Arielle Beck
| “THE BRAND OF THE GREAT, AND THEY HAVE NEITHER AGE NOR GENDER”, Bachtrack. | “AN EXQUISITE TALENT”, Ritmo Revista. | “ALREADY AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST”, Scherzo Revista. | “SPARKLING CLEAR INTERPRETATIONS”, Luzerner Zeitung. | “VIRTUOSITY AND SOUND CULTURE OF A VETERAN”, Bachtrack. | “AN ARTIST IS BORN”, France Musique. | “SHE'S THE REAL THING”, Gramophone. |
Gifted with a unique sensitivity and artistic maturity, Arielle Beck is a French pianist of 17 born in Paris who has already performed on prestigious stages, both in recital and as a soloist with orchestra.
In 2023, she debuted at the Piano Festival La Roque d’Anthéron with Schumann op. 6 and Twelve Etudes op. 25 by Chopin. In 2024, her concert at the KKL-Konzertsaal in Lucerne, part of Le Piano Symphonique Festival, was broadcast live on Medici TV. And in 2025, she had her debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in a solo recital featuring Schumann, Schubert and Mendelssohn, also available on Medici.tv.
In the 26/27 season, Arielle Beck returns to give a solo recital at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and other venues across France with a program of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Hindemith, Chopin in 2026 and a program of Beethoven, Prokofiev and Liszt in 2027. She makes her debut at Radio France. Outside of France, she gives debut recitals in Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Heidelberger and performs the Grieg Piano Concert with Orchestre Consuelo and Orchestre national de Bretagne, Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 with the Szczecin Philharmonic, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 with Orchestre Lamoureux, and Mozart Jeunehomme Concerto with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
Last season, she debuted in London at the invitation of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466. She also performed with Sinfonia Varsovia and returned to Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire playing the Schumann Concerto. In Asia, she has performed with the Tokyo City Philharmonic, Bucheon Philharmonic and Osaka Philharmonic, and gave solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Tokyo. In France, she continues to be invited regularly to some of the most prestigious series and festivals.
Trained in Paris by Igor Lazko – a pupil of Yakov Zak –, Arielle Beck recently completed her Bachelor’s degree with the highest honors in the class of Claire Désert and Romano Pallottini at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Since her ninth year, she has been mentored by Stephen Kovacevich. She has also received mentorship from Murray Perahia.
She is the winner of the 2026 Révélations des Victoires de la Musique Classique. Her precocity was crowned with a First Grand Prize at the 2018 International Jeune Chopin Competition and in 2024 she received the 20th Elba Festival Prize, awarded each year to a young talent. In 2026, she also received the Del Duca Foundation award in the Musical Interpretation category.
Arielle Beck recorded her first album in 2025 for Mirare Productions, untitled Des lunes et des feux, which features Humoreske op. 20 by Schumann, 8 Klavierstücke op 76 by Brahms and her own Variations on a theme by R. Schumann.
Photo © Sylvain Gelineau
“Some of the dense polyrhythmic gestures made me think of what would have happened if Leopold Godowsky and Frederic Rzewski had a baby, with Ronald Stevenson as the midwife [...] So who wrote this engagingly creative and resourceful variation set? None other than Arielle Beck herself! Oh, I forgot to mention that this gifted musician was born in 2009, and recorded this album at the age of 15. She’s the real thing.”