BenjaminGrosvenor
- Piano


About Benjamin
During the 2024/2025 season Benjamin makes his debut with the NHK Symphony/Paavo Jarvi, Bamberger Symphoniker and Dallas Symphony Orchestras. He also returns to Boston/Andris Nelsons and Montreal Symphony Orchestras and plays a UK tour with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrey Boreyko. Recital performances this season include Tokyo, Paris, Berlin and the Wigmore Hall in London.
Benjamin's previous concerto engagements have included Cleveland, Chicago Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Orchestre National de France. In the UK, he has performed with all the major London orchestras and very regularly at the BBC Proms, including at the First and Last Nights. His concerto performances at the Proms have included works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Busoni, Shostakovich and Britten. Benjamin’s conductor collaborations include Marin Alsop, Riccardo Chailly, Elim Chan, Edward Gardner, Nathalie Stutzmann, Krzysztof Urbanski and Kazuki Yamada.
His solo recitals have included Carnegie Hall, Kölner Philharmonie, Barbican Centre, Southbank Centre and at Klavierfest Ruhr and La Roque d’Anthéron. In 2024 he premiered Hommage à Liszt by Brett Dean, with performances including Luzern, Chicago and London. Benjamin plays in quartet with Hyeyoon Park, Timothy Ridout, Kian Soltani.
He has an impressive discography with Decca Classics, the most recent release being Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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)
Season Highlights
Video
- Playing
Chopin: Berceuse in D Flat Major, Op. 57
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