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Born in the United States in 2000, Arthur Hinnewinkel began studying piano at the age of seven in Singapore. After moving to France, he entered the Regional Conservatory of Rueil-Malmaison with Chantal Riou, then the Regional Conservatory of Paris with Anne-Lise Gastaldi, during which time he won his first competition prizes (Concours Flame, Claude Kahn, Île-de-France). At age fifteen, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris to study piano with Hortense Cartier-Bresson and Fernando Rossano, and chamber music with Claire Désert, François Salque, Maria Belooussova, and Itamar Golan. Arthur is currently continuing his studies at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium with Frank Braley and Avedis Kouyoumdjian.
He performs as a soloist and chamber musician at major French and European festivals, including La Roque d’Anthéron, the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the Évian Festival, the Easter and August Festivals in Deauville, the Wissembourg Festival, the Chopin Festival in Paris, Musique à La Prée, Classicaval in Val d’Isère, and Festival de Pont-Croix. He has also appeared at the Musée Guimet, the Musée de la Vie Romantique, the Teatro di Marcello in Rome, the Fondation Singer-Polignac in Paris, and on radio broadcasts such as “Génération France Musique” and “Les Concerts de 20 heures.”
In 2023, he was a Finalist at the Clara Haskil Competition and received the Special Modern Times Prize. In February 2024, he was awarded the Thierry Scherz and André Hoffman Prizes at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, through which he recorded an album of the complete works for piano and orchestra by Robert Schumann with the Sinfonia Varsovia orchestra conducted by Marc Coppey, released in January 2025 on the Claves label.
He won Fourth Prize at the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Competition.
Arthur is a Resident Artist at the Fondation Singer-Polignac and an Artist represented by Beau Soir Productions.
