Ismaël Margain was born in 1992 in France, where he began his musical training in piano, flute, saxophone, jazz, and composition. He then entered the Paris Conservatoire and worked notably with Nicholas Angelich, Roger Muraro, Michel Dalberto. In 2012, he won the Long-Thibaud international competition, and was then nominated instrumental soloist revelation of the year at the Victoires de la musique classique. After this, he toured Latin Ame- rica and the USA for a series of recitals and master classes. On his return to Europe, he performed in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain… He is a regular guest in numerous festivals (Deauville Easter and August festivals, Piano aux Jacobins in Toulouse, Nohant Festival Chopin, Mecklen- burg-Vorpommern Festival, Klavier Ruhr Festival in Germany, All About Piano in London) where he performs as a soloist or in chamber music with Alexandra Soumm, Renaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau, Quatuor Hermès. In Paris, he performs in the Salle Gaveau, the Auditorium du Louvre, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Ismaël Margain is associate artist with the Singer-Polignac Foundation, and winner of the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe prize, funded by the Fondation Safran, the Fondation l'Or du Rhin, and the Fondation Banque Populaire. In 2010, he formed a duet with Guillaume Bellom, with whom he recorded two albums of Mozart and Schubert. He also made three live recordings for B-Records, Mendelssohn, Schubert solo and a two-piano recital with Guillaume Bellom.