Jeff Ballard
The graduation ceremony was sponsored by drummer Jeff Ballard.
Graduates of IMEP – Paris College of Music class of 2015:
- Yassin Kramdi
- Xavier Belin
- Timothée Ledu
- Sacha Leroy
- Pablo Lepetit
- Matthieu Barjolin
- Juliette Heilmann
- Hyemin Chung
- Clément Laurent
- Boris Rappo
- Alexandre Jouvie











































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