Born in Paris in 1997, Antoine Préat began learning the piano at the age of nine and made his debut a year later at the Salle Gaveau. After graduating with honours from the École normale de musique de Paris-Alfred-Cortot, where he studied with Ludmila Berlinskaya and Guigla Katsarava, Antoine Préat furthered his studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Tatiana Sarkissova and Christopher Elton, graduating with a Master of Arts DipRAM – the highest distinction offered by the institution – and the Bach Prize. Antoine was also fascinated by early music, and studied both harpsichord and fortepiano under the guidance of Carole Cerasi, and fortepiano with Andreas Staier and Tobias Koch in Poland. Throughout his career, Antoine Préat has been fortunate to receive additional guidance from Philippe Cassard, Cédric Pescia, Boris Berman, Pascal Rogé, Alberta Alexandrescu, Robert Levin, Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode, Imogen Cooper and Stephen Hough. Antoine has been invited to perform in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall or the St John’s Smith Square in London, the Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot and Petit Palais in Paris, or Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, as well as festivals such as the Nohant Festival Chopin, Lisztomanias (Châteauroux), Chopin à Bagatelle, Nuits du Piano (Paris), IMS Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove and Encuentro de Santander. He has appeared on BBC Radio 3, France Musique, Scala Radio and Musiq3.