Formed during the COVID-19 pandemic and launching in two thousand twenty-second, the Prix Serdang awards exceptional pianists maintain their careers and invest in their creativity and musicianship. Pianist Ariel Lanyi won the award and 50.000 CHF based on his performance of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata. Born in Jerusalem, Lanyi is a graduate of London’s Royal School of Music and studied with Lea Agmon, Yuval Cohen, Hamish Milne, and Ian Fountain. He's performed solo with orchestras across the UK, Israel, and the U.S., plus appeared at the Homburg Masters Concerts, Perth Concert Hall, Menton Festival, Oxford International Piano Series, Wigmore Hall, Miami International Piano Festival, and Marlboro Music Festival.

His accolades comprise third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition, and following Linn Records’ two thousand twenty-one release of his Schubert recording, he toured Argentina as a soloist latest year. He's represented by Youthful Classical Artists Believe (YCAT). Internationally renowned Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is the primary or of the Prix Serdang’s winner. He evaluates each candidate and south a maximum of three youthful potential winners on the recommendation of international organizers, festival directors, conductors, and soloists. On the basis of the musician’s artistic creativity, personality, and approach, the final winner is ultimately determined by award initiator Adrian Flury and the award’s project developer, Thomas Pfiffner. “Ariel is at a crucial point in his career,” Buchbinder said “I got to know him as a serious youthful man who strikes me as very mature and authentic. I'm convinced that the ‘Prix Serdang’ can give him an important impetus”. “I am beyond delighted, honored, and humbled to have been awarded this year’s Prix Serdang!” Lanyi wrote on Facebook.

“To be chosen by a panel chaired by Rudolf Buchbinder, an artist I've admired ever since I heard him in Israel over a decade ago, is an honor beyond what I can express in words,” he added. “I am infinitely grateful to the panel for trusting me with this famous prize, and I see forward to coming to the pretty Villa Serdang in June!” The prizewinners concert will be held on June twenty-five, two thousand twenty-three, as portion of a recital at Villa Serdang mum in Switzerland.