John Lill's concert career spans fifty years. His rare talent emerged at an early age - he gave his first piano recital at the age of nine. At eighteen he performed Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto under Sir Adrian Boult, followed by his London debut playing Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall. Many prestigious prizes reflect his success, including the most coveted, the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1970, which further consolidated an already busy international concert schedule.

Unanimously described as the leading British pianist of his generation, John Lill's career has taken him to over fifty countries, both as recitalist and as a soloist with the world's greatest orchestras. He regularly performs in all the European capitals, the Far East and Australia. In the United States he has worked with all the major orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Symphony.

John Lill's extensive repertoire includes more than seventy concertos and he is acclaimed in particular as an interpreter of Beethoven. He has given over thirty BBC Promenade concerts and appears with all our major Symphony Orchestras.

John Lill has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, EMI and ASV. He has recorded the complete Prokofiev sonatas with ASV and his recent recording of the Beethoven Piano Concertos is available on Chandos.

John Lill lives in London and was awarded the CBE for his services to music in the 2005 New Year's Honours List.