All being well, great things should lie ahead.īenjamin Grosvenor: LSO St Luke's, London EC1 (020 7638 8891) 14 October, 1pm Malvern Theatres (01684 892277) 16 October, 7. The key is that he has his own sound, something rare even among well-established names: it is poetic and gently ironic, brilliant yet clear-minded, intelligent but not without humour, all translated through a beautifully clear and singing touch. Personally, I'm convinced that Grosvenor is the most important British pianist to emerge in decades. I think the audience did get a bit wet, though." 4 Year Old Boy Plays Piano Better Than Any Master Dons Entertainment 46.6K subscribers Subscribe 34M views 10 years ago You can mastering piano like this kid here. A 3-year-old piano whiz became the youngest person ever to win a prestigious. The atmosphere was very relaxed and there was loads for kids to do, so people could take their families. 0 seconds of 2 minutes, 7 secondsVolume 90 00:25 02:07 This pint-size piano prodigy is truly note-worthy. Winning the prize got him to New Yorks famed Carnegie Hall where he was among the youngest to perform. Some detractors were less than tempted to camp in a muddy field to listen to Russell Watson, but Grosvenor, who was among the more upmarket classical turns, has no truck with snobbery and says he had a wonderful time. A six-year-old Chinese-American boy is being called a piano prodigy, after beating out thousands of applicants from around the world in a prestigious musical competition this year. This summer he performed in Serenata, a festival in Dorset that brought the rock-festival experience to classical music and crossover.
Though his devotion to Chopin, Scarlatti, Rachmaninov and the rest can make him seem like a pianist from another era, he also has a fresh, youthful perspective to offer. After he's gone, Grosvenor declares laconically, "My hair is styled by wind and gravity." "Not that you use one," he quips at Grosvenor. During our chat, a venerable gentleman peers round the door of the coffee shop and asks whether there is a barber nearby. He's an unworldly youngster with a rather careful, old-fashioned way of expressing himself, though with the newly hedge-dragged look of so many teenagers. Grosvenor is now in his third year of a degree at the Royal Academy of Music and is evidently extremely bright. He's studying at a local college and otherwise spends most of his time writing stories or listening to popular music." "I don't think it's always that interesting for him, because most of the time I have to practise," Grosvenor says, apologetically, "but I hope he enjoys other aspects of it. Jonathan, the brother closest in age to him, has Down's Syndrome and often travels with Grosvenor and their mother on tour. He's the youngest of five brothers - a Benjamin in every sense. The grave of Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) (white statue, bottom right) in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France.
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