Benjamin Grosvenor

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Benjamin Grosvenor (born July 8, 1992 in Great Britain ) is a British classical pianist .

Life

Benjamin Grosvenor is the youngest of five brothers. The father is a teacher of English and theater, the mother a piano teacher, from whom he received piano lessons at the age of six. After attending the Westcliff High School for Boys , he began his music studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Grosvenor appeared in public concerts as early as 2003. He passed his bachelor's degree in music in 2012. The degree was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Excellence for the best student of the year.

Grosvenor played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , the Philharmonia Orchestra , the English Chamber Orchestra and other orchestras. In 2009 he was with the Ulster Orchestra in the National Concert Hall in Ireland Dublin concert. At the 2012 Proms he was the youngest soloist to date on an opening evening and played Franz Liszt's Second Piano Concerto . At another concert in the series he played Benjamin Britten's piano concerto with the British National Youth Orchestra . In 2013 he was a guest at the Berlin Piano Festival. From the 2015/16 season to 2017/18, Benjamin Grosvenor is the artist in the »Junge Wilde« series at the Dortmund Konzerthaus .

Awards

  • 2004: Winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award
  • 2012: Gramophone Award in the category “Best Young Artist” and “Best Instrumental Recording” for the CD Chopin, Liszt and Ravel
  • 2012: Critic's Award at the Classic BRIT Awards for the recording of Chopin, Liszt and Ravel
  • 2016: Winner of The Ronnie and Lawrence Ackman Classical Piano Prize, awarded every three years by the New York Philharmonic

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tom Service: Proms 2011. Benjamin Grosvenor: 'I'm not that talented'. The Guardian , April 14, 2011, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Virtuoso stunts for polyphonic brains . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ Jessica Duchen: 10 Questions for Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. theartsdesk.com, January 21, 2015, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Charlotte Smith: Gramophone Awards 2012 announced! Gramophone , September 26, 2012, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Grosvenor and Benedetti triumph at the Classic BRIT Awards. KlassikAkzente, October 5, 2015, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  6. ^ Michael Copper: Benjamin Grosvenor Awarded Philharmonic's New Piano Prize. The New York Times , October 20, 2016, accessed November 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Grosvenor, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British classical pianist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH United Kingdom