Arthur Coatalen

Born in 2004, French-Hungarian pianist Arthur Coatalen developed an early interest in the piano, composition and conducting. He began studying piano in Budapest with Tamás Réti and Gábor Eckhardt, then continued with Mireille Phillips at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and Romain Descharmes at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris. In 2026, he was awarded the Prix de Piano at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP), where he studied with Hortense Cartier-Bresson.

Keen to broaden his musical practice, he studied collaborative piano with Reiko Hozu and harmony with Fabien Waksman at the CNSMDP. In 2026, he also received prizes there in harmony and 20th- and 21st-century composition techniques. He has attended masterclasses in Hungary, Spain and France, working with Jacques Rouvier, Haruko Ueda, Sébastien Vichard, Till Fellner, François-Frédéric Guy and Stanislav Ioudenitch.

In 2025, he won First Prize at the Shanghai International Musician Competition, which tests pianists across several disciplines. In the final, he directed a Mozart concerto from the keyboard. At the 2024 International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists in Lithuania, he won Second Prize and two special prizes for performances of a Romantic work and a Baroque work. He performed in the final with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra under Martynas Staškus. He has also won prizes in competitions in France, the Czech Republic (Broumov Key), Italy (Pietro Argento), Spain (Ibiza) and Belgium (César Franck). His French awards include competitions in Île-de-France, Chatou and Lagny, as well as a Steinway competition.

His performances have taken him to the Rudolfinum in Prague, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria in Santander, the Quanzhou Grand Theatre in China, the He Luting Concert Hall in Shanghai and the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius. He has appeared at the Nancyphonies, the Nohant Festival Chopin Hors les Murs and Les Spiriades. He also performed as part of the French Jeunes Talents association’s 2023–2024 season and attended the Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander in summer 2023.

An active chamber musician, he regularly plays in piano trios and piano duos and has shared the stage with violist Miguel da Silva and flautist Philippe Pierlot. He founded the piano duo Duo Entrelacs with Sophie Boucheau. During the 2024–2025 season, they took part in the Académie Piano-Piano, attending masterclasses with Philippe Cassard, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Gil Garburg. His compositions were performed in Savennières and Angers during the 2025–2026 season.

Arthur Coatalen joined the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel as an Artist in residence in the 2026–2027 season, under the direction of Franck Braley and Avedis Kouyoumdjian.

Last updated: 2 October 2026