LPF26 – Ellis Arey: Working Class-ical Hero

The first contestant on C4’s The Piano, former boxer, Ellis Arey, is now finishing his studies at Leeds Conservatoire and beginning to perform live. 

Ellis will talk – and play – us through his story from the moment he first heard and fell in love with the piano by chance as a 4 year-old growing up on a tough Leeds council estate, and he’ll tell us which pieces he loves to play and why. 

“Every time you sit down at the piano in a ‘live’ performance, the audience gives you the chance to share what you have to say. What a gift!”