Composer

Described as a pianist with “magician's fingers and soul of integrity” (Le Monde), Canadian Bruce Liu returns to Koerner Hall to perform works by Beethoven, Chopin, Albéniz, and Liszt.

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Bruce Liu, piano

The Royal Conservatory of Music

From early fame as a BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist in 2014 to being the inaugural recipient of the Prix Serdang in 2022, Martin’s performances are hailed as a thrilling experience delivered with passion and technical mastery. His festival appearance includes pieces by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Chopin and Fauré.

Martin James Bartlett Piano Recital

Kent College

Piano recital with the young Japanese pianist Takuma Onodera, 2nd prize winner at the Aarhus International Piano Competition 2025.

Takuma Onodera – Young Japanese Piano Lion

Odense Valgmenighed

When you think of Russian music, you think of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov – two giants of melody and emotion, who could create whole worlds of feeling from a single piano. Ukrainian born Alexander Gavrylyuk is soaked in that tradition, and today he pairs two of their most personal masterpieces with three composers who inspired them: Chopin, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky’s lifelong hero Mozart.

Steinway International Piano Series: Alexander Gavrylyuk

Bute Park

Hear the evolution of keyboard fantasias — stretching from the 17th century to today — with works by Telemann, Mozart, Chopin, and Billy Joel.

Robert Blocker plays Telemann and Schumann

Yale University

Having won First Prize at the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition, Eric Lu has since achieved the rare distinction of becoming one of only two pianists – alongside fellow Leeds laureate Radu Lupu – to have claimed two of the four major international piano competitions. This remarkable feat was confirmed with his First Prize victory at the XIX International Chopin Piano Competition in 2025. Reflecting his most recent win, Eric includes two pieces by Chopin in his programme.

Eric Lu

Leeds Conservatoire

For Debussy and Ravel, the soul of French music lay in a more elegant age, and they sprinkled sonic stardust over a dream of the baroque. Each of Chopin’s 24 Preludes, meanwhile, is a miniature world of fantasy, colour and deep emotion - and according to one critic, Llŷr Williams plays them “much as the composer is thought to have played them”.

Llŷr Williams: Baroque Connections 1

Arielle Beck was named Revelation Instrumental Soloist of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2026. She embodies a new generation of prodigies; after winning First Prize at the International Jeune Chopin Competition (with Martha Argerich as president) at the age of 9, she got into the Paris Conservatoire when she was 14, making her one of the most promising young pianists of her generation. Her virtuosic recital, mixing German and French Romanticism with Russian music, is perfectly fit to her talent and maturity.

Arielle Beck

Opéra National De Lyon

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from RCM musicians at this lunchtime concert.

Chamber Tuesdays

Royal College of Music

Monday Lunchtimes 2026

Royal Northern College of Music

Few among today’s pianists, and from the past, could surpass Nikolai Lugansky’s searching artistry, deep musical intelligence and gilt-edged technical authority. His recital couples Robert Schumann’s brooding Fantasiestücke Op. 111, ardent late works, with his youthful cycle of piano pieces, Faschingsschwank aus Wien. Chopin’s Impromptus, spontaneous and mostly playful, are framed by his wistful Barcarolle and the mercurial Scherzo No. 4.

Nikolai Lugansky piano

Wigmore Hall

For Marco Arcieri, Chopin is not merely repertoire but a lifelong artistic home. Deeply connected to the composer’s music from an early age, Arcieri has always felt in Chopin a voice that speaks directly to his inner world. After twenty-two years balancing his musical vocation with a successful career in engineering, Arcieri made the life-changing decision to leave his studio behind and devote himself entirely to the music he feels called to serve: the music of Chopin. In this all-Chopin recital, Arcieri offers not virtuosity for its own sake, but a deeply personal return to the composer’s authentic voice, one grounded in simplicity. Rejecting excess and affectation, he seeks to restore a style of playing in Chopin in which every phrase breathes naturally and every note is given space to resonate and speak. This recital is both a tribute and a mission: to share Chopin not as spectacle, but as intimate truth.

