London Piano Festival

Opening night unites three artists of rare distinction: pianist and Co-Artistic Director Charles Owen, his celebrated duo partner and fellow Co-Artistic Director Katya Apekisheva, Classical Brit Award recipient and described by Gramophone as a 'profoundly gifted artist' and composer-conductor George Benjamin, whose operas have graced over twenty international opera houses.

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Two pianists of commanding distinction: Kathryn Stott, whose 46-year career and celebrated 40-year partnership with Yo-Yo Ma earned her the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Peter Donohoe, trained under Olivier Messiaen in Paris and acclaimed for his stylistic versatility and commanding technique across the world's greatest stages.

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Gülsin Onay made her radio debut at six, graduated the Paris Conservatoire at sixteen, and has since performed across 80 countries with the world's leading orchestras — her Beethoven hailed as rivalling Schnabel, her Mozart described simply as "heavenly."

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Four pianists of exceptional distinction: Co-Artistic Directors Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva — Gramophone's 'profoundly gifted artist' and Classical Brit Award recipient — are joined by Junyan Chen, Second Prize winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024, and Tom Poster, described as a musician who 'can play anything in any style.'

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Four artists of striking range: Kathryn Stott, whose 46-year career and celebrated 40-year partnership with Yo-Yo Ma earned her the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; Junyan Chen, Second Prize winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024 and a compelling voice in contemporary repertoire; five-time Grammy Award-winning pianist Bill Laurance — founding member of Snarky Puppy and described by The Guardian as a 'Jazz Maestro'; and Ulrich Gerhards.

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Kathryn Stott's 46-year career has taken her across the world's major concert venues, her celebrated 40-year partnership with Yo-Yo Ma earning her the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. A distinguished Artistic Director for 35 years across the UK, Italy and Australia, she now dedicates herself to nurturing the next generation of musicians at the Royal Northern College of Music.

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Closing the festival is five-time Grammy Award-winning pianist Bill Laurance — founding member of Snarky Puppy, described by The Guardian as a 'Jazz Maestro' — whose genre-defying artistry bridges classical training and jazz improvisation with rare and captivating fluency.

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