Exclusive artist for Naïve Records and recently noticed at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Franco-Belgian pianist Antoine Préat is a young artist to watch.
London-based for several years, Antoine has been invited to perform in prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Paris Beaux Arts Museum, Fryderyk Chopin Institute, as well as festivals such as the Nohant Festival Chopin, Lisztomanias, Festival Chopin (Parc à Bagatelle, Paris), Les Nuits du Piano (Paris), International Musicians Seminar Open Chamber Music (Prussia Cove, UK) and Encuentros de Música y Academia (Santander). He has appeared on BBC Radio 3, France Musique, Scala Radio and Musiq3.
Antoine has performed alongside leading artists and orchestras including Máté Szücs, Manuel Blanco, Sinfonietta Lausanne, Lesley Hatfield, Robin Ireland, the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris, Sainsbury Royal Academy Soloists, Academy Festival Orchestra, University of Alicante Philharmonic Orchestra and University of London Symphony Orchestra. He is also a founding member of Trio Cordiera with whom he performs regularly.
Throughout his career, Antoine has also been fortunate to receive guidance from Philippe Cassard, Cédric Pescia, Thomas Adès, Robert Levin, Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode, Imogen Cooper, and Stephen Hough.
After graduating with honors from the École Normale de Paris where he studied with Ludmila Berlinskaya and Guigla Katsarava, Antoine furthered his studies at the Royal Academy of Music and Guildhall School of Music under the tutelage of Tatiana Sarkissova and Ronan O’Hora, while studying harpsichord and fortepiano under the guidance of Carole Cerasi.
Antoine was awarded prizes at the Concours International d’Ile-de-France and the Los Angeles Colburn Piano Festival Competition, won the Philip and Dorothy Green Award (2020), and became a 2020 City Music Foundation Artist in London. He was a Semi-Finalist at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition (2021).
Antoine is generously supported by Talent Unlimited, the Munster Derek Butler Award, Hattori Foundation, and the Winifred Christie Trust Award.