My Chopin

Smith Square Hall

Hailed as ‘a wonderful musician with a compelling sense of storytelling’ (Le Soir, 2022), Petar Pejčić is one of the most promising talents on the classical scene. Selected at the 2025 YCAT International Auditions at Wigmore Hall, Petar was named an ECHO Rising Star for 2026-27, which will see him perform on some of Europe’s biggest stages, such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

Petar Pejčić cello; Nour Ayadi piano

Zlata Chochieva’s recording of Chopin’s Etudes Opp. 10 & 25, released in 2014, was described by Gramophone’s reviewer as ‘one of the most consistently inspired, masterfully executed, and beautiful-sounding versions I can recall’. The Russian-born pianist brings an intoxicating blend of emotional freedom, immaculate technique and soulfulness to her interpretations of Chopin’s matchless compositions.

Zlata Chochieva piano

Since winning the Salzburg International Mozart Competition in 2016, Saskia Giorgini has secured prominence among the top flight of today’s artists with the heartfelt lyricism and musical intelligence of her pianism. She recalls the beauty and refinement of Belle Époque Paris in a programme that includes exquisite miniatures by Mel Bonis and Lili Boulanger and closes with L’isle joyeuse, Debussy’s seductive evocation of Aegean warmth and colour.

Saskia Giorgini piano

You can simply go to a concert at the Philharmonie, spontaneously, during your lunch break – and with free admission: every Wednesday at 13:00 between September and June. The programme lasts 40 to 50 minutes: chamber music, piano works or a percussion duo – everything from Tchaikovsky to tango. Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Karajan-Akademie regularly perform, as well as guests from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin music conservatories. As can be expected at a lunch concert, catering is available from 12 noon until shortly before the concert begins.

Lunch concert

Berliner Philharmoniker

Wigmore Hall’s celebration of the piano continues with a recital from one of Britain’s most thrilling young artists. Gramophone hit the mark in its review of her debut album of works by, among others, Chopin and Florence Price: ‘Jeneba impresses as a pianist of enormous technical resources in service of an uncommonly rich and versatile musical imagination. With so much in full flower at such an early age, her future will surely be dazzling.’

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason piano

Hailed for his “sweeping yet refined sentimentality and pyrotechnical prowess” (The Classical Music Journal), Michael Davidman is one of the most compelling pianists of his generation. The winner of the 2025 American Piano Awards and many other prizes, he has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de la Garde Républicaine, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Freixenet Encuentro Symphony Orchestra, Reina Sofía Orchestra, Monterey Symphony, and other ensembles across the United States and abroad.

Michael Davidman, piano

Kaufman Music Center

Admired for her exceptional maturity and supreme musicianship, Elisabeth Brauss made her mark in the UK as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2018 to 2020. The German pianist opens her Wigmore Hall Piano Festival programme with the charm of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in F. It prepares the way for a selection of pieces from Fourteen Bagatelles BB50 Op. 6, experimental miniatures in which Bartók departed from the solid tonal foundations of western harmony; Messiaen’s tender ‘kiss of the Infant Jesus’; and the romanticism of Chopin’s F minor Fantasy.

Elisabeth Brauss piano

Following a sell-out performance last year, Paul Lewis returns with the next instalment of his Mozart+ series. Shining a spotlight on Mozart’s often-overlooked piano sonatas, Paul will also explore the contrasts and connections between them and the works of other composers. We’ll dive into the vocally inspired world of Chopin and Schubert, tracing threads between these pieces and Mozart’s remarkable piano music.

Mozart+ Series No.2

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

Third Prize Winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition Zitong Wang brings Chopin’s Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, a work that pairs poetic lyricism with dazzling virtuosity. The concert opens with Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, a rousing and dramatic work infused with folk-inspired melodies and patriotic spirit. Yao Chen’s Garden: Unearthing the Way Home follows, before Rachmaninov’s First Symphony concludes with sweeping intensity and symphonic grandeur.

