User:Frank Mento
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Titular Organist at Saint-Jean de Montmartre Church in Paris, France, and Professor of Harpsichord at the Conservatory of the 18th precinct in Paris, France, Frank Mento was born in the United States in Youngstown, Ohio, and grew up in an Italian-American family where music penetrated all aspects of family life. He began piano study at the age of eight with a neighborhood teacher who also introduced him to the organ. Receiving degrees from the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University and the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, he went to France to complement his studies in 1976. Receiving a degree from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, he was appointed Titular Organist at Saint-Jean de Montmartre Church in Paris, France, in 1979. He pursued harpsichord study at the same time with Huguette Dreyfus and was appointed Professor of Harpsichord at the Conservatory of the 18th precinct in Paris, France, in 1997.
