In 2023, Ariel Lanyi was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The prize is endowed with CHF 50,000, recognising a young pianist’s achievements and acting as an investment in their future. In 2021, he received the 3rd prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition.

Recent highlights have included recitals at the Wigmore Hall, the Grafenegg festival in Austria, Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Kissinger Festsommer and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern festivals in Germany, and in festivals across the UK. Also a regular visitor to North America, he has made appearances at the Vancouver Recital Society, Bravo!Vail festival in Colorado and Merkin Hall in New York, as well regular appearances at the Miami International Piano Festival.

Ariel has appeared with various orchestras, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

His newest recording, Organ Reflections, a recording of piano music inspired by the organ by Mozart, Franck, and Reger, was released to critical acclaim in May 2025 (“…the admirable Lanyi drawing out their many and varied colours superbly” – from a 5-star review from the BBC Music Magazine).

Born in Jerusalem, Ariel studied with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen. He completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Hamish Milne and Ian Fountain.

Other awards include 1st Prize at the Grand Prix Animato Competition in Paris and 1st Prize in the Dudley International Piano Competition, as well as a finalist award at the Rubinstein Competition. Ariel was recently made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.