Benjamin Grosvenor

Benjamin Grosvenor (born 8 July 1992) is a classical pianist from the United Kingdom. He won the piano section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004 competition. In 2010 he joined BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, which he completes in 2012.

In May 2003, Grosvenor gave his first full recital at a local church. In the same year, he made his first concerto appearance, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Westcliff Sinfonia.

Since then he has given many high profile recitals in Europe and the United States. Some of the concerts he has played in were at the Royal Albert Hall, St George's, Bristol, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre, Usher Hall, Carnegie Hall and Symphony Hall.

Grosvenor has performed with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish String Ensemble, New York Youth Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra[1] and English Chamber Orchestra playing works by Mozart, Grieg, Ravel, Britten and Chopin.

On May 20, 2009, Grosvenor made his debut with the Ulster Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery, at the National Concert Hall Dublin where he played Grieg.

In the summer of 2011, Grosvenor made his debut at the BBC Proms as the youngest ever soloist on opening night playing Liszt's Second Piano Concerto, and the Britten Piano Concerto later in the series with the National Youth Orchestra. - Wikipedia