Swire Proudly Sponsors: Belt and Road: Zitong Wang Plays Chopin

Hong Kong Cultural Centre

The orchestra opens with infectious rhythmic energy in Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture. Then every instrument gets a chance to shine in the colorfully orchestrated Concerto for Orchestra by Rolf Martinsson.

From Chopin with Love

Malmo Live Concert AB

The works in Clare Hammond’s recital demand a union of exceptional technical skills and deep artistic sensibility, qualities she possesses in abundance. The British pianist’s programme reflects her profound interest in the music of Poland and determination to broaden the keyboard repertoire with new work, present here in the form of the world première of two études by Emma-Ruth Richards, a composer praised by Musical Opinion for the ‘exceptional refinement and subtlety’ of her music.

Clare Hammond piano

Chopin

Theatre Arlington

Piano recital with Iwan König. Program: Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35; Grieg Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 7; Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition." Note: This date is canceled; the concert will be rescheduled to next year.

19th Piano Recital by Iwan König

Neue Kirche

Chopin, Scriabin, Rachmaninov

Chiaramonte Steri Palace

With an evening brimming with sonic magic and visionary power, Marie Jacquot celebrates her inaugural concert as the new chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra. From the ethereal prelude to Wagner's opera "Lohengrin," the program spans Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor to the evocative tone poems of the late Romantic era: "Andromède" by the Irish-French composer Augusta Holmès and "Le poème de l'extase" by the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Let yourself be captivated by this dramatic program – and experience the exceptional pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, a former winner of the prestigious Warsaw Chopin Competition.

Departure - Marie Jacquot & Yulianna Avdeeva

Cologne Philharmonie

The Hong Kong Philharmonic, conducted by its Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman, presents a special HKWeek@Chengdu concert, opening with Yao Chen’s newest work, Waltz of the Rolling Giants, commissioned by the HK Phil and inspired by the beloved Sichuan giant pandas, offering a warm musical greeting to the Chengdu audience. 2025 International Chopin Competition Gold Medallist Eric Lu performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 1, and the evening concludes with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, whose rich orchestral colour brings the concert to a brilliant close.

"Hong Kong Week 2026@Chengdu" Lio Kuokman, Eric Lu and HK Phil

Chengdu City Concert Hall

The Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas has been making music with radiant, instinctive joy since age four. Her deeply expressive performances—marked by a rare blend of technical refinement and emotional immediacy—have made her one of the most compelling artists of her generation. Highlights of the 2025–26 season include performances with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Taiwan Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, and a five-city tour with Euskadiko Orkestra. In October 2025 Thomas curated a week of Paris-inspired concerts at the Viva Cello Festival in Switzerland. She embarked on a North American recital tour with pianist-composer Julien Brocal and continues to tour with clarinetist YOM.

Camille Thomas, cello; Julien Brocal, piano

Tippet Rise Art Center

David Khrikuli Piano Recital

Benjamin Grosvenor Piano Recital

Hong Kong City Hall

International Chopin Competition Gold Medallist Eric Lu – who won with a masterful performance of Chopin’s Concerto in F minor – now turns to the composer’s Concerto in E minor, illuminating its lyricism and youthful ardour with his poetic voice. HK Phil Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman leads Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, ablaze with orchestral fireworks, and the evening opens with Yao Chen’s newly commissioned Waltz of the Rolling Giants, written especially for the orchestra’s China and international tours in the 2026/27 season.

