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Florent LING

Born in Paris, Florent is a pianist and multidisciplinary artist. He regularly studies with the eminent pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and has further refined his artistic identity through the advanced postgraduate program « Diplôme d’Artiste Interprète » at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he is currently pursuing advanced training in pedagogy.

Having previously studied in Paris with pianists Bruno Rigutto and Hortense Cartier-Bresson, he also earned a Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, in the class of Eldar Nebolsin. He also receives guidance from eminent artists such as Janine Jansen, Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Marc Luisada, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Kirill Gerstein, Pascal Devoyon, and Richard Goode.

Florent has toured Asia, performing in numerous concerts in China and Taiwan, including in Guangzhou, Macau, Taipei, and Taoyuan. He also gives a series of public masterclasses at the Macau Conservatory. As a soloist, he has been invited to perform with the Normandy Regional Orchestra and the Conservatory’s Laureates Orchestra.

Supported by the DAAD, ADAMI, Société Générale, and the Tokyo Foundation, he won First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Claude Bonneton International Piano Competition in 2017. He subsequently won 2nd Prize at the Nice Côte d’Azur International Piano Competition, and 3rd Prize as well as the Audience Prize at the Georges Cziffra International Competition. More recently, he also won 1st Prize at the Verão Clássico Awards in Lisbon, the Grand Prize at the Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition in Seoul, and 1st Prize at the Young Euregio Piano Award. In 2022, he was awarded 1st Prize at the International Competition for Young Talents in Normandy.

Alongside his musical activities, Florent is also passionate about theater and studied Dramatic Arts at the Cours Simon and then at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Conservatory in the 9th arrondissement. In 2017, he directed a performance based on Bernard-Marie Koltès’ monologue *The Night Just Before the Forests*, blending theater, dance, and improvised music. An artist-in-residence at the Cité internationale des arts since 2022, he is presenting his first solo exhibition there, entitled *hope you find your paradise*, which combines photography and music. For the 2025-2026 season, he is creating, alongside director Jean-Christophe Barbaud, the show *Beethoven: Intimate Sonatas*, as both musician and actor, supported by the Théâtre Municipal de Fontainebleau, as well as *The Soldier’s Tale* with Marie Oppert of the Comédie-Française.

For his latest creation, based on Mussorgsky, he has brought together works commissioned from ten visual artists and combined them with music, working with a team that includes a set designer, costume designer, writer, and lighting designer.