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Benjamin Grosvenor @UCzVHm5aCI0AzrnJdPjsAEYg@youtube.com

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British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is considered one of the


Ballet of the unhatched chicks 🐣 When the piano becomes an orchestra of its own—the cadenza from Britten's Piano Concerto! 🎹 This evening I'm back at the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw! 🇵🇱 "Water laughs as it runs"—Ravel imitating a fountain in his Jeux D'eau ⛲️ A procession of devotion, color, and grandeur unfolds in sound 🇪🇸 🎹 The final movement of Chopin's Third sonata—dark yet noble, relentless and, ultimately, radiant 🎹 I'm delighted to announce that my Chopin album is out now on Decca Classics 🎹 Touring Europe with recitals in the next weeks (dates in the description)! 🎹 One week to go until my new Chopin disc is released on Decca Classics 🎹 What's this piece? New single out now on all streaming platforms 🎶 Love this t(h)rilling, dreamy moment from Ravel's G major concerto 💙 I've loved Chopin's 3rd Sonata since I was about 9 years old ♥️ One of my first performances of Britten's piano concerto at the BBC Proms as a fresh-faced teen (😭) This second movement is a gem with its effervescent outer sections and serene and tender middle 💎 One of the most inspiring melodies in piano repertoire: Rachmaninoff, born on this day in 1873 ♥️ I included the Berceuse to present a moment of calm 😌 Shostakovich 1 at the BBC Proms with Philharmonia, Paavo Järvi and Jason Evans 🎶 Part of the cadenza from Grieg's piano concerto—one of the work's most cathartic moments! 🎹 Can't believe it's 4 years today since the release of my Liszt recording! 💙 Can anyone guess who wrote this cadenza for Mozart K467? 𝄢 Visiting Paris in the company of Ravel and Mussorgsky! 🇫🇷 Bringing Mendelssohn and a morning recital to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées this week 🎶 Bringing Mendelssohn's 1st piano concerto to the stage this week 🎹 I'm in beautiful Kyoto for the final concert of my Japan tour tomorrow at the Barocksaal 🎌 Excited to be returning to Spain next week for concerts in Barcelona and Bilbao 🎶 Excited to be heading to Asia this December to perform six piano recitals 🎹 Playing Grieg today with London Philharmonic Orchestra and Ed Gardner at Saffron Hall 🎹 One of my favourite moments in Ravel's Concerto in G; feels like he was imitating a musical saw 🎹 One of the first concerti I ever learned, aged 11 🎹 Heading to the Chaise Dieu Festival in France for more Grieg this week 🎶 One of the most difficult 13 seconds of Busoni's piano concerto! 🎹 Behind the scenes at the rehearsal of Grieg's piano concerto 👀 It's been wonderful to hear how so many of you connected with this extraordinary piece 🎹 Bringing Grieg this week to Het Concertgebouw and Norrköping; here's a clip from 2016! Busoni Countdown Part 3! An Italian Symphony from the ultimate cosmopolitan (2/2) 🎹 Busoni Countdown Part 3! An Italian Symphony from the ultimate cosmopolitan (1/2) 🎹 Busoni Countdown Part 2! Who was the great man? (2/2) 🎶 Busoni Countdown Part 2! Who was the great man? (1/2) 🎶 Busoni Countdown! Less than a week until the LPO and I bring this gargantuan work to BBC Proms 🎹