Appreciated for his expressivity, on-stage charisma and confidence, Antoine Rivard-Landry is a French-Canadian pianist leading an active career as a soloist and chamber musician in Quebec and abroad. His latest projects and activities led him to make appearances at the Berliner Philharmonie, at the Ehrbar Saal and the Musikverein in Vienna, as well as in Switzerland, Norway, Italy and France. Highlights of his 2026-27 season include his guest artist debut at Bourgie Hall in Montreal.
“He has already made a guest appearance in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, in Vienna, Lausanne and Montréal and is regarded as one of the most exciting young pianists of his generation. His interpretations combine technical brilliance with emotional depth and a fine sense of sound.”
-Bernhard Jan
Pianist
Co-founder of Vienna Piano School and International Vienna Piano Competition Wiener Klassik
Appointed teacher at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität
A versatile and curious artist, Antoine is invested in exploring both the canonical and contemporary or less known repertoire. He is the first prizewinner of the 2023 edition of the Auguste Descarries Piano Competition, and has since been an enthusiastic advocate for Descarries's music. His first solo album, Descarries & cie, which is to be released later in 2027 under Leaf Music, is a celebration of canadian piano music from the 20th century. Antoine also appears on the album Toccatas & Fantaisies where he performs french canadian composer Francis Battah’s two piano toccatas.
Sought after for his solidity and collaborative qualities, Antoine shares the stage with many colleagues, such as Hugo Perina, flutist and countertenor, in their concert Fantaisies & Mélodies. Other important collaboration include soprano Marion Germain in their Absence, amour et poésie recital. He also performed alongside Cobalt quartet as part of the Chapelle historique du bon pasteur series and members of the Myriade quartet, Julia Mirzoev and Braden McConnell in a Pro Musica sur la route production. New collaborations for this season include croatian cellist Danijela Kos.
Besides his first place at the Auguste Descarries Piano Competition, Antoine holds the Beethoven prize and the first prize of his category at the Vienna Piano Competition Wiener Klassik and has taken part in the Livorno Piano Competition in Italy and the Concours International de piano de Lyon in France.
Antoine Rivard-Landry establishes himself early on as a soloist by playing with many orchestras. At 12 years old, he headlines his first concert with the Orchestre Métropolitain. He has since had the chance to perform with many ensembles including the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières with chef Jacques Lacombe, the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal and the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Harout Fazlian. He is also the 2013 first prize winner of the Orchestre de Trois-Rivières competition and second-place laureate at the OSM competition in 2012. More recently, he was a finalist at the Orford Music Award in 2017, at the Université de Montréal concerto competition in 2018 and at the 2022 edition of the Stepping Stone, part of the Canadian Music Competition.
Antoine studied at the Juilliard School in the studio of Robert McDonald, at the Université de Montréal with Jean Saulnier and finally at the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique de Montréal under the tutelage of Richard Raymond. Now done with his studies, he frequently attends masterclass in North America and Europe learning with artists such as Iddo Bar-Shai, Marc-André Hamelin, Hung Kian Chen, Oxana Yablonskaya and Jura Margulis.