Bavouzet was trained by no less than Pierre Sancan, Paul Badura-Skoda, Nikita Magaloff and György Sándor, and worked with Pierre Boulez, Valeri Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Ingo Metzmacher and Andris Nelsons, among others. One of Bavouzet first major concerts in Paris was planned with the great Georg Solti, to play Bartók, but the old maestro died shortly before.

Though Bavouzet has a large repertoire – which includes contemporary music – he is particularly noted in Ravel, Debussy and Haydn.