Brigitte Engerer born in France, studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where she received several first prizes. She continued her studies with Stanislav Neuhaus at the Moscow Conservatoire. Between 1969 and 1979 Brigitte Engerer won first prizes in perhaps the world's three most important competitions: the Marguerite Long Competition in Paris, the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels.

A turning point in her career was when Karajan heard her and invited her for her début with the Berlin Philharmonic; she was immediately re-engaged for the following season, and is now a regular visitor there. Other early landmarks were invitations by Barenboim to the Orchestre de Paris and by Mehta to the New York Philharmonic. Since then she has appeared with these and other major orchestras including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony and NHK Tokyo, working with conductors such as Tate, Chailly, Dutoit, Herbig, Judd, Krivine, Ozawa, Rostropovich, Rowicki, Leitner, Lopez-Cobos, Simonov, Salonen and Tate. She has given recitals at Carnegie Hall and in all the major European cities.

Most recently Brigitte Engerer worked with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony and was immediately re-engaged. She also appeared with the St Petersburg Philharmonic and Temirkanov at the prestigious Tchaikovsky celebration in Paris, and toured with the Orchestre National de France and Charles Dutoit in Prague, Vienna and Salzburg.

Brigitte Engerer records for Philips, Harmonia Mundi, Erato and Denon; her recording for Philips of Schumann's Carnaval was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque.

This notable artist combines maturity and sensitivity with power and delicacy, placing her amongst the leading interpreters of our generation.