Marc Hantaï was a pupil of Barthold Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Brussels where he was awarded the "Diplôme Supérieur avec grande distinction" in 1986. He has performed as principal flautist with well known early music orchestras such as The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Ton Koopman), Les Arts Florissants (William Christie), Collegium Vocale Gent, (Philippe Herreweghe), La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken), Europa Galante (Fabio Biondi), Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot), Le Concert Français (Pierre Hantaï), Balthasar Neumann Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock), La Chambre Philharmonique (Emmanuel Krivine), Anima Eterna Symphony Orchestra (Jos van Immerseel), Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall). He concertizes widely as solist and chamber music player in Europe, Japan, Korea and the United States. He has made numerous recordings, including the six flute duets of W.F. Bach, Haydn's London trios, Couperin's "Les Nations" with the Kuijken brothers, the b minor suite and the Musical Offering of J.S. Bach with Jordi Savall and Bach's flute sonatas with his brothers Jérôme (viola da gamba) and Pierre (harpsichord). He has been for many years Barthold Kuijken's assistant professor at the Conservatory in Brussels and is now professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona (ESMUC) and from winter-term 2008/09 on at the the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis - University for Early Music.