Named by Figaro Magazine as one of the 200 people who will shape the France of tomorrow, Gabriel Durliat is blazing a unique trail in the French music scene, spanning piano, conducting, and composition.
A winner of the Concours Général des lycées (First Prize in Music History), he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris that same year, at the age of 16, where he studied under Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Thierry Escaich, Guillaume Connesson, and Alain Altinoglu. There, he won six prizes with the highest honors.
While also training at the Malko Academy for Young Conductors in Copenhagen (Denmark), Gabriel Durliat has conducted, among others, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Meininger Hofkapelle, and the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra…
He has been appointed assistant conductor of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, effective January 2026.
After winning the Piano Campus International Competition in February 2022 as well as 5 other special prizes, Gabriel Durliat won second prize in May 2023 at the Hans von Bülow International Conducting from the Piano Competition, a rare competition dedicated to conducting from the piano.
He performs regularly at venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris, the Palais Garnier, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Radio France Auditorium, and is invited to participate in prestigious festivals such as La Roque d’Anthéron, La Folle Journée de Nantes, the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Deauville Easter Festival, Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise, Piano à Lyon, and the Gstaad Music Festival…

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As a composer, he is regularly commissioned by various institutions (the Geneva Competition, the Piano Campus Competition, the La Feuillie Classic Festival, etc.).
A prizewinner from the Banque Populaire Foundation, Gabriel Durliat is an artist-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation.