Milen Earath, Piano
September 25th, 2026
The Programme
Milen Earath was introduced to the piano at the age of 9, by 14 he was a Licentiate of Trinity College, London (LTCL) with distinction. It will be a rare treat to hear a player of such prodigous talent.
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt
- Isoldes Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)
Interval – 20 minutes
Vincenzo Bellini / Franz Liszt
- Réminiscences de Norma
Maurice Ravel
- Gaspard de la nuit
- Ondine
- Le Gibet
- Scarbo
Programme Notes
Coming soon.
Programme Notes Copyright Alistair Jones, 2026
The Artist
Milen Earath
Milen Earath was born in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Milen comes from a family with no musical background. His father Manoj Bhaskaran Earath, an Indian national and mother Alena Vladimirovna Earath, a Russian national, are both doctors. During his childhood, he was interested in sports, kung-fu, and other extra-curricular activities, especially at school. Milen excelled in academics, winning prizes in recitation, elocution and storytelling in primary school.
Milen's introduction to the world of classical piano music happened during his 3rd grade school vacation, while he visited his grandparents in Russia. They took him to a concert at a music school nearby where he first saw and heard a grand piano. He went for piano lessons in that music school for the next two weeks, during which he learnt to play Beethoven's Fur Elise and Marmot.
It was after the school vacation that Milen joined a music school in his hometown Thrissur on June 1, 2010. In May 2011, Milen started Initial Grade Piano of Trinity College of London. In a span of 1.5 years, by December 2012, he had completed the 8 grades in Pianoforte with distinction.
He appeared for Associate of Trinity College, London (ATCL) in December 2013 and passed with distinction. In December 2014, he passed Licentiate of Trinity College, London (LTCL) with distinction. In January 2015, Milen was certified with Fellowship of Trinity College, London (FTCL) in Piano Performance. The time of 4.5 years taken by Milen, who is also the youngest Indian to do so, for completing the 8 grades and the 3 diplomas of Trinity College, London is considered to be one of the shortest.
Milen's first exposure to a piano competition was at age 12 in the 2013 MusiQuest, an all-India piano competition in Pune. He won first place in the advanced division for ages up to 25, winning an acoustic piano and a scholarship for a summer camp in the International Institute for Young Musicians in Kansas. In 2014, he was a semi-finalist and the winner of the "Audience Favorite Prize" at "Conbrio" Mumbai, a national level piano competition for ages up to 35.
After Musiquest, he was invited for piano masterclasses Heribert Koch, president of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), Germany, who had started to give him advice over internet. Milen has attended many intensive piano masterclasses with Prof. Koch since 2014, for which he travelled to Germany for short periods. While in India, Milen continued his work mostly by himself and through occasional Skype classes. Starting in 2014, Milen had multiple concerts in Germany, Russia, Belgium and Italy. On January 24, 2016, Milen had his first solo recital, which was held at Schloss Burgau, Germany. His orchestral debut took place in Germany on October 16, 2016, where he performed Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor.
Milen was awarded the national child award for exceptional achievements in the field of music by President of India Pranab Mukherjee on November 14, 2016, at Rashtrapathi Bhavan. His first large-scale solo recital in India was held on April 28, 2017 at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai.
On November 10, 2017, Milen performed for Queen Mathilde of Belgium, at the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, Mumbai. On February 3, 2018, Milen performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 accompanied by Collegium Musicum Julich, with conductor Peter Sauerwein at the Gymnasium Zitadelle in Julich. In June 2024, Milen completed his 5 year Specialist diploma in piano performance (equivalent to British Bachelors degree - Honors) with Prof. Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, Moscow. He graduated with First-Class Honors. Currently, Milen is doing his Master of Performance in piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London with Prof. Ronan O’Hora. He is also currently a recipient of scholarships from Steinway & Sons, Leverhulme Arts Trust and the Jesse Wakefield Bursary.