Ariel Lanyi
Image credit: © Kaupo Kikkas
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.
General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
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The veteran Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is certain about the qualities that propelled Ariel Lanyi to the finals of the Leeds and Rubinstein International Piano Competitions. ‘His playing is precise, nuanced, and virtuosic, but he is no superficial virtuoso,’ he notes. ‘What sets him apart is his ability to delve deeply into the music and to establish a connection with it.’ Lanyi’s thoughtfully-crafted programme concludes with the character studies and atmospheric impressions of Debussy’s second book of Préludes.