BIOGRAPHY

A distinctive figure in contemporary piano, Samson Tsoy stands out with his magnetic personality, boundless imagination, and an innovative artistic vision that defies convention.

The 2024/25 season sees Samson perform in Bozar in Brussels, Saffron Hall, Festival Bach de Montreal, and at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam.

Recent highlights have included a debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3), a solo recital at Wigmore Hall, concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra with Gergely Madaras (Scriabin’s Prometheus) and Maxim Emelyanychev (both Brahms Piano Concertos in one evening), and a concert with Münchener Kammerorchester and Enrico Onofri. He also collaborated with acclaimed American artist Richard Serra at the Gagosian Gallery, where he performed Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

Samson frequently collaborates with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, and this season the duo make their recital debuts at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, and Rotterdam’s De Doelen, alongside a return to Wigmore Hall. They will take part in a digital installation at Antwerp’s MoMu combining choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Schubert’s Fantasie. Recent highlights for the duo include performances at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw and London’s Southbank and Barbican centres. In 2019, the duo co-founded the Ragged Music Festival, where they perform alongside Alina Ibragimova, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Lawrence Power, and Elena Stikhina.

Lauded for his originality and “inexhaustible imagination,” Samson has performed in venues and festivals around the world including the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, Aldeburgh Festival, Théâtre de la Ville and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and Verbier Festival. In 2023, he was the first-ever classical musician to perform for the opening of the Münchener Sicherheitskonferenz (Munich Security Conference) in front of the world’s most important political leaders.

Samson’s debut album featuring solo works by Brahms was released by Linn Records in early 2025. He was born in Kazakhstan and is based in London.