Hailed as a “hero” (Los Angeles Times), a “smashing” performer (Washington Post), “a pianist who breaks the mold” (International Piano) and “who stands out from the typical trends and artifices offered on the international scene” (Classica), Alain Lefèvre performed in over forty countries to the most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Théatre du Châtelet, Salle Pleyel, Teatro Colon, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Herodes Atticus and Epidaurus Theatres, and participated to numerous international festivals such as Ravinia, Saratoga, Wolf Trap, Athens, Istanbul and Cervantino.

His dazzling performances were many times described as “unequaled” (Westdeutsche Zeitung) and “unparalleled” (Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee). Saluted for his “phenomenal technique”

(The Spectator), his « sparkling playing resulting in fascinating interpretations » (Kölner Stadt Anzeiger), his “sovereign mastery” (Hamburger Abendblatt), Mr. Lefèvre has been guest soloist of great orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony, the China Philharmonic, the SWR, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Moscow Virtuosi and has collaborated with renowned conductors such as James Conlon, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, JoAnn Falletta, Claus Peter Flor, Lawrence Foster, Jacek Kaspszyk, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Vladimir Spivakov and Long Yu.

He has revived the music of the forgotten pianist and composer of genius, André Mathieu, hailed as the ‘’Canadian Mozart’’, in concert in New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Shanghaï and many other cities worldwide. 

His discography covers a vast repertoire, from John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto, praised as the ‘’reference version’’ (BBC Music Magazine), to Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Kent Nagano and the OSM, ‘’a superb recording’’ (Gramophone). Since 2018 he records exclusively for Warner Classics. My Paris Years and Concerto de Québec received a Trophée Radio Classique (France). His latest album of original woks,  Opus 7, was launched in 2021, to be followed in 2023

by ‘’Paris Memories’’.