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Benjamin Grosvenor
One of the most awarded pianists of his generation, Benjamin Grosvenor was born
in Westcliff-on-Sea (Essex) on July 8, 1992. The son of a male and female piano
teacher, he began playing the instrument at the age of six, taking lessons with
Christopher Eton before studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where
he graduated in 2012 with the Queen's Award for Excellence for best student of
the year. Winner of several prizes by 2003, the following year he won the BBC
Young Musician of the Year award, and went on to perform at London's Royal
Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, Sall...
