 In October 2000 he obtained a degree in literature, specialising in musicology, from the University of Geneva.In June 2002 Patrick Montan obtained a post-graduate diploma in harpsichord studies with Bob van Asperen at the "Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten".He also followed the master courses of Christopher Hogwood, Christiane Jaccottet, Bob van Asperen and Gustav Leonhardt.