BenjaminGrosvenor
- Piano


About Benjamin
During the 2025/2026 season Benjamin’s concerto performances will include the Philharmonia/Rouvali, Teatro alla Scala/Honeck, Bergen Philharmonic, a concert in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Sinfonia of London and his debut with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He will also tour to the US with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Petrenko and to Australia and New Zealand. Recital highlights this season include Carnegie Hall in New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, Singapore, Melbourne and London.He will make his debut at the Boulez Saal with Kian Soltani and at the Vienna Muzikverein and Heidelberger Frühling in quartet with Hyeyoon Park, Timothy Ridout and Kian Soltani.
Previous concerto engagements have included Cleveland, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Orchestre National de France. In the UK, Benjamin has performed with all the major London orchestras and very regularly at the BBC Proms, including at the First and Last Nights. As well as a solo recital in the Royal Albert Hall, his concerto performances at the Proms have included works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Busoni, Shostakovich and Britten.Benjamin’s conductor collaborations include Marin Alsop, Elim Chan, Edward Gardner, Paavo Jarvi, Nathalie Stutzmann, Krzysztof Urbanski and Kazuki Yamada.
Benjamin’s solo recitals have included Tokyo, Berlin, Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall and at Klavierfest Ruhr and La Roque d’Anthéron.Last season he was a featured artist at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and in 2024 he premiered Hommage à Liszt by Brett Dean.
He has an impressive discography with Decca Classics, the most recent release being of solo repertoire by Chopin.
Representation
General management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Arts Management Group (North America)
Novellette Arts (Japan)
Veronique Jourdain Artists Management (France)
Lorenzo Baldrighi (Italy)
Imusica (Spain & Latin America)
Season Highlights
Video
- Playing
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 3 in B Minor, Op 58 - 4: Finale
From the new album, Chopin Piano Sonatas 2 & 3, out now: https://benjamingrosvenor.lnk.to/ChopinSonatasID Credit: Benjamin Grosvenor
Chopin: Berceuse in D Flat Major, Op. 57
From the new album, Chopin Piano Sonatas 2 & 3, out now: https://benjamingrosvenor.lnk.to/ChopinSonatasID Credit: Benjamin Grosvenor
Schumann: Abendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 (Arr. Grosvenor)
Credit: 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited
Benjamin Grosvenor on Chopin's Piano Concertos
Credit: Philharmonia Orchestra
Liszt: Ave Maria, S. 558 (after Schubert, D. 839)
Credit: 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
BBC Proms Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 - Philharmonia & Paavo Järvi
Credit: Joe Peters
News
Press
BBC Proms Solo Recital
Royal Albert HallJul 2023Grosvenor is the real deal
- The Financial Times
- 17 July 2023
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester with Robin Ticciati (Busoni)
Berliner PhilharmonieFeb 2024Monumental and brilliant
- Tagesspiegel
- 25 February 2024
Benjamin Grosvenor Quartet
Queen Elisabeth HallOct 2024a five-star display of exhilarating musicianship
- The Times
- 21 October 2024
Boston Symphony Orchestra with Andris Nelsons (Grieg)
Boston Symphony HallNov 2024Grosvenor 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.
- Boston Classical Review
- 30 November 2024
Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Manze (Ravel)
Maison Symphonique de MontréalMay 2025The virtues of Grosvenor and Manze's electric Ravel were stylistic accuracy, playfulness… pianistic perfection, and the skilful embodiment and inclusion of jazz idioms.
- Le Devoir
- 02 May 2025