Daniel Blumenthal was born of  American  parents in  Germany . He moved with his parents to  Paris  where he started playing the piano at the age of five. After graduating from high school, he went on to study music at American University in  Washington , de  University of Michigan  where he obtained his Bachelor of Music and the  Juilliard School  in  New York  where he obtained his master's degree in Music and his PhD in Musical Arts. After that he went to take lessons with  Benjamin Kaplan  in  London .

Between  1981  and  1983  Blumenthal won prizes at various international competitions and competitions, including in  Leeds  in  1981 ,  Sydney  in  1981 , and  Geneva  and  busonia  in  1982 . In  1983  he became the fourth laureate at the  Queen Elisabeth Competition  in  Belgium .
 

Daniel Blumenthal is a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels