Irène Duval & Ariel Lanyi

Irène Duval (violin) Ariel Lanyi (piano)

Franz Schubert - Sonatina no 2 in A minor for violin and piano, op 137 
Gabriel Fauré - Sonata no 1 in A for violin and piano, op 13

In 2021 Irène was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust International Auditions. Since graduating from the Conservatoire de Paris and Kronberg Academy Irène has emerged as a compelling and versatile performer. Over the last year she has given recitals at Wigmore Hall with Steven Isserlis (live streamed and broadcast by Radio 3) and a Gala Concert at the Philharmonie de Paris with Khatia Buniatishvili.   

Engagements during the 2021/22 season include her debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a solo recital at Wigmore Hall, and concerts in Lucerne with Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih.  She returns to the Kryzowa Chamber Music Festival and Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove.  

Irène has given recitals at major venues and festivals across Europe, including the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Salle Gaveau, Dresdner Kulturpalast, Festival de la Roque d’Antheron and Les Folles Journées. Solo highlights include the Dresdner Philharmonie, Kremerata Baltica and Orchestre Colonne. In 2017 she released her first CD ‘Poèmes’ for Mirare/Harmonia Mundi.

Irène plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin of 1850, a copy of the Sancy Stradivarius, which is on loan to her by a private sponsor.

In 2021 Ariel won 3rd Prize (The Roslyn Lyons Bronze Medal) at the Leeds International Piano Competition. In the same year he was a prize winner in the YCAT (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions.

Over the summer Ariel made his debut at Wigmore Hall and participated in the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.  His recording of music by Schubert for Linn Records was released. Other recent highlights include live concerts (for release online) for the Vancouver Recital Society in Canada and the Banco de la República in Colombia. As soloist he performed Brahms Concerto No.2 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven’s Concerto No.2 at the Royal Academy of Music. 

This season Ariel returns to give performances in the Miami Piano Festival and at Wigmore Hall, as well as appearing as a soloist with orchestras in the US and in Israel. 

Ariel has performed widely in Europe - previous highlights including recitals at the deSingel Arts Centre in Antwerp (stepping in for Till Fellner) and Salle Cortot in Paris.

Born in Jerusalem, in 2021 Ariel completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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