Ariel Lanyi

Ariel Lanyi was born in 1997 in Jerusalem

Ariel Lanyi was born in Jerusalem on 10 October 1997. His parents did not play the piano, but his father decided there would be a piano at home for him from his birth.

He studied at the high school and Conservatory of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen. He also studied violin, composition, conducting and jazz, and played in chamber groups and a jazz band. He later studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Hamish Milne and Ian Fountain.

He began performing as a pianist at age 5 and first played with an orchestra at age 6. From age 8 he appeared regularly on live broadcasts on Israel Radio. He was featured in several documentaries, including Superhuman Genius on ITV.

He won third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021 and received the Prix Serdang in 2023. He has played with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and took part in the Marlboro Music Festival. He has released recordings of Schubert, Mozart, Franck and Reger, and lives in London.