The graduation ceremony took place at the Cité Universitaire de Paris under the patronage of saxophonist Archie Shepp.
Graduates of IMEP – Paris College of Music class of 2012 :
- Renaud Bregou
- Rudy Chandra
- Ari Dayan
- Antoine Lefort
- Quentin Lupinko
- Nicolas Martin
- Michael Mear
- Nuria Pinero Oropesa
- Jean Poulhalec
- Ivan Quintero
- Pablo Ramirez























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