Chengdu Pre-Tour Concert: Eric Lu Plays Chopin

Szymanowski, Chopin, Debussy

Gen Z knows him as “Cateen,” the hip YouTuber and cat enthusiast with more than 1,5 million followers. Behind the social-media star — whose artful clips have racked up over 200 million views — is the Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino, born in 1995. And you can hear him live in the Concert Hall, now for the first time at Lucerne Festival, and marvel at what he can do at the piano. Sumino doesn’t shy away from the toughest virtuoso challenges, including the wild demands of Guido Agosti’s piano transcription of excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird. But the idea behind the program matters even more to him: he has built his Lucerne debut around Frédéric Chopin, interweaving Chopin pieces with his own neoclassically styled compositions and improvisations. Works by Thomas Adès and Camille Saint-Saëns also enter this “Chopin orbit” with ease. Teenagers and 20-somethings flock to his concerts — no surprise he recently won the “Opus Klassik” audience award. Yet Sumino is far more than a media phenomenon: he refined his artistry with Jean-Marc Luisada and also studied at IRCAM in Paris.

Hayato Sumino

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Yulianna Avdeeva burst onto the international stage after winning the gold medal in the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition. Now acknowledged around the world, Avdeeva appears this season with Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchester and Andris Nelsons in Leipzig, Vienna, Frankfurt, Beijing, and Shanghai. Her tour itinerary includes concerts with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Santtu-Matias Rouvali in Berlin, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal under the baton of Simone Young. Other North American engagements include the Pittsburgh and Seattle symphonies with Rafael Payare and David Danzmayr, respectively.

Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Clair de Lune

Alfred Brendel was a much-loved performer at the Edinburgh International Festival for 40 years. His former student, Paul Lewis, reflects Brendel’s influence through his ‘unshowy, deeply considered interpretations,’ (The Times). Now a leading pianist of his generation, Lewis has described Brendel as an ‘endless source of inspiration’.

Paul Lewis

The Queen's Hall

Join British pianist Beatrice Nicholas for a night where classical meets swing. BEATRICE jumps effortlessly from Beethoven to boogie, giving Chopin and Liszt a swinging, jazz-infused twist in a celebration of 1930s African American women composers and artists such as Hazel Scott, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Florence Price, and Margaret Bonds.

Beatrice Nicholas

Ronnie Scott's

High Festival Level

Imperial Baths

The world-famous French pianist Jean-Marc Luisada returns to the Paliesius Manor - this time he invites listeners to the world of fantasies and nocturnes. The works of Joseph Haydn, Fryderyk Chopin and Gabriel Fauré will be performed, revealing the diversity and beauty of the genres of fantasies and nocturnes. Chopin's romance, Haydn's playfulness and Fauré's elegant introspection will intertwine into one delicate musical journey. Jean-Marc Luisada won the F. Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1985 and is now known as one of the best and most interesting interpreters of F. Chopin in the world.

Jean-Marc Luisada. Fantasies and Nocturnes (piano, France)

Paliesius Manor

Claudia Vento, Piano

Legendary sonatas

6 p.m. Recital: Zlata Chochieva

Parc de Florans

Marco Ottaviani, Piano

Piano recital: Couperin, Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, with encores by Schubert and Bach

Piano Recital by Su Yeon Kim

Elevate Piano Festival

Hotel Imperial

Garrick Ohlsson—one of only two Americans to have won the International Chopin Piano Competition—returns to the Festival to perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero, the program also journeys to Mexico and Italy with Juan Pablo Contreras’s lively Mariachitlán and Tchaikovsky’s tuneful Capriccio Italien.

Ohlsson Plays Chopin

Millennium Park

Bach - Liszt - Medtner - Chopin - Beethoven

Alexandre Kantorow piano recital

Dèjà Vu

Orto Botanico di Palermo

Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff stand among the greatest poet-composers of the piano, each creating music of profound depth, beauty, and emotional power that continues to captivate audiences worldwide. In this program, pianist Michelle Yelin Nam brings these two towering figures into dialogue, interweaving their works to illuminate the striking affinities between them across time and culture.

