President of Henry Lemoine & Cie
Born in 1958, Pierre Lemoine holds a doctorate in Economics from Stanford University, California. Since 1987, he has served as President of Éditions Henry Lemoine, the renowned French music publishing house founded in 1772, representing the seventh generation of his family to lead the company.
Under his leadership, Éditions Henry Lemoine has continued its longstanding tradition as a leading publisher of instrumental music and pedagogical works. The company, original publisher of composers such as Berlioz, Damase, Donizetti, Gounod, Messiaen and Piazzolla, releases around one hundred educational publications each year and remains actively committed to the promotion of contemporary symphonic music, publishing works by composers including Boesmans, Dufourt, Dyens, Galliano, Jarrell, Mantovani and Murail.
Pierre Lemoine was awarded the SACEM Grand Prize for Music Publishing in 1997. He has held numerous leadership roles within the music industry, serving as President of the Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Musique de France (CEMF) and Managing President of the Société des Éditeurs et Auteurs de Musique (SEAM). He is also a Corresponding Member of the Music Section of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
In addition, he serves on the boards of several key cultural and professional organisations, including the SDRM, SACEM, and the Maison de la Musique Contemporaine (MMC), where he contributes to the development and promotion of contemporary music creation.
Beyond Éditions Henry Lemoine, he is Chairman and CEO of the music publishing houses Combre, Delrieu, Jobert and Van de Velde, and was also Chairman and CEO of the Paul Beuscher music stores until 2025.
