Sheku Kanneh-Mason / Benjamin Grosvenor
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- Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello
- Piano
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Benjamin Grosvenor
Piano
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is internationally recognized for his electrifying performances and insightful interpretations. His virtuosic command over the most strenuous technical complexities underpins the remarkable depth and understanding of his musicianship. Benjamin is renowned for his distinctive sound, described as ‘poetic and gently ironic, brilliant yet clear-minded, intelligent but not without humour, all translated through a beautifully clear and singing touch’ (The Independent) making him one of the most sought-after young pianists in the world.
Benjamin first came to prominence as the outstanding winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of eleven. Since then, he has become an internationally regarded pianist performing with orchestras across the world, including the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Tokyo Symphony and the San Francisco and KBS Symphony Orchestras, and in venues such as the Barbican Centre, Singapore’s Victoria Hall, Sydney Opera House and Carnegie Hall. Benjamin is a frequent soloist at the BBC Proms, performing among others at the First Night aged just nineteen in 2011, and in 2015 at the Last Night of the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop. In 2016 he was announced as the inaugural recipient of The Ronnie and Lawrence Ackman Classical Piano Prize with the New York Philharmonic.
In 2011 Benjamin signed to Decca Classics, and in doing so became the youngest British musician ever to sign to the label, and the first British pianist to sign to the label in almost 60 years. Autumn 2016 saw the release of his third recital disc for Decca, Homages, which has been hailed by Diapason magazine as “the perfect title: a superlative tribute to the art of the piano”, and Benjamin was praised as seeming to “recall pianists of another age” by BBC Radio 3.
During his sensational career to date, Benjamin has received Gramophone’s ‘Young Artist of the Year and ‘Instrumental Award’, a Classic Brits ‘Critics’ Award’, UK ‘Critics’ Circle Award’ for Exceptional Young Talent and a Diapason d’Or ‘Jeune Talent’ Award. He has been featured in two BBC television documentaries, BBC Breakfast and The Andrew Marr Show, as well as in CNN’s Human to Hero series. The youngest of five brothers, Benjamin began playing the piano aged 6. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Christopher Elton and Daniel-Ben Pienaar, where he graduated in 2012 with the ‘Queen’s Commendation for Excellence’ and in 2016 was made a Fellow. Benjamin has been supported since 2013 by EFG International, the widely respected global private banking group.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nadia Boulanger
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sergei Rachmaninov
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, two leading names in classical music, have shared international stages in performances of Beethoven repertoire that have been enthusiastically praised for their brilliance and their fresh, invigorating charm. The two British musicians, both passionate advocates of chamber music, explore in this recital the highly distinct musical languages of Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Boulanger, across a remarkable diversity of styles.
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