Archived Event

Chopin and Clementi
Alim Beisembayev piano
Date
Mon 06 Dec 2021, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Autumn 2021 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Download the PDF programme here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Alim Beisembayevpiano

Programme

      • 6 Piano Sonatas Op. 25
        :
      • No. 5 Sonata in F sharp minor

Encore

  • Franz Liszt
    1811-1886
      • Étude d’exécution transcendante S139 No. 12 'Chasse-neige'

Overview

Alim Beisembayev won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in September 2021, performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Manze. He also took home the medici.tv Audience Prize and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Prize for contemporary performance, with The Guardian praising him as a “worthy winner” with a “real musical personality”.

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