Born in Sydney in 1945, Grant Foster studied piano with Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he obtained his Diploma of Music in 1966. During that same year Foster won the State ABC Concerto Composition with his performance of Khachaturian's Concerto. He then studied in Paris for seven years with Professor Marcel Ciampi and Denise Reviere and developed a strong technique and an inspired insight into the keyboard repertoire.