KAJIMOTO is delighted to welcome French Pianist Arielle Beck to the roster.

Arielle is a teenage Paris-born pianist who has already performed on prestigious stages, both in recital and as a soloist with orchestras.

Gifted with a unique sensitivity and artistic maturity, she debuted at 14-year-old at the Piano Festival La Roque d’Anthéron. A year later, in 2024, her recital at the KKL Lucerne, part of Le Piano Symphonique Festival, was livestreamed 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.

Trained in Paris by Igor Lazko, Arielle is currently a student in the class of Claire Désert and Romano Pallottini at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, about to complete her bachelor’s degree. Since the age of nine, she has also been mentored by Stephen Kovacevich, and more recently by Murray Perahia. She has received support from Martha Argerich.

Her prodigious talent was recognized with First Grand Prize at the 2018 International Young Chopin Competition (Switzerland). She is the winner of the 2026 Révélations des Victoires de la Musique Classique, the youngest-ever pianist to be awarded the prize. The same year, she also received the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Interpretation Prize.

Arielle recorded her first album in 2025 for Mirare Productions. It features Humoreske op. 20 by Schumann, 8 Klavierstücke op. 76 by Brahms and her own composition, Variations on a theme by R. Schumann. Jed Distler reviewed the disc for the Gramophone Magazine: “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.”

Please stay tuned for Arielle Beck’s future endeavors!

Arielle Beck Official Website: https://www.arielle-beck.com/en/