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About Benjamin

"Pianism of the first order" (Boston Classical Review) "Grosvenor is the real deal" (Financial Times) "Monumental and brilliant" (Taggespiegel)

Acclaimed and multi-award winning British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is renowned for his 'indisputable virtuosity' and understated elegance at the keyboard and appears on the world's most prestigious stages.

His 26/27 season includes concerto performances at Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic (both in London as part of their 2027 Beethoven celebrations and on tour in Belgium and the Netherlands), Gurzenich Orchestra, National Symphony Ireland, Osaka Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan and Atlanta, San Diego and Seattle Symphony Orchestras. In the Autumn, he tours the UK with the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson. He tours with Sheku Kanneh-Mason across Europe and North America, including at Carnegie Hall where they are joined by Hilary Hahn. He is also joined once more by Hyeyoon Park, Timothy Ridout and Kian Soltani for Piano Quartets and gives solo recitals including at Wigmore Hall, Theatre des Champs Elysees and makes his debut at Louisiana, Denmark.

Previous concerto engagements have included Cleveland, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony, Philharmonia, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Orchestre National de France. Benjamin regularly appears at the BBC Proms, most recently with Ravel G major (2025) and Busoni (2024), and has also performed a solo recital and at the First and Last Nights.

Benjamin’s recent conductor collaborations include Marin Alsop, Elim Chan, Edward Gardner, Manfred Honeck, Paavo Jarvi, Nathalie Stutzmann, Krzysztof Urbanski and Kazuki Yamada.

A celebrated recitalist, recent engagements have included Berliner Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Lucerne and at Klavierfest Ruhr, Mantaa and La Roque d’Anthéron Festivals. He was a featured artist at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and in 2024 premiered Hommage à Liszt by Brett Dean - which was commissioned for him - in Lucerne, Chicago and London.

Benjamin's impressive discography on Decca Classics stretches back to 2011, with his most recent release of solo repertoire by Chopin described by International Piano Magazine Critic's Choice as 'an altogether revelatory experience'.

Benjamin is based in London

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Laura Baker

Laura Baker

Senior Artist Manager
Chiara Fahy-Spada

Chiara Fahy-Spada

Associate Artist Manager

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General management with Askonas Holt

Partner Managers:
Arts Management Group (North America)
Novellette Arts (Japan)
Gioria Management (France)
Lorenzo Baldrighi (Italy)
Imusica (Spain & Latin America)

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Season Highlights

Sep 2026
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra  Erina Yashima (conductor)  SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Oct 2026
Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln Thomas Søndergård (conductor) SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Oct 2026
UK Tour
Sinfonia of London John Wilson (conductor) SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham The Glasshouse, Gateshead Usher Hall, Edinburgh Anvil Arts, Basingstoke Barbican Centre, London The Saffron Hall, Essex 
Jan 2027
Netherlands & Belgium Tour
London Philharmonic Orchestra Anja Bihlmaier (conductor) EDVARD GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 Concertgebouw, Bruges BOZAR, Brussels Theater Heerlen, Heerlen Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Eindhoven Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht
Feb 2027
UK Tour
London Philharmonic Orchestra Paavo Järvi (conductor) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major Op. 73 'Emperor' Royal Festival Hall, London Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Apr 2027
European Tour
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Variations in E-flat major WoO 46 NADIA BOULANGER: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor, op. 5 No. 2 SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello & Piano in G minor, Op. 19  Saffron Hall, Essex Burghof Lorrachm, Loerrach Societe de la Musique, La Chaux de Fonds Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium, Lisbon BOZAR, Brussels Wigmore Hall, London
Apr 2027
US Trio Tour
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Hilary Hahn (violin) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Variations in E-flat major WoO 46 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor, op. 5 No. 2 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2 Richardson Auditorium, New Jersey Carnegie Hall, New York
May 2027
US Duo Tour
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) BEETHOVEN: 7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen,” WoO 46 NADIA BOULANGER: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2 RACHMANINOFF: Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Georgia Sunset Centre, Carmel Bing Concert Hall, Stanford Bourgie Hall, Quebec
Jun 2027
Symphony Center, Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Mark Elder (conductor) SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

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  • Strauss's Burleske / Philharmonia Orchestra's 25/26 season close

