Virtuoso pianist Ariel Lanyi (prizewinner Leeds International Piano Competition), will play a programme of Schubert, Bartok and Chopin, before embarking on an extensive European tour with this programme. Be the first to enjoy his spectacular technique and musicianship in these wonderful pieces.
Programme:
Schubert: Sonata in G major, D. 894
Interval
Bartók: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71
Chopin: Sonata no. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Biography - Ariel Lanyi
Born in Jerusalem, Ariel studied with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen. Based in London, he completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne and Ian Fountain. He has received extensive tuition from eminent artists such as Alfred Brendel, Robert Levin, Murray Perahia, Imogen Cooper, Nicholas Walker, and the late Leon Fleisher and Ivan Moravec.
In March 2023, Ariel Lanyi was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The prize is endowed with CHF 50,000 and is not a competition, but a recognition of a young pianist’s achievements and an investment in their future.
Prior to this, Ariel won 3rd prize at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, performing Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze in the finals. In the same year, he was a winner of the Young Classical Artists Trust International Auditions.
Current highlights include returns to the Wigmore Hall and to the Miami International Piano Festival, as well as debut appearances at the Vancouver Recital Society, Nottingham International Piano Series, Frankfurt Alte Oper, and at Merkin Hall in New York. On the concerto platform Ariel has appeared with various orchestras, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Israel Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Future projects include the release of Organ Reflections on Linn Records, a recording of piano music inspired by the organ by Mozart, Franck, and Reger; and a recording with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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