Awards
At the age of ten, in 2003, he became the youngest ever winner of four competitions - The Southend Young Musician of the Year, The Essex Young Musician of the Year, The Emanuel Trophy and The EPTA Trophy.
Eleven year old Grosvenor was the winner of the keyboard section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004 award. He played Scarlatti, Schumann, Takemitsu and Chopin- all from memory. The overall winner of this competition was Nicola Benedetti.
In 2011 he was picked by the Evening Standard as one of its "1,000 Most Influential Londoners" and by Daily Telegraph as one of its "Top 10 Britons of the Year"
In 2012, Benjamin Grosvenor was awarded two Gramophone Awards - 'Instrumental Award' and 'Young Artist Award' making him Gramophone's youngest ever double award winner. He was also awarded a Classic Brit 'Critics Choice Award' for his Chopin/Liszt/Ravel CD on Decca
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