Ariel Lanyi, piano

In 2023, Ariel was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. That same year he was nominated as a Classic FM ‘Rising Star’. Prior to this, Ariel gained notoriety when he won Third 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, that year also seeing him named a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions. 

Upcoming performance highlights include his debut with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in G major, and a residency at the Sanguine Estate Music Festival in Australia.

Ariel had a hugely successful 2023/24 season, during which he made important debuts with the Frankfurt Alte Oper as part of their debut concert series, Merkin Hall in New York and in concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. That season he also performed in Münich as part of their Rising Stars programme, and made return visits to the Wigmore Hall, Vancouver Recital Society and Miami Piano Festival, as well as performing extensively at major venues across the UK as a soloist and chamber musician.

On the concerto platform Ariel has previously appeared with orchestras in Israel, the UK, Argentina and USA, with highlights including the Israel Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Sinfonia Viva. 

An avid chamber musician, Ariel has collaborated with leading members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as with eminent musicians such as Maria João Pires, Marina Piccinini, Charles Neidich, and Torleif Thedéen. Recent highlights have included projects at the Wigmore Hall, Homburg MeisterKonzert series in Germany, the Menton Festival in France, Perth Concert Hall (broadcast by BBC Radio 3), and across the UK including the Brighton and Bath Festivals. Ariel also recorded with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg under the auspices of the Orpheum Stifftung as part of their Next Generation Mozart Soloist series, and gave recitals at the Kissinger Sommer, Fundaçion Juan March in Madrid, and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 

Ariel regularly appears in concerts broadcast on Israeli radio & television and on Radio France, and has recorded live concerts for the Vancouver Recital Society and Banco de la República  Colombia.  

In 2021 Linn Records released his recording of music by Schubert to critical acclaim, with future releases also planned in the coming seasons. 

Born in  Jerusalem in 1997, Ariel studied with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen. Based in London, he recently 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 Robert Levin, Murray Perahia, Imogen Cooper, Leif Ove Andsnes, Steven Osborne, and the late Leon Fleisher and Ivan Moravec. Awards include 1st Prize at the 2018 Grand Prix Animato Competition in Paris and 1st Prize in the Dudley International Piano Competition, as well as a finalist award at the Rubinstein Competition.