[1] When he was twelve, he was introduced to Vlado Perlemuter (a favourite pupil of Alfred Cortot), and entered his class at the Paris Conservatoire in 1969 where he completed his studies over a period of nine years.
Dalberto's first recording – two piano sonatas by Schubert – was awarded the Grand Prize of the Academy Charles Cros.
Among other recordings are the Grieg Concerto in A minor and Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor with the London Philharmonia and Jean-Bernard Pommier, a "live" recording of the Schumann Concerto at the Vienna Festival with the Wiener Symphoniker and Eliahu Inbal, songs by Chausson with Jessye Norman and two recitals with Barbara Hendricks.
Since 1997, he has recorded for the RCA Red Seal label the 1st Book of Preludes and Images by Debussy and Mozart Concerti n°20 and 22 with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and John Nelson.
In June 2004, RCA Red Seal released a programme of Paraphrases by Liszt on Verdi and Wagner's operas.