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Composer and pianist Fabien Touchard studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won 9 prizes (writing, composition, orchestration, analysis, improvisation and vocal accompaniment classes), and at the Université Paris-IV Sorbonne, where he obtained a Master's degree in musicology.

Laureate composer of the Charles Oulmont Foundation in 2018, the Banque Populaire Foundation in 2014 and the Franz Josef Reinl Foundation of Vienna/Munich in 2013, his works have been performed in France, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Japan, by numerous soloists and ensembles (Aedes Choir, Sequenza 9.3 Ensemble, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain and many others). Also a laureate of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Institut de France), he was awarded the Prix André Caplet for musical composition in 2019, followed by the Prix de confirmation de la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca 2023. On the occasion of the latter prize, the Institut de France commissioned him to write an orchestral piece, to be premiered in November 2023.

Among an already abundant discography, his album Beauté de ce monde, the first monograph of his works, won a clef d'or de l'année from ResMusica magazine, a coup de cœur (five stars) from Classica magazine, and the Prix des Professeurs du Grand Prix lycéen des Compositeurs 2020. His second monographic album, Littoral, with its more electroacoustic sounds, was released in 2021. The third, devoted to his Studies for piano, was released at the end of 2023. His creations also appear on numerous other discs (no fewer than six in 2023), including La Tragédie de Salomé by the ensemble Les Apaches, which won a "Diapason d'or" and a "Choc" from Classica magazine.

He taught harmony and keyboard harmonization at the Université Paris-Sorbonne before being appointed professor of composition at the CRR de Boulogne-Billancourt, then vocal conductor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art dramatique de Paris.

In 2019, Fabien Touchard is appointed professor of counterpoint at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.