Antoine Françoise (Switzerland *1987) studied music in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and in the Royal College of Music in London (UK) with Paul Coker, Yonty Solomon, Ashley Wass and Andrew Ball and is eternally grateful to Swiss saxophonist Laurent Estoppey for his guidance as a musician.

Antoine is fascinated by the medium of chamber music and is active mainly in the field of the living arts, contemporary and experimental music. He was a founding member of the Mercury Quartet and the Françoise-Green piano duo and now enjoys a worldwide career within the quartet Nikel and with the piano duo Antoine, Françoise, Gilles & Grimaître. He is also pianist of ensemble Contrechamps and Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain-NEC. He was the artistic director of NEC between 2016 and 2023 as well as a programming member of festival Les Amplitudes.

Antoine has worked with most of the leading new music composers and enjoys collaborations with artists of all kind and all genres of music, dance and theatre. While in London, he performed with all major orchestras and was the principal pianist of London Contemporary orchestra (including a long collaboration with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood on his film and stage music). He collaborated with Swiss choreographer Maud Blandel and signed the music (composition, arrangement and performance) of Diverti Menti, her latest choreographic show. Antoine also wrote and performed the music of SO/MA, new theatre play by french stage director Floriane Commeleran. Other collaborators include Louis Jucker, Sara Ostertag and Marco Berrettini. 

Antoine is a piano and chamber music teacher at the High School of the Arts in Bern.