CAMA's Masterseries Presents Benjamin Grosvenor, piano ⫽ Friday, March 18, 2022 ⫽ Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara ⫽ 7:30PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022, 7:30PM CAMA's Masterseries Presents BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, piano “His solo recitals recall an earlier generation of wizards of the piano.” —Financial Times British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (b.1992) has been described as “the best pianist to come out of England in the last 50 years.” One only needs to listen to his playing to understand that the accolades are well deserved. Grosvenor’s promise was evident from a young age; he was the winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of eleven, and was invited to perform with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Opening Night of the 2011 BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall at age nineteen. Turned away from performance by suddenly imposed pandemic precautions while already in Santa Barbara in March 2020, CAMA is delighted to welcome Benjamin Grosvenor back for his proper Santa Barbara and Masterseries debut! PROGRAM: FRANCK: Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, FWV 21 (1884) R. SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op.16 ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book I RAVEL: Jeux d’eau RAVEL: La valse •
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022, 7:30PM
CAMA's Masterseries Presents
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR, piano
“His solo recitals recall an earlier generation of wizards of the piano.” —Financial Times
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (b.1992) has been described as “the best pianist to come out of England in the last 50 years.” One only needs to listen to his playing to understand that the accolades are well deserved. Grosvenor’s promise was evident from a young age; he was the winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of eleven, and was invited to perform with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Opening Night of the 2011 BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall at age nineteen. Turned away from performance by suddenly imposed pandemic precautions while already in Santa Barbara in March 2020, CAMA is delighted to welcome Benjamin Grosvenor back for his proper Santa Barbara and Masterseries debut!
PROGRAM:
FRANCK: Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, FWV 21 (1884)
R. SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op.16
ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book I
RAVEL: Jeux d’eau
RAVEL: La valse
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BENJAMIN<br />
GROSVENOR<br />
piano<br />
Photo by Benjamin Ealovega<br />
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is internationally<br />
recognised for his electrifying<br />
performances, distinctive sound and<br />
insightful interpretations. His virtuosic command<br />
over the most arduous technical<br />
complexities underpins the remarkable<br />
depth and understanding of his music-making.<br />
Described as “one in a million…several<br />
million” by The Independent.<br />
A pianist of widespread international<br />
acclaim, in the 21/22 season he is Artistin-Residence<br />
at the prestigious Wigmore<br />
Hall in London with three varying projects.<br />
The previous season he was Artist-in-<br />
Residence at both Radio France and with<br />
the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.<br />
His “astounding technical gifts, the freshness<br />
of his imagination, his intense concentration,<br />
the absence of any kind of<br />
show, and the unmistakable sense of poetic<br />
immersion directed solely at the realization<br />
of music” have been lauded by<br />
Süddeutsche Zeitung.<br />
Recent and forthcoming concerto<br />
highlights of the 21/22 season include engagements<br />
with the Chicago, Baltimore<br />
and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, Philharmonia<br />
Orchestra, Scottish Chamber,<br />
Hamburg Staatsorchester and City of Birmingham<br />
Symphony Orchestra. Benjamin<br />
works with such esteemed conductors as<br />
Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Sir Mark<br />
CAMA AT THE LOBERO THEATRE • BENJAMIN GROSVENOR<br />
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