    Royal Festival Hall
    Jun 2026

    • It starts and ends with timpani, bracketing impish wit, thunderous Lisztian virtuosity and Brahmsian nostalgia, every note registering with exemplary clarity in Grosvenor's meticulous but exciting performance. His encore worked exquisitely: the song Morgen with the vocal line perfectly suggested

    • Benjamin Grosvenor met Strauss’s formidable demands with fire and force, playing with a rhythmic retribution against the snappy timpani interjections. ...Following a bombastic Burleske, Grosvenor offered us Strauss’s Morgen!, Op.7, No.4, as a cooling-off encore, originally for voice and piano, in a solo piano transcription. Played with such serene sensitivity and melting melancholia, its studied stillness was an oasis of calm after the storm

    • Benjamin Grosvenor made light work of this formidable task, bringing it such well-defined colour and character, and such a fine range of expressive shades... He infused passagework with panache and humour, finishing runs as if with a freshly curled ribbon; the shining legato of the ‘big tune’ central section and the clarity and perspective of his textures were still more of a delight. His encore, a transcription of Strauss’ song Morgen, maintained that luminosity; time seemed to stand still.

  • Bremer Philharmonic with Marko Letonja (Rachmaninov)

    Die Glocke Bremen
    Apr 2026

    • Benjamin Grosvenor, embarked upon a tempestuous love affair with the grand piano. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s ‘Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor’ demands power, coupled with a sense of lyrical, melancholic digressions. Grosvenor mastered both with his unadorned style and a technique that made even rapid chord sequences and interval leaps seem effortless.

      • Weser Kurier
      • 15 April 2026

  • Solo Recital (Schumann, Scriabin, Ravel)

    Kölner Philharmonie
    Feb 2026

    • Ravel’s 'Gaspard de la nuit,' which one has hardly ever heard performed with such indisputable virtuosity, such extreme precision down to the last detail…. Grosvenor presented all of this with complete effortlessness, crystal clear in the repetitions, masterful in the sound disposition, which never lost its balance even in ecstatic abandon.

  • Sinfonia of London with John Wilson (Rachmaninov)

    The Concertgebouw
    Nov 2025

    • In the hands of talented pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto opened with a thunderous build-up of power. Rarely does the Concertgebouw Steinway resonate quite so wildly…This was Grosvenor’s love letter to Amsterdam, every note laden with meaning, teasing both audience and orchestra alike. Returning to the stage for an intensely personal account of Bach’s Prelude in E minor, his inner melody oozed sorrow at every turn.

  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Manze (Ravel)

    Maison Symphonique de Montréal
    May 2025

    • The virtues of Grosvenor and Manze's electric Ravel were stylistic accuracy, playfulness… pianistic perfection, and the skilful embodiment and inclusion of jazz idioms.

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra with Andrey Boreyko (Mozart)

    Royal Festival Hall
    Jan 2025

    • Grosvenor’s exceptionally graceful account of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 formed the centre piece of the evening…. Grosvenor’s understated lightness of touch permeated the LPO’s magisterial opening – a grand Allegro maestoso. The famous Andante flowed with exquisite delicacy, and Grosvenor’s subtly phrased rendition in the final rondo Allegro vivaci assai cascaded like a waterfall sparkling in sunshine. A standing ovation was rewarded with a delightful encore: Bach’s Prelude in B minor arranged by Alexander Siloti.

  • Boston Symphony Orchestra with Andris Nelsons (Grieg)

    Boston Symphony Hall
    Nov 2024

    • Grosvenor made effulgent, sometimes hypnotic, work of the concerto’s spades of notes. His tone was golden with articulations impeccably voiced … A display of pianism of the first order.

  • Benjamin Grosvenor Quartet

    Queen Elisabeth Hall
    Oct 2024

    • a five-star display of exhilarating musicianship

  • Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester with Robin Ticciati (Busoni)

    Berliner Philharmonie
    Feb 2024

  • BBC Proms Solo Recital

    Royal Albert Hall
    Jul 2023

    • Grosvenor is the real deal

    • Every note was clear, even as the conductor Ryan Bancroft romped through ever-faster tempos in the finale – and that also went for Grosvenor’s encore, the finale of Prokofiev’s Sonata No 7, three glorious minutes of ferocious edge-of-the-seat brilliance.

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