British-Indonesian pianist George Harliono has established himself as one of the most distinctive pianists of his generation. In 2023, he was awarded the Silver Medal at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Invited to give his first full solo recital at the age of nine, George has since performed extensively across the UK, Europe, the United States and Asia. He has appeared at major venues including Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, the Royal Albert Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Suntory Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei.

George made his concerto debut at the age of twelve and has since performed with orchestras including the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago. He has worked with conductors including Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Alexander Rudin, Ainars Rubikis, Ken Takaseki, Kazumasa Watanabe, Ivan Nikiforchin, Haoran Li, and Sebastian Weigle.

Highlights of recent seasons include performances with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as recitals at Laeiszhalle Hamburg and across China, including Tianjin, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and Beijing. Recent highlights also include Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in Saint-Étienne and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at Suntory Hall with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. In August 2024, George performed for Indonesia’s President-elect, Prabowo Subianto. In November 2024, he recorded Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra for his debut orchestral album.

George’s performances have been broadcast internationally, including his 2016 performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, which was broadcast live on Russian national television and streamed on Medici TV. In 2013, he was invited to record Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 at the Southbank Centre in London.

He has received prizes at numerous international competitions, including the Grand Piano Competition in Moscow, Sendai International Music Competition, Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, Concours International de Lagny-sur-Marne, and the Dinu Lipatti Piano Competition. In 2018, he was shortlisted in the Sound of Classical Poll at the Classic BRIT Awards, and in 2022 he was awarded Best Guest Artist at the 440 Hz Awards for his performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 at Zaryadye Hall with Musica Viva Orchestra conducted by Alexander Rudin.

George studied at the Royal College of Music, where he was accepted at the age of fifteen with a full scholarship and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Music degree. He is currently studying on the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma course at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Professor Pascal Nemirovski, International Chair in Piano. His teachers have also included Vanessa Latarche and William Fong, and he has taken masterclasses with artists including Dmitri Bashkirov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov.

Alongside his performing career, George is deeply committed to education and regularly gives masterclasses for young musicians. He has taught at institutions including Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tainan National University of the Arts, National Tsing Hua University, Taipei National University of the Arts, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas.