About Antoine Rivard-Landry
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 Montreal, Quebec and abroad. His affinity with the Russian romantic repertoire allowed him to distinguish himself at the Berlin Philharmonic during his participation at the Berliner Klavierfesttage, and more recently in Vienna, where he won first place in his category as well as the special Beethoven prize at the Wien Klassik international competition.
As recitalist, Antoine recently played at the Église St-Viateur and appeared in the Valois Concert Series and Les classiques du dimanche à Longueuil concert series. As a chamber musician, he collaborated with the Cobalt Quartet at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, with mezzo-soprano Charlotte Gagnon at the Maison d’Opéra et de Concert de Sherbrooke, and in a trio at the St-John de Bromont as part of Pro musica sur la route. Internationally, he made his debuts in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
Projects for his 2025-26 season feature a Hummel and Chopin recital, which he will perform in this year’s season of the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur as well as at the Ehrbarsaal in Vienna. Fall activities include a visit to Norway at the Prof. Jiri Hlinka Academy, made possible with the patronage of the Fondation Père Lindsay, where he will work with Leif Ove Andsnes, among others, and in Italy, taking part in the Livorno Piano Competition.
As the first prize at the Auguste Descarries Piano Competition in 2023, Antoine frequently explores and programs works by the French Canadian composer, including in Lausanne during his debut at the Piano & Musique de chambre à St-Jean. With the patronage of the Association pour la diffusion de la musique d’Auguste Descarries, he will take part in an artist residency at Orford Music in October 2025, during which he will work on his first album, dedicated to the composer.
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.
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Upcomming Projets
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September 8-12. Norway.
Prof. Jiri Hlinka Piano Academy
Masterclass with Leife ove Andsnes, Havard Gimse and Christian Ihle Hadland.
With the patronage of the Fondation Père Lindsay. ​
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September 29-October 11. Canada.
Artist Residency at Orford Musique.
With the patronage of the Association pour la diffusion de la musique d'Auguste Descarries.
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October 15-19 octobre. Italy.