Laïla Barnat is a pianist specializing as a French coach. She is invited as a freelancer to theaters such as the Royal Opera House (Jette Parker Young Artists Program) in Covent Garden-London, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Zurich Opera, Bayerisches Staatsoper in Munich, the Danish National Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Opera de Las Palmas, El Palau de les Arts in Valencia…
She has worked for productions and courses with Maestros Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Richard Bonynge, Alberto Zedda, Fabio Luisi, Jakub Hrusa, Henrik Nanasi, Roberto Abbado, Maurizio Benini, Juanjo Mena and with Elina Garanca, Nadine Sierra, Aylin Pérez, Natalie Dessay, Angel Blue, Mariusz Kwiecień, Gregory Kunde, Vittorio Grigolo, Javier Camarena, Marion Cotillard…
She received the Safran Foundation for Music Award and the International Opera Awards, as well as several accompanying pianist awards and was a finalist in the Wigmore Hall International Competition in London (2nd Prize).
She trained in London at the National Opera Studio and the Royal College of Music, where she obtained a postgraduate degree with Roger Vignoles & Simon Lepper. She received several scholarships to participate in courses such as the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (United Kingdom), the Mozart Academy of the Aix-en-Provence festival (France) and the Solti Academia (Italy). In Spain, she was part of the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo in Valencia after obtaining the advanced degree in Musikene, San Sebastián and was for several years pianist of the José Martí international singing course in Valencia. She has played in recitals with singers in France, United Kingdom, Denmark, Spain, Switzerland, Italy (Teatro dell’Opera in Rome), Malta (Prime Minister’s Office), China (2010 World Expo), Canada, USA and Mexico.
She is a vocal repertoire pianist at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Valencia; professor of phonetics applied to singing in the Master of Lied Victoria de los Ángeles of the ESMUC (Barcelona) and, since 2023, professor pianist of lyrical scene and concertation at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.