Benjamin Grosvenor

British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has an acclaimed international career as a soloist and chamber musician, which is reflected in his extensive discography on Decca Classics. 

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, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, NHK Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre National de France and  Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. 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, Warsaw, 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. 

In 2011 Benjamin signed to Decca Classics, the youngest British musician ever to do so, and also their first British pianist in almost 60 years. His impressive discography encompasses solo, chamber works as well as concertos; and has attracted numerous accolades; Chocs de l’année, Prix de Caecilia, Diapason d’or de l’année and Gramophone awards.  His most recent release is of solo repertoire by Chopin. 

Benjamin is an Ambassador of Music Masters, a charity dedicated to making music education accessible to all children regardless of their background; championing diversity and inclusion.