Benjamin Grosvenor’s Last Night of the Proms debut has been lauded as ‘scintillating’, ‘electrifying’ and ‘stylish’, with praise for his ‘tender lyricism’ from the UK press. Below is a selection of the reviews:
The Arts Desk, Gavin Dixon: ‘The Andante second movement was excellent, with Grosvenor bringing out all the Chopinesque elegance of the endless, sighing melody.’Â
The Guardian, Erica Jeal: ‘the salon pianist of dreams in Percy Grainger’s solo arrangement of Gershwin’s Love Walked In.’
The Telegraph, Ivan Hewett: ‘Then came young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, to give an electrifying performance of Shostakovich’s 2nd Piano Concerto.’
Bachtrack, Mark Pullinger: ‘Grosvenor brought tender lyricism to the popular middle movement.’
The Independent, Michael Church: ‘The first half of the last Prom was dominated by a scintillating performance of Shostakovich’s second piano concerto by Benjamin Grosvenor’
The Times, Richard Morrison: ‘sublime (young Benjamin Grosvenor’s delicate touch in the slow movement of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto)’
