10 glossy photograph and illustrated program circa 1942 Origin: The photo is stamped on the back, "Tri-Boro Photos, Inc., 186 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, N.Y." Condition: Excellent Comments: Doyon was born in Montreal in 1903 and died there in 1986. At two he lost his sight, and in 1908 he entered the Institut Nazareth, where he studied violin with Camille Couture and J.-J. Goulet, voice with Alfred Lamoureux, and piano and organ with Arthur Letondal. He was organist at Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Church in Montreal from 1922 until his death. He won the 1925 Prix d'Europe for piano and went to Paris, studying 1925-7 and 1929-30 and the École normale. Doyon played Franck's Variations symphoniques for the CSM in 1936 and 1940 and performed on several US radio stations and on CBC radio. In a 1950 NFB film he explained how to read music in Braille. He gave concerts and lectures in Canada, Newfoundland and the United States.