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‘Lewis is a wonderfully unfussy and straightforwardly lucid interpreter of these great works, judicious with his rubato, and never imposing unnecessary mannerisms on the music; whether structurally or texturally, everything is consistently uncluttered ’

- The Guardian

Paul Lewis is one of the foremost interpreters of the Central European piano repertoire, his performances and recordings of Beethoven and Schubert receiving universal critical acclaim. He was awarded CBE for his services to music, and the sincerity and depth of his musical approach have won him fans around the world.

This global popularity is reflected in the world-class orchestras with whom he works, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, Philharmonia, Bavarian Radio Symphony, NHK Symphony, New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras. His close relationship with Boston Symphony Orchestra led to his selection as the 2020 Koussevitzky Artist at Tanglewood.

Lewis often focuses on specific composers in projects that allow him to take audiences deep inside the works. In 2026 and 2027, he will tour his Mozart+series around the world, juxtaposing Mozart’s lesser-known piano repertoire with works by composers such as Poulenc, Chopin and Weber, illuminating Mozart’s influences over subsequent generations, as well as shining a light on works that are often overshadowed by his concertos. Previously, between 2022 and 2025, Lewis embarked on a Schubert Piano Sonata Series, presenting four programmes of the completed sonatas at over 40 venues around the world.

With a natural affinity for Beethoven, Lewis has performed the composer’s complete piano concerto cycle all over the world and was the first pianist to present it in a single BBC Proms season, in 2010. He has subsequently performed it in Tanglewood in 2022, Boston in 2023 with Andris Nelsons and Boston Symphony Orchestra, and in 2025 with Eivind Aadland and Oslo Philharmonic. He took part in the BBC’s three-part documentary Being Beethoven.

Beyond many award-winning Beethoven and Schubert recordings, his discography with Harmonia Mundi also demonstrates his characteristic depth of approach in Romantic repertoire such as Schumann, Mussorgsky, Brahms and Liszt. In March 2025 he gave the world premiere of Thomas Larcher’s Piano Sonata in Oviedo, Italy, and he continues to perform it around the world.

In chamber music, Lewis works closely with tenor Mark Padmore in lied recitals around the world –they have recorded three Schubert song cycles together – and he is co-Artistic Director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire, UK. In May 2025 he was the first non-American pianist to chair the jury of the The Cliburn Piano Competition.

Programme

14:30

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major K.330
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 7 in C major
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 8 in A minor
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 9 in D major
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 10 in F major 'Éloge des gammes'
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 11 in G minor
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 12 in E flat major 'Hommage à Schubert'
Claude Debussy: L'Isle joyeuse

Intermission

Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 1 in B minor
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 2 in A flat major
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 3 in B minor
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 4 in A flat major
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 5 in A minor
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 6 in B flat major
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 13 in A minor
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 14 in D flat major
Francis Poulenc: Improvisation No 15 in C minor 'Hommageà Edith Piaf'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K.457

19:30

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K.570
Franz Schubert: 3 Klavierstücke, D.946

Intermission

Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise for piano No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26/1
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes Op.32
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 13 in B flat major, K.333

* The Program is subject to change.