Paul Lecocq

“It is clear that in Paul Lecocq we have an authentic musician, with a natural, spontaneous style of playing, perpetually colorful and hypersensitive.”
(Philippe Cassard, Nouvel Obs, September 2025)

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Winner of the 2025 Clara Haskil International Competition, where he received both the First Prize and the Audience Prize, Paul Lecocq has established himself as one of the most gifted pianists of his generation. He is regularly invited to appear in leading festivals and concert series such as the Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, the Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise, Les Pianissimes, Piano en Valois, Piano-Piano, the SMAC of Marseille, and the Deià Festival in Majorca.

He performs both in recital and as a soloist with orchestra, notably with the Zermatt Festival Orchestra (Switzerland), the Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria), and the Euregio Chamber Orchestra (Germany). In addition to the Clara Haskil Competition, he is a prizewinner of the Pierre Barbizet, Piano Campus, and Euregio Piano Award competitions, and was a distinguished finalist at the Long-Thibaud Competition in 2022. In 2025, he was also awarded a grant from the Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise Foundation – Fondation de France.

After ten years of study with Christine Fonlupt at the CRR of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Paul Lecocq has been pursuing his training since 2022 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, studying with Claire Désert and Romano Pallottini. There, he also deepens his studies in composition, keyboard harmony, analysis, and chamber music. He additionally studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland), where he benefits from the teaching of Tuija Hakkila during the 2025–2026 academic year.

A passionate chamber musician, he founded the Pierrot Duo with pianist Martin Jaspard and collaborates regularly with cellist Léo Léna. He has also received guidance from distinguished artists such as Elisabeth Leonskaja, Anne Queffélec, François-Frédéric Guy, Bernard d’Ascoli, and the Trio Wanderer.

Involved from childhood with the association Petites Mains Symphoniques, through which he has taken part in more than 150 concerts, Paul Lecocq acquired extensive stage experience at an early age. Open to a wide range of repertoires, he works with contemporary composers including Jörg Widmann, Édith Lejet, and Fabien Touchard. Early music also plays an important role in his artistic life, and he cultivates a dual practice of piano and harpsichord.