DANIEL LEBHARDT piano
Part of the 7 Star Arts residency |
Wednesday 28 October 2026Doors: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm Duration: 90 min plus interval Tickets: £30 |
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7 Star Arts proudly presents a recital of Hidden Gems of Piano performed by Daniel Lebhardt in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.
ProgrammeTBC
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Proudly presented by 7 Star Arts supporting ENO Benevolent Fund
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Daniel Lebhardt |
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Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt has been described by the New York Times as playing with ‘...power, poetry and formidable technique’.
This season Daniel will perform with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall with conductor Neville Creed in Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21 in C major K.467, and Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto with conductor Lee Reynolds for his Royal Albert Hall debut in September 2026. After debuting at New Ross Piano Festival, as well as returning to Galway and Drogheda in Ireland he will be giving recitals on the Isle of Wight, at the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, Oxshott & Cobham Music Society, Wigmore Hall, and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall. In the spring and summer Daniel will perform recitals in Germany in Planegg, Fürstenfeldbruck and in Weißenburg.
Since becoming one of the winners at the 2015 Young Classical Artist Trust auditions, Daniel has performed at Luxembourg Philharmonie, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Kennedy Center in Washington DC and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, at the Tallinn, Lucerne, Chorinner Musiksommer, Heidelberger-Frühling International festivals, and in Canada, China, Japan, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and New Zealand. In the UK he performed at Saffron Hall, at the Aldeburgh, Harrogate, Bath International Festivals, and Birmingham International Piano Festival.
Recently Daniel performed Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto" in Guildford and Mozart's Concerto in C major K.467 at Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He performed Liszt's Totentanz with Konzerthausorchester Berlin and made his debut with Bilkent Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms Piano Concerto No.1. He also performed Beethoven with the Hallé Orchestra in Blackburn, Rachmaninov's 3rd Concerto with the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and Mozart with the European Union Chamber Orchestra and debuted at Barbican Hall, and Birmingham Symphony Hall as soloist.
An avid chamber musician, his main collaboration is with violinist Benjamin Baker. He also regularly performs with the Northern Chords Ensemble founded by Jonathan Bloxham, and has performed with violinist Charlotte Scott, violists Timothy Ridout, Rosalind Ventris and Scott Dickinson, cellists Alice Neary, Brian O'Kane and Indira Grier, clarinettists Mark van de Wiel, Julian Bliss and Matt Hunt and horn player Ben Goldscheider among others. He has also worked with composers Matthew Kaner, Brian Elias and Stephen Hough.
Daniel and Benjamin Baker have recently released two critically acclaimed albums with Delphian focusing on music of the 20th century, and both participated on Matthew Kaner's album for the same label. Daniel was also given the opportunity to release a selection of Schubert dances with NAXOS, and to record music by Bartók for Decca. He has won multiple international prizes including 1st Prize at the Young Concert Artists auditions in Paris and New York and in 2016 the Most Promising Pianist prize at the Sydney International Competition.
Daniel studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with Gyöngyi Keveházi and István Gulyás, and at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Pascal Nemirovski. He is based in London.
This season Daniel will perform with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall with conductor Neville Creed in Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21 in C major K.467, and Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto with conductor Lee Reynolds for his Royal Albert Hall debut in September 2026. After debuting at New Ross Piano Festival, as well as returning to Galway and Drogheda in Ireland he will be giving recitals on the Isle of Wight, at the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, Oxshott & Cobham Music Society, Wigmore Hall, and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall. In the spring and summer Daniel will perform recitals in Germany in Planegg, Fürstenfeldbruck and in Weißenburg.
Since becoming one of the winners at the 2015 Young Classical Artist Trust auditions, Daniel has performed at Luxembourg Philharmonie, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Kennedy Center in Washington DC and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, at the Tallinn, Lucerne, Chorinner Musiksommer, Heidelberger-Frühling International festivals, and in Canada, China, Japan, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and New Zealand. In the UK he performed at Saffron Hall, at the Aldeburgh, Harrogate, Bath International Festivals, and Birmingham International Piano Festival.
Recently Daniel performed Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto" in Guildford and Mozart's Concerto in C major K.467 at Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He performed Liszt's Totentanz with Konzerthausorchester Berlin and made his debut with Bilkent Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms Piano Concerto No.1. He also performed Beethoven with the Hallé Orchestra in Blackburn, Rachmaninov's 3rd Concerto with the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and Mozart with the European Union Chamber Orchestra and debuted at Barbican Hall, and Birmingham Symphony Hall as soloist.
An avid chamber musician, his main collaboration is with violinist Benjamin Baker. He also regularly performs with the Northern Chords Ensemble founded by Jonathan Bloxham, and has performed with violinist Charlotte Scott, violists Timothy Ridout, Rosalind Ventris and Scott Dickinson, cellists Alice Neary, Brian O'Kane and Indira Grier, clarinettists Mark van de Wiel, Julian Bliss and Matt Hunt and horn player Ben Goldscheider among others. He has also worked with composers Matthew Kaner, Brian Elias and Stephen Hough.
Daniel and Benjamin Baker have recently released two critically acclaimed albums with Delphian focusing on music of the 20th century, and both participated on Matthew Kaner's album for the same label. Daniel was also given the opportunity to release a selection of Schubert dances with NAXOS, and to record music by Bartók for Decca. He has won multiple international prizes including 1st Prize at the Young Concert Artists auditions in Paris and New York and in 2016 the Most Promising Pianist prize at the Sydney International Competition.
Daniel studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with Gyöngyi Keveházi and István Gulyás, and at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Pascal Nemirovski. He is based in London.