From 1971 to 1994 Gaveau pianos were made by Pianoforte manufacturing company Wilhelm Schimmel.
While teaching full-time, he had “Offrande Lyrique” (Lyrical offering) for violin and orchestra played in concert at the Salle Gaveau in Paris in 1984 by l'Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (The Paris orchestral group) conducted by Jean-Pierre Wallez with Gaëtane Prouvost as a solo violin.
She pursued a career as a recitalist in venues as diverse as the Salle Pleyel and the Salle Gaveau in Paris, Barge Music in New York, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the concert halls of Seoul and Busan, Manege in Reims, Auditorium Strasbourg, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes and Cairo Opera.
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In the 1980s, the Pleyel company bought out the Erard and Gaveau piano companies which also manufactured pianos in France.