Who are the most prominent pianists today?

Question

I know of Martha Argerich, Lang Lang and Evgeny Kissin. Care to expand this list for me?

Answer 1

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Here are some I can think of:

Krystian Zimerman

Mikhail Pletnev

Daniel Barenboim

Benjamin Grosvenor

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Marc-andré Hamelin

Leif Andsnes

Helene Grimaud

Boris Berezovsky

Freddy Kempf

Mitsuko Uchida

Answer 2

Adding to the list:

Howard Shelley

Maurizio Pollini (he might retire soon because of health)

Murray Perahia

Nikolai Lugansky

Ronald Brautigam

Stephen Hough

Yuja Wang

Of those above, in my opinion Stephen Hough is at the front of the class.

A comment on a prior response, both Ashkenazy and Barenboim are basically conductors now rather than pianists.