2019/2020 Season Tickets on Sale Now
THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA | 2018-2019 39
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR
Piano
British pianist Benjamin
Grosvenor
is internationally
recognized for his
electrifying performances,
distinctive
sound and insightful
interpretations.
His virtuosic command
over the most
arduous technical
complexities underpins
the remarkable
depth and understanding of his music making.
Grosvenor first came to prominence as the outstanding
winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004
BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of
eleven. He was invited to perform with the BBC
Symphony Orchestra at the First Night of the 2011
BBC Proms. A pianist of widespread international
acclaim, he was announced as the inaugural recipient
of the Ronnie and Lawrence Ackman Classical
Piano Prize with the New York Philharmonic
in 2016.
Recent highlights include engagements with the Boston
and Chicago symphony orchestras, Philadelphia
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Finnish Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich-Orchestra Cologne,
Hallé Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orquesta
Nacional de España, Filarmonica della Scala, and
London Philharmonic Orchestra. Grosvenor works
with such esteemed conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Andrey Boreyko, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo
Chailly, Sir Mark Elder, Edward Gardner, and Alan Gilbert,
among others.
In 2011 Grosvenor signed to Decca Classics, becoming
the youngest British musician ever and the first
British pianist in almost 60 years to sign to the label.
He has received Gramophone’s Young Artist of the
Year and Instrumental Awards, a Classic Brits Critics’
Award, UK Critics’ Circle Award for Exceptional Young
Talent and a Diapason d’Or Jeune Talent Award.
Grosvenor began playing the piano at age six. He
studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Christopher
Elton and Daniel-Ben Pienaar, and since 2013,
he has been supported by EFG International.
Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony
Revolution: The Beatles Experience
Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Superhero Soundtracks
Lush Life: Ellington & Strayhorn
Beethoven’s Fifth: Darkness to Light
Music of Bond … James Bond
Holiday Pops
and much more!
19
20
FloridaOrchestra.org | 727.892.3337 or 1.800.662.7286
/FloridaOrchestra.org