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Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the leading pianists of his generation. His concert performances and Harmonia Mundi recordings of the complete Beethoven Sonatas, Concertos and the Diabelli Variations have earned him unanimous acclaim from all over the world, culminating in 2010 with the honour of becoming the first pianist in the history of the 成人论坛 Proms to perform all five Beethoven Concertos in a single Proms season.

At the beginning of 2011 Paul Lewis embarked upon a two year Schubert project, performing all the mature piano works from the Wandererfantasie onwards. This series is being presented in London, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Melbourne, Rotterdam, Bologna, Florence, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and at other major venues worldwide. Future recording plans for Harmonia Mundi include two double CDs of Schubert solo works, Mozart concertos with Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding, and solo works by Schumann and Mussorgsky.

Paul Lewis studied with Ryszard Bakst at Chethams School of Music and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, before going on to study privately with Alfred Brendel. Along with his wife the Norwegian cellist Bj酶rg Lewis, he is artistic director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire, UK.