He then spent two years studying in Amsterdam with Gustav Leonhardt, who subsequently invited him to perform under his direction. In the years that followed he collaborated with many musicians and directors of ensembles, among them Philippe Herreweghe, the Kuijken brothers, François Fernandez, Marc Minkowski, Philippe Pierlot. For a time he also directed his own ensemble, ‘Le Concert Français’.

Nowadays he mostly performs as a soloist around the world. He often appears as a guest with Jordi Savall, and he also enjoys being reunited with his brothers and such friends as Hugo Reyne, Sébastien Marq, Skip Sempé, Olivier Fortin, Christophe Coin and Jean-Guihen Queyras to play chamber music.

His extensive discography includes two recent recordings for Mirare: the first book of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, and the first volume of his projected traversal of the works of Domenico Scarlatti. The present CD is Pierre Hantaï’s second recording of the Goldberg Variations, a work he has played more than any other from childhood onwards.