In 1946 he won the First Prize in both disciplines (violin and chamber music), and started his performing career with the Pasdeloup Orchestra under Albert Wolff, and later Paul Paray.
In 1948 Ferras won First Prize at the international Scheveningen Festival; Yehudi Menuhin was among the judges.
It was there that he met Pierre Barbizet, with whom he formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of piano-violin collaboration.
He continued to make recordings with Deutsche Grammophon: with Barbizet, the violin sonatas of Brahms, Schumann, Franck and Lekeu.
[12] Ferras's 1965 Deutsche Grammophon recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic won both the Grand Prix du Disque and Edison Prize.
[13] In 1975, he was awarded recognition by the Conservatoire de Paris for his works, and retired from regular public performance for health reasons.