Ariel Lanyi was born in
Jerusalem. He studied piano at the Conservatory of the
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen, as well as violin, composition, conducting, and jazz. He started performing as a pianist at age 5, played with an orchestra for the first time at age 6, started regular appearances on live broadcasts on Israel Radio at age 8, and was featured in several documentaries, including the ITV documentary Superhuman Genius. He subsequently studied piano at the
Royal Academy of Music in London with
Hamish Milne and Ian Fountain. In addition, he received tuition from eminent artists such as
Imogen Cooper,
Richard Goode,
Robert Levin,
Murray Perahia,
Leif Ove Andsnes, as well as the late
Ivan Moravec and
Leon Fleisher. In 2021, Lanyi won third prize at the
Leeds International Piano Competition, and was a finalist at the
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. In the same year, he was a prize winner at the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and
Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions. In 2023, Lanyi was chosen by a panel chaired by Rudolf Buchbinder to be awarded the Prix Serdang, a prize of 50,000 CHF given to a young pianist. In 2024, as part of the Next Generation Mozart Soloists project, Lanyi released a recording of the two Mozart Concert Rondos with Howard Griffiths and the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. In 2025, Linn Records released
Organ Reflections, a recording of piano music influenced by the organ by Mozart, Franck, and Reger. In addition to giving recitals in multiple countries, he has played with orchestras such as the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and has collaborated with conductors such as
Trevor Pinnock,
Andrew Manze, Peter Whelan, and . As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with eminent artists such as
Charles Neidich, ,
Noah Bendix-Balgley, and has participated in the
Marlboro Music Festival. Lanyi received critical acclaim for performances of
Haydn,
Beethoven,
Schubert and
Bartók. Lanyi resides in
London. == Recordings ==