Xenia Pestova Bennet is a highly respected pianist, educator and composer. Described as “a powerhouse of contemporary keyboard repertoire” by ‘Tempo’, “stunning” by the ‘Wales Arts Review’ and “remarkably sensuous” in the international press. She has earned a reputation as a leading interpreter of uncompromising repertoire alongside masterpieces from the past. Her lasts album “Atomic Legacies” featuring Ligeti Quartet and the Magnetic Resonator Piano is available on Diatribe Records.

"A nuclear musical reaction that produces that great, irradiated beauty” - Tom Service, New Music Show, BBC Radio 3

"Shimmering bowed textures… [which] sound like they come from another world… " - Hannah Peel, Night Tracks, BBC Radio 3