KUNAL
LAHIRY
PIANIST,
COLLABORATIVE PIANIST
KUNAL LAHIRY
PIANO, COLLABORATIVE PIANIST
ABOUT
Indian-American pianist Kunal Lahiry is a current BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the 2021 Carl Bechstein Foundation scholarship. Recent performance highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Kennedy Center, Pierre Boulez Saal, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Room, Musée d’Orsay, Ludwigsburg Festival, Life Victoria de Los Angeles Festival, and at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute. He has been broadcasted on BBC Radio 3, Icelandic National Public Radio RÁS1, Austrian Radio Ö1, and RBB Kultur, and was featured on ARTE’s ‘Hope@Home’ and ‘Europe@Home’ series hosted by violinist Daniel Hope. This season includes appearances at Stoller Hall, Bristol St. George’s, Aldeburgh Festival, Opera Holland Park, Cheltenham Music Festival, Harpa Concert Hall, Schubertíada Comillas, Hugo Wolf Academy, Heidelberg Neulied Festival, Philharmonie de Paris.
Kunal has commissioned and premiered works by Nico Muhly, Errollyn Wallen, Nahre Sol, Héloïse Werner, Pablo Campos, Molly Joyce, Viktor Orri Árnason, Guðmundur Emilsson, Zachary Radler, Zubaida Azezi, and Edo Frenkel. He received grants from the Musikfonds and the Center for Musical Excellence to finance and co-produce an interdisciplinary video project called ‘Homescapes’ with Icelandic soprano and visual artist Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, and created a music video with Boomtown Media Productions exploring queerness in classical music through the support of the Liedzentrum Heidelberg. He frequently collaborates with pop singer Lie Ning in Berlin and they performed together at the 2020 Reeperbahn in Hamburg.
Kunal has been invited to participate in several young artist programmes for pianists specializing in art song. In 2018, he was selected for the inaugural Royaumont-Orsay Academy, culminating in a live album recording released by B Records. He also joined Carnegie Hall’s first Song Studio, mentored by Renée Fleming, was invited by Thomas Hampson to participate in the Heidelberg Lied Academy, and received the Sam Hutchings prize at Malcolm Martineau’s Oxenfoord International Summer School.
Originally from Gainesville, Georgia, Kunal was a Schulich Scholar at McGill University and graduated with distinction in song interpretation from the Hochschule for Müsik “Hanns Eisler”. He is an Equilibrium Young Artist, Samling Artist, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Artist, and Britten Pears Young Artist. Kunal is currently based in Berlin.
RECENT PRAISE
Fréttablaðið
Jónas Sen
Kunal Lahiry played with unparalleled professionalism. His playing was elegant and purposeful, the tones so meaningful and otherworldly as to be admirable.
SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL
Rick Perdian
Lahiry makes an immediate impact …perfectly displayed his personal dramatic flair and first-class technique.
Festival de Royaumont
Hughe Rameau-Crays
[Marielou Jacquard] finds all the accuracy in Ravel’s Natural Stories delectable with Kunal Lahiry’s sensitive piano.
NEWS
“Choose Your Own Adventure” – Axelle Fanyo & Kunal Lahiry Let Audiences Curate Concert at London’s Barbican on 13 October
ECHO Rising Stars soprano Axelle Fanyo and pianist Kunal Lahiry invite audiences at London’s Barbican Centre to a musical game of “Choose your own adventure”. Their 13 October concert gives the audience the opportunity to curate their perfect programme. The Barbican writes: “Hear one, choose one: Axelle Fanyo invites the
Kunal Lahiry Presents Bristol’s Queer SongFest
Curated by pianist Kunal Lahiry, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3 and Bristol Pride, Queer SongFest is a concert series being performed at St George’s Bristol from the 29 – 30 June, created to make classical music accessible for the LGBTQ community in Bristol and beyond. From operatic cabaret sensation, Le Gateau
Kunal Lahiry’s EP “Unsung” with Sophie Kauer Available 17 March on Deutsche Grammophon
Pianist Kunal Lahiry’s new EP with cellist Sophie Kauer, Unsung will be released on Deutsche Grammophon on 17 March. Lahiry partners Kauer, a breakout star from the Academy Award-nominated TÁR. The EP’s first e-single, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances Op. 22 is available now. Indian-American pianist Kunal Lahiry is a current BBC New Generation Artist
Kunal Lahiry’s New Album “Licht in der Nacht” Is Available Now
Pianist Kunal Lahiry’s new album Licht in der Nacht, in collaboration with mezzo-soprano Coline Dutilleul, is available now on Outhere Music. The album features the works of Schönberg, Debussy, Zemlinksy, and more. Speaking about the album, Dultillel said, “This programme of works composed between 1899 -1914 that laid the foundations for modern music is
Kunal Lahiry’s New Album “Licht in der Nacht” Is Available Now
Pianist Kunal Lahiry’s new album Licht in der Nacht, in collaboration with mezzo-soprano Coline Dutilleul, is available now on Outhere Music. The album features the works of Schönberg, Debussy, Zemlinksy, and more. Speaking about the album, Dultillel said, “This programme of works composed between 1899 -1914 that laid the foundations
IMG Artists Welcomes Pianist Kunal Lahiry to its Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome pianist Kunal Lahiry to its roster for General Management. He will be represented from the London office. Indian-American pianist Kunal Lahiry is a current BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the 2021 Carl Bechstein Foundation scholarship. Recent performance highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall,
CONTACT
DEREK CHANDRUANG
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
+44 (0) 20 7957 5810
EMAIL
CLAIRE LOUIS
SENIOR ASSISTANT ARTIST MANAGER
+33 6 69 96 10 31
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