 Presti played in public for the first time when she was eight, and gave her first full-length concert at the age of ten, on 28 April 1935 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.Lauded for her prodigious talent by her teachers and contemporaries, she recorded for the French arm of the HMV record label in 1937.While still under twelve, she played at the Pasdeloup concerts and the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire for two consecutive years.