大象传媒

As part of this week's 大象传媒 New Generation Artists scheme 20th anniversary celebrations, Martin Handley presents a solo recital given by pianist Benjamin Grosvenor at the Barbican Hall in May.

No one who saw Grosvenor win the keyboard section of the 2004 大象传媒 Young Musician competition will have forgotten the shock of hearing the sound this unassuming 11-year-old could produce from a piano. After his 2010-12 stint on the 大象传媒 NGA scheme, when the opportunity for chamber music collaborations broadened his music making further, Grosvenor rapidly established an international, critically acclaimed career.

Grosvenor's engaging lack of affectation and satisfying musicianship combined with a virtuoso technique, is coupled to a fresh and intriguing approach to programming -- all amply demonstrated in this recital recorded when he was still only 26: 'truly exceptional' was how one critic described it.

Schumann: Blumenst眉ck, Op.19
Kreisleriana, Op.16

Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

8.20pm Interval Music from former 大象传媒 New Generation Artists
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34 (extract)
Escher String Quartet
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
(Recorded at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival)

Webern: Langsamer Satz
Signum Quartett
(CD, released 2012)

8.40pm
Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek : Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op.22 (selection)
Liszt: R茅miniscences de Norma de Bellini

Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)