15 Facts About Benjamin Grosvenor

Benjamin Grosvenor was born on 8 July 1992 and is a British classical pianist.

Benjamin Grosvenor's father is an English and Drama teacher, and his mother Rebecca is a piano teacher by profession.

Benjamin Grosvenor began studying the piano with his mother at the age of five.

Benjamin Grosvenor joined Westcliff High School for Boys in 2003.

Benjamin Grosvenor now took lessons from Hilary Coates and Christopher Elton in London.

Benjamin Grosvenor studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he took musicianship classes with Daniel-Ben Pienaar and Julian Perkins.

In May 2003, Benjamin Grosvenor gave his first full recital at a local church playing both the piano and the cello.

Benjamin Grosvenor went on to win the keyboard section of the BBC Young Musician in 2004, playing Ravel's Concerto in G in the concerto final.

In 2010, Benjamin Grosvenor joined BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, which he completed in 2012.

Benjamin Grosvenor has since played at the Proms numerous times, and in 2015 performed at the Last Night of the festival.

Judith Weir composed her solo piano work Day Break Shadows Flee for Benjamin Grosvenor, who gave its world premiere in September 2014.

At age 11, Benjamin Grosvenor was the winner of the keyboard section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004 award.

In July 2005, Benjamin Grosvenor appeared in the BBC documentary "Being a Concert Pianist" as part of the Imagine series.

In September 2012, Benjamin Grosvenor was featured in the CNN series Human to Hero.

In January 2021 it was announced that Benjamin Grosvenor had re-signed to Decca with the first disc in this new contract being devoted to the music of Liszt.