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Benjamin Grosvenor’s Australian tour has taken him across the country, with performances in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong, and Brisbane. Here’s a collection of news and reviews that the pianist the New York times called a ‘boy lord of the piano’ has been attracting while there:

5* for Grosvenor’s Sydney recital from Steve Moffatt, for Limelight Magazine: “A dazzling display of pianism by a bright, young British talent”

Paul Nolan on the same recital, for Sydney Arts Guide: “This performer showed how he has developed from an award-winning child prodigy to current touring phenomenon Cialis http://royalcanadianpharmacy.com/ pharmacy in his early twenties. This path continues to be strewn with tour de force technique and a magical level of musicianship’

Rodney Smith on Grosvenor’s performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Brett Dean, for The Advertiser: Grosvenor’s tonal palette contains colors of astonishing beauty and coupled with a commanding technique plus unassuming but relentless focus”

Diana Carroll, for In Daily, on the same performance: “Watching Grosvenor was an absolute joy”
5* from Michael Morley for the Adelaide solo recital, for the Australian Book Review‘Grosvenor’s mastery of a singing line, sure sense of structure, and an astonishing technical fluency that never drew attention to itself, suggested that he is not just a star in the making but a pianist who is already there.”
Stephen Whittington on the Adelaide recital, for The Advertiser: “In this restrained, almost classical set of pieces Benjamin Grosvenor was obliged to rein in his virtuosic inclinations and concentrate on colour, line, and subtleties of phrasing, which he did with beautiful effect”
An interview with Barney Zwartz, from the Sydney Morning Herald“Few musicians have received such an unrelieved string of accolades” 
A feature and interview from ABC ClassicFM Australia, beginning at around 26:35. The interview begins at around 37:33.