Recipient of top awards at Viotti, Busoni and Leeds competitions, Pascal Devoyon became known throughout the world when he received the Silver medal at the 1978 Tchaikovsky competition, the highest prize ever won by a French pianist at this prestigious competition.

Devoyon has performed with major orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony and Japan's NHK Symphony, and has given highly acclaimed recitals at the Carnegie Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Berlin Philharmonie and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. His repertoire is extensive and includes the complete Beethoven sonata cycle, major twentieth century composers such as Bartok and Messiaen and numerous works by contemporary composers. His recent recording of the Preludes of Debussy won the Geijyutsu Tokusenban.
Since 2006, he is playing regularly in piano-duo with his wife Rikako Murata. They have been invited all over the world (France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Holland etc…). Their 3 recordings include various works from Messiaen, Debussy, Ravel as well as the sumptuous and grandiose Faust Symphony in the transcription of Liszt himself.

He taught in the most famous schools in Europe (Paris Conservatoire, Berlin University of Arts, Geneva HEM), and he is guest professor (tokunin) of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He was publishing five books on music in Japan, including a book proposing a new approach of the piano technic, two books on the Chopin Etudes and two books on the Debussy Préludes.
He has been invited as jury member for prestigious competitions such as Long- Thibaud (Paris), Scriabin (Moscow), Leeds, Geneva, Beethoven (Wien) or Youri Egorov (Amsterdam). His students have won prizes in the major international competitions including Leeds, Geneva, Queen Elisabeth or Beethoven (Bonn and Wien).