Two Romantics: Dialogue between Chopin & Rachmaninoff | Michelle Yelin Nam, piano

Clayton State University

Austrian composer Ignace Pleyel, who studied with Haydn, found lasting fame as a pioneer of piano building. His Paris-based company continued producing fine instruments after his death in 1831, influencing the development of piano works by, among others, Chopin and Debussy. Finghin Collins, inspired to pay homage to Pleyel after playing on a rebuilt Pleyel 280 concert grand piano dating from 1937, includes beautiful miniatures by the Franco-Irish composer Joseph O’Kelly and Georges Pfeiffer, both partners in the Pleyel firm.

Finghin Collins piano

Saehyun Kim (piano) and Bohdan Luts (violin), with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille under David Molard Soriano, performing Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin (Fugue et Toccata orchestrated by David Molard Soriano), Chausson's Poème for violin and orchestra, op. 25, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23, with Chopin encores.

Laureates' Gala of the Long-Thibaud Competition

Full of mystery and momentum, Spanish pianist Javier Perianes explores how two towering composers reimagined these forms in strikingly different ways.

Javier Perianes in Recital

Sydney Opera House

Piano recital by Sophia Liu at the La Roque-d'Anthéron Festival: Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Balakirev.

Sophia Liu Piano Recital

From Chopin's scherzos to Liszt's Italian scenes: a panorama of the piano in the 19th century.

Vincent Mussat, piano

Théâtre Jérôme Savary

Admired for the strength and conviction of his individual interpretations and phenomenal technical command at the keyboard, George Xiaoyuan Fu has been hailed by The Arts Desk as ‘one of the most exciting young pianists of our time, no question’. The American musician, a seasoned composer as well as performer, presents a programme that reflects the breadth of his artistry and profound feeling for the piano’s tonal colours and textural nuances.

George Xiaoyuan Fu piano

A majestic piano recital, in simple style, featuring two sonatas by Beethoven and Liszt, which are among the most captivating works in the repertoire.

Beethoven / Chopin / Liszt

Opéra Comédie

The piano – one of the most iconic, versatile and popular classical instruments of all time – exudes a timeless allure which has attracted a wealth of repertoire written for it by generations of master composers. It is also one of the most exciting protagonists you will find on the concerto platform, as its harmonic possibilities and sheer power make it a more-than-worthy opponent of a whole symphony orchestra. In this concert, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie will be joined by Hong Kong’s very own Chopin Competition prizewinner Colleen Lee, who will perform Chopin’s exquisite Piano Concerto No 1 and share with the audience her insights into piano-playing. The young winners of “Auditions On Stage – Piano” in 2025 – Lin Jia-hong Ericsson and Lo Sum-yau – will play the well-loved piano concertos of Grieg and Mozart, putting a pianist’s artistic journey on full display.

International Arts Carnival 2026 Know Your Piano Concertos

The love for music is in Czech genes. There is good reason for the saying: Every Czech is a musician. Czech musicians are rightly considered to be the absolute best in the interpretation of classical music in the world. Do you want to meet them live?Come to a concert of the Prague Music Orchestra chamber ensemble, which originated in the beginning of the 21st century and is one of the most renowned Czech musical ensembles today. It is distinguished by a unique, cultivated sound and it is a representative of highly appreciated interpretation art.

The Best of Classics & Opera with Ballet

Municipal House

KASA Quartet, First Prize winner of the 2017 Coltman Chamber Music Competition, was founded in the summer of 2016 by Andy Liang, Aaron Schwartz, Stephanie Price-Wong and Kyle Price. KASA utilizes its fluency in multiple styles to curate fresh, innovative, genre-defying performances that harken the classical standard repertoire and fuse it with favorites of the jazz, musical theater, folk and pop standards. The quartet takes pride in creating and interpreting original arrangements and transcriptions of works by Jacob Collier, Marvin Hamlisch, George Gershwin among others. The ensemble has taught and performed as featured artists for the Ravinia Festival, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Austin Chamber Music Center, Second City Chamber Series, Miami Music Project, and Chamber Music Connection in addition to holding a residency each summer at the Caroga Lake Music Festival since its inception. KASA’s shared passion for bringing multiple genres together for their programming has attracted various audiences and presenters from different musical interests together for memorable performances and projects. KASA released its debut album in 2022, Forever Wild, Vol. 1 with each track featuring guest collaborations spanning a wide array of genres and styles.

