That gift is on full display in his latest album, which from the conceptual point of view seems frankly ordinary.
He comes from an averagely modest family in Westcliffe-on-Sea, plays nothing but canonical masterpieces, and he looks hardly any different now to the unassuming lad who won the piano category of BBC Young Musician of the Year aged 11.īut when Grosvenor touches the keyboard he makes a sound that seems so soft, so lovely, so wise in the balance of all the parts, you think you’re hearing some great maestro of old. Grosvenor doesn’t opine on social media, he doesn’t champion weird or unknown composers, he doesn’t attach himself to “issues”.
The contemplation of 30-year-old British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor brings on a warm glow, because he proves that even in these distracted times when the patience to listen to classical music is in such short supply, you don’t need a “story” to make it to the top.
