Benjamin Grosvenor

A brilliant decision: "I only did what I knew how to do - play the piano." British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has conquered his place in international musical life - rather quietly, but emphatically and with bright prospects.

Even as a teenager he received unusually prominent invitations, and no sooner was he 20 than he was allowed to open the legendary London Proms concerts as the youngest pianist in history. Benjamin Grosvenor is a pleasant phenomenon in the sometimes agitated music business: if you bring the term "child prodigy" up to him, he smiles mildly and silences it, as if to say: "Don't give me that, not with me! All the more impressive are the qualities he demonstrates at the keys. He also demonstrates his stylistic diversity in Cologne.