KASA QUARTET with ANTHONY RATINOV, piano

Maverick Concert Hall

He has certainly launched the most unusual start to a career in recent years: Georgian pianist Giorgi Gigashvili, born in 2000, arranged pop music at an early age and won the competition of the Georgian show The Voice at thirteen. On the side, he continued taking piano lessons and won first prize at the international piano competition in Vigo in 2019 – whose jury was chaired by Martha Argerich.

Sunday Matinee

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Concert reading with excerpts from letters and documents by Chopin and his contemporaries, alternating with works by the composer

Homage to Frédéric Chopin

Bündheimer Schloss

“Chopin’s music is so rich and moves me deeply. I simply love it,” says Yulianna Avdeeva. Her close connection to the composer comes as no surprise – after all, the pianist won the legendary Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2010, the first woman to do so since Martha Argerich. She impressed the jury with her sensitive and poetic playing. In this concert, Yulianna Avdeeva combines some of Chopin’s most beloved pieces – among them the poignantly beautiful Fantaisie in F minor and the brilliant Grande Polonaise – with music by Władysław Szpilman. The composer and pianist, whose life story became widely known through the film The Pianist, draws heavily on Chopin’s musical language in his own works.

Yulianna Avdeeva Performs Chopin and Szpilman

Berliner Philharmonie

The programme of works by W. A. Mozart, F. Chopin and H. Berlioz promises a unique artistic experience. Piano virtuoso Martin Kasík will perform Mozart's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A major, K. 488, followed by Chopin's Variations on Là ci darem la mano for piano and orchestra, Op.  2. In the symphonic poem Harold in Italy by Hector Berlioz, we will hear the mastery of Josef Špaček, who will play the solo viola part. The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Erina Yashima, a German conductor who has performed with prestigious international orchestras in Europe and the USA.

Mozart – Chopin – Berlioz

Rudolfinum

Season Finale

La Jolla Woman's Club

Born in Hong Kong, and of Nigerian-Filipino ancestry, Adam Heron earned widespread recognition following his television debut as a BBC Young Musician piano finalist. Through his unique artistry, coupled with an innate flair for communication, Heron is a leading ambassador for Black classical musicians.

Adam Heron, piano

Erin Yu, piano

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Step into a magical world of woodland fairies and the lovers who encounter them. The Orchestra and Music Director Laureate Hans Graf perform Mendelssohn's iconic score for Shakespeare's beloved A Midsummer Night's Dream, including one of the most popular and recognizable pieces of music ever written, the Wedding March. Rising star pianist Sophia Liu also joins the Orchestra for Chopin's beautiful Second Piano Concerto.

Hans Graf Returns: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Arts Commons

Seho Young, piano

Tian Tang, piano

Jamie Park, double bass

Connor Sung, piano

Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

Joonhyoung (Ben) Kim, piano

The progressive 20th-century Polish Composer Witold Lutosławski was admired for his avant-garde works but he was also capable of creating immediately appealing music. His Little Suite of 1950, with its infectious energy and folk-inspired themes, has since become a popular concert opener. A century earlier, Lutosławski’s compatriot Chopin was considered a radical in his own Romantic fashion and his youthful Second Piano Concerto is an unashamed showpiece for the soloist who’s centre stage at all times to dazzle the audience with light-fingered lyricism. The effervescent Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu takes up the challenge.

Warsaw Philharmonic

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Tchaikovsky never did anything by halves, and he poured all his heartache, his sorrow and his matchless gift for melody into a final symphony like no other. Don’t be misled by the name: ‘Pathétique’ means ‘full of feelings’ and when Krzysztof Urbański conducts the Warsaw Philharmonic, that’s exactly what they’ll bring – as well as glowing colours and some of the greatest tunes even Tchaikovsky ever composed.

