Discover award-winning pianist Ariel Lanyi

The soloist in Firebird’s concert next Sunday starting at 6pm is award-winning pianist Ariel Lanyi who was named a Classic FM ‘Rising Star’.

Performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4 in G next Sunday, Ariel was honored to receive the 2023 Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder.

Visit YouTube to watch Ariel play Beethoven Sonata in E Minor, Op 90 recorded in Dukes Hall, at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Ariel gained notoriety when he won third prize at the finals of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition performing Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

In that year he was also named a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions.

An avid chamber musician, Ariel has collaborated with leading members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Meanwhile, on the concerto platform he has appeared with orchestras around the world including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

“…Ariel Lanyi put on a brilliant performance at the master concert in Homburg … the young star’s virtuosity and sheer orchestral sonority is unbelievable…”

Saarlander Zeitung / Homburg / March 2022

Upcoming highlights include his debut with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival, and a residency at the Sanguine Estate Music Festival in Australia. 

Mendelssohn Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21
Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 in G, Op. 58
Puccini I Crisantemi ‘Chrysanthemums’
Haydn Symphony no. 96 in D, Hob. 1:96 The Miracle

St John’s Waterloo | Sunday 8 March 2026, 6pm
Conductor George Jackson | Piano Ariel Lanyi

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Photo credit: Kaupo Kikkas