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Rault died in Paris of AIDS on 16 September 1997, at the age of 39.

Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1979, he decided to perfect his skills in New York City studying at the Juilliard School with Jacob Lateiner and William Masselos: in the meanwhile, he obtained the 1st Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. He also won several other International Piano Competitions (Maria Canals International Music Competition 2nd Prize in Barcelona, Marsala's 2nd Prize, Vercelli's 4th Prize, Epinal's 4th Prize...). A dazzling career starts with new international awards: Grand Prize of the Charles Cros Academy with the violinist Raphael Oleg for their recording of Schumann's Sonatas (1980), 3rd Prize and Special Prize of Contemporary Music at the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain (1982), 1st Prize at the Ciudade do Porto International Piano Competition (1984).

He started to play the piano at age of six. From 1968 he lived in Saint-Jean-de-Luz where he studied with Ada Labeque until he entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris: he completed his musical studies at the age of 17 winning a 1st Piano Prize (class of Yvonne Loriod) and a 1st Prize in Chamber Music (class of Geneviève Joy). Subsequently, he attended the master-classes of eminent musicians such as Vlado Perlemuter, Nikita Magaloff, Rafael Da Silva, Charles Rosen, György Sebök, Paul Badura-Skoda and Claude Helffer.

Yves Rault (1 August 1958 – 16 September 1997) was a French pianist.