Gifted with a unique sensitivity and artistic maturity, Arielle Beck is a 17-year-old Paris-born pianist who has already performed on prestigious stages, both in recital and as a soloist with orchestra. In 2023, she debuted at the Piano Festival La Roque d\u2019Anth\u00e9ron. A year later, her recital at the KKL Lucerne, part of Le Piano Symphonique Festival, was livestreamed on Medici.tv, and in 2025 she had her debut at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in a solo recital featuring Schumann, Schubert and Mendelssohn, also available on Medici.tv.<\/p>\n
This season, she was invited by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to performing Mozart\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 in London. She also debuted with Sinfonia Varsovia and returned to Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire playing the Schumann Concerto. In Asia, she has performed with the Tokyo City Philharmonic and the Bucheon Philharmonic. She returns to Japan this spring to debut with the Osaka Philharmonic and give a solo recital and chamber music concerts in Tokyo. In France, she continues to be invited regularly to some of the most prestigious series and festivals. Next season, she returns to Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es with a solo program of Beethoven, Prokofiev and Liszt.<\/p>\n
Trained in Paris by Igor Lazko, Arielle Beck is currently a student in the class of Claire D\u00e9sert and Romano Pallottini at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, about to complete her bachelor\u2019s degree. Since the age of nine, she has also been mentored by Stephen Kovacevich. She has received support and mentorship from Martha Argerich and Murray Perahia.<\/p>\n
Her prodigious talent was recognized with First Grand Prize at the 2018 International Young Chopin Competition, and in 2024 she received the 20th Elba Festival Prize, awarded each year to a young talent. She is the winner of the 2026 R\u00e9v\u00e9lations des Victoires de la Musique Classique, the youngest-ever pianist to be awarded the prize. She performed Ravel\u2019s Piano Concerto in G-major live on national television during the ceremony.<\/p>\n
Arielle Beck recorded her first album in 2025 for Mirare Productions. It features Humoreske op. 20<\/i> by Schumann, 8 Klavierst\u00fccke op. 76<\/i> by Brahms and her own composition, Variations on a theme by R. Schumann<\/i>. Jed Distler reviewed the disc for the Gramophone Magazine: \u201cSome of the dense polyrhythmic gestures made me think of what would have happened if Leopold Godowsky and Frederic Rzewski had a baby, with Ronald Stevenson as the midwife [\u2026] So who wrote this engagingly creative and resourceful variation set? None other than Arielle Beck herself! Oh, I forgot to mention that this gifted musician was born in 2009, and recorded this album at the age of 15. She\u2019s the real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Born in Paris in 2009, Arielle Beck was trained by Igor Lazko, a former pupil of Iakov Zak. In the meantime, after having spent her early years at the Paris Conservatoire (rue de Madrid) in Anne-Lise Gastaldi\u2019s and Billy Eidi\u2019s classes, she received tuition from Bruno Rigutto and Romano Pallottini. Then, aged 14, she was unanimously accepted at the CNSMDP in the class of Claire D\u00e9sert. Since she has been 9 years old, she has also been given advice by Stephen Kovacevich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19634,"template":"","class_list":["post-19641","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n