A child prodigy,[2] he won a Steinway piano at the age of 9 during the national competition "Jeunes Prodiges Mozart à Paris".

[1] In April 2002, at the age of 21, Jean Dubé won the sixth edition of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht,[6] as well as the audience prize.

His interpretation of the Turangalîlâ was the best show of the year in 2000 in Riga[12] and that of Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody won in 2002 the fastest replay in the history of Radio Chicago.

Unanimous First Prize of the National Conservatory of Paris at the age of 14 under Jacques Rouvier, he studied with Jacqueline Robin, Catherine Collard and with John O'Conor in Dublin, thanks to a full year Yvonne Lefébure scholarship.

He recorded the Liszt Sonata in addition to a CD dedicated to Native American Indian music for the Syrius label.

[16] 2002 : Franz Liszt : Ballades, polonaises, Trois morceaux suisses (Naxos 8.557364) 2003 : Franz Liszt : Les Préludes, La Campanella, Rhapsodie hongroise n°2 (Syrius 141377) 2004 : César Franck : Œuvres et arrangements pour piano, Préludes (Syrius 141383) 2005 : Jean Sibelius : Œuvres pour piano, Finlandia, Valse triste, vol.