These superb Polish musicians are always a big hit at Cadogan Hall; tonight they share a lost masterpiece by the postwar Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz and join pianist Alexandra Dariescu in the teenage Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto – true romance, played with love. Hear it, and feel your heart melt.

Cadogan Hall 

A piano sensation since his arrival on the international scene in the 1980s, Evgeny Kissin returns with a spectacular, eras-spanning recital. Beethoven’s revolutionary Piano Sonata No. 7 pairs perfectly with Chopin’s varied mazurkas before a second half devoted to Schumann’s deeply personal Kreisleriana and Liszt’s dazzling Hungarian Rhapsody.

Evgeny Kissin

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Harpsichordist Justin Taylor will offer a suspended moment around Chopin, echoing the literary voice of Léonor de Récondo, writer and violinist, whose unique journey opens a sensitive dialogue with the composer's universe. Her new novel, Marcher dans tes pas, was published by L'Iconoclaste in 2025. An inspired evening, at the crossroads of imagination.

Justin Taylor & Léonor de Récondo

Lucas Amory, Piano

The Juilliard School

Alexander Gadjiev, winner of the 2022 Terence Judd-Hallé Award, joins forces with Grammy-nominated Ariane Matiakh for a performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2, is one of the finest virtuosic showpieces for piano, requiring both technical ability and deep musicality from its soloist. As one of the prize winners in the 2021 Chopin Competition, Alexander Gadjiev has both in spades. Before we dive into Dvořák’s lively and lyrical Eighth Symphony, audiences will also be the first in the UK to hear Hallé Featured Composer, Unsuk Chin’s Operascope, a musical walk through the history of opera with several nods to operatic giants like Verdi and Puccini.

The Hallé – Dvořák’s Symphony No.8

The Bridgewater Hall

Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 is one of the finest virtuosic showpieces for piano, requiring both technical ability and deep musicality from its soloist. As one of the prize winners in the 2021 Chopin Competition, Alexander Gadjiev has both in spades.

Dvořák’s Symphony No.8

Demonstrating his versatility, Gigashvili’s programme spans the early 18th century, with two sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, through Chopin’s Ballade no.4 in F minor op.52, Ravel’s Miroirs and two pieces from Boulanger’s Trois Morceaux pour Piano, to a new ECHO commission by Natalie Beridze.

ECHO Rising Stars: Giorgi Gigashvili

LSO St Luke's

Georgian pianist and ECHO Rising Star Giorgi Gigashvili performs much-loved piano pieces alongside a new work by Georgian composer Natalie Beridze.

Giorgi Gigashvili is a Georgian pianist and winner of The Voice Georgia at age 13. A prize winner at the Rubinstein, Géza Anda, and Vigo competitions, he studied in Tbilisi, Geneva, and Berlin. Giorgi combines classical performance with folk, electronic, and experimental music. He is passionate about Georgian folksongs, which he enjoys arranging and singing. His acclaimed debut album Meeting my Shadow was released on Alpha Classics. A BBC New Generation Artist and ECHO Rising Star, he is a 2025 Steinway Artist.

Giorgi Gigashvili piano

Issay Niki, piano

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Composer

Frédéric Chopin

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 12 - Dec 14, 2026

Monday Lunchtimes 2026 · Royal Northern College of Music

Nov 1, 2026

Alexander Gavrylyuk piano · Wigmore Hall

Nov 1, 2026

Rising Stars: Piano · Fränkische Musiktage Alzenau

Nov 4, 2026

Rossall International Piano Academy · Leeds Conservatoire

6 - 8 Nov, 2026

Beethoven’s 7th Symphony & Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto · Phoenix Symphony

Past events

Oct 30, 2026

Bruce Liu, piano · The Royal Conservatory of Music

Oct 25, 2026

Martin James Bartlett Piano Recital · Canterbury Festival

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