Benjamin Grosvenor

One of the most awarded pianists of his generation, Benjamin Grosvenor was born in Westcliff-on-Sea (Essex) on July 8, 1992. The son of a male and female piano teacher, he began playing the instrument at the age of six, taking lessons with Christopher Eton before studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he graduated in 2012 with the Queen's Award for Excellence for best student of the year. Winner of several prizes by 2003, the following year he won the BBC Young Musician of the Year award, and went on to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, Salle Gaveau in Paris and Carnegie Hall in New York. Following a debut recital entitled This and That (2009), his subsequent recordings for the Decca label have received rave reviews and critical acclaim. In 2012, he became the youngest musician to win both Gramophone magazine's Young Artist Award and Instrumental Award, in addition to a Diapason d'or de l'année for the album Chopin Liszt Ravel released the previous year. After the Rhapsody in Blue recital (2013), in which Gershwin's work is combined with compositions by Saint-Saëns and Ravel, the album Dances (2014), featuring scores by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados and Liszt, is again awarded a Diapason d'or de l'année. The British pianist continues with the album Homages (2016) and joins forces with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Elim Chan for Chopin Piano Concertos (2020), followed by a recital devoted to Liszt in 2021, to which he dedicates the next album, including the famous Sonata in B minor. After a residency with Radio France and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra comes the Schumann & Brahms recital (2023), featuring the former's Kreisleriana, the latter's Sonata no. 3 and Clara Schumann's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann. Grosvenor then collaborates with Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason on Beethoven's Triple Concerto, conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali with the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2025, he returns to Chopin with Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3, accompanied by Ballade No. 1 and other pieces.