Born in France, Louis-Victor Bak is a solo and chamber music pianist. He began piano lessons at the age of fourteen, following seven years of flute studies. In 2017, he moved to Berlin to study with Laurent Boullet; and in 2019, he came to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Edna Stern. In 2023, he graduated from the RCM and is currently studying for a a Master of Performance with Edna Stern and Vanessa Latarche, as an Ilona Eibenschutz Award Holder.
Louis-Victor has recently performed as a soloist at St James’s Piccadilly, St James’s Paddington and at the Amaryllis Fleming Hall at the RCM. He has also performed at St Bride’s, St John’s Waterloo, St Paul’s Bedford, the Russia Culture House of London, the Routh Hall Bromsgrove and in France (Salle Witkowski, Palais St Jean, Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs de Lyon, Salle Debussy), Sardinia and Switzerland. He was invited to perform in the Second Prokofiev Festival in London and in the Festival Musique et Or in 2021.
In 2021, Louis-Victor won First Prize at the North International Music Competition, Third Prize at the Windsor International Piano Competition, Second Prize at the Franz Liszt Centre International Piano Competition, Second Prize at the International Music Competition Opus 2021 and the special Prize ‘Debut in Transylvania Recital Award’ at the Youth of Music International Competition. In 2022, he was also selected to take part in the prestigious Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona.
He was a 2022 recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Julius Isserlis Scholarship.
