Name: Gerald Finley bass-baritone; Julius Drake piano
Start: 2026-12-10T19:30:00
Location: Wigmore Hall

Julius Drake

Gerald Finley

Wigmore Hall

Julia Hamos’s debut album, including Bartók’s Hungarian Peasant Songs together with works by Ligeti and Schubert, prompted Gramophone’s reviewer to praise the ‘sheer finesse, innate musicality and total commitment informing every note she plays.’ The Hungarian American artist, Sir András Schiff’s assistant at the Kronberg Academy in Germany, offers an equally satisfying lunchtime repertoire menu with her vibrant programme.

Julia Hamos piano

200 years after its first performance, Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 130 with its original Grosse Fuge finale has lost none of its revolutionary force and power to shock. The Belcea Quartet prefaces the composer’s late masterwork with the first of his string quartets, itself a radical statement of musical democracy in which all four players serve as equals.

Belcea Quartet

Thomas Adès launches a three-concert Residency with a carefully curated programme hallmarked by the noble beauty and inventive richness of its contents. The British composer, pianist and conductor, hailed by Prospect magazine for his ‘uncanny brilliance’, explores the art of variation and musical reflection, the latter infused in his Vesper, dedicated to the memory of Henry Purcell.

Thomas Adès piano

Whether collaborating with others or holding the stage as soloist, Katya Apekisheva’s pianism radiates from the kaleidoscopic range of timbres and expressive nuances she’s able to draw from her instrument. The Russian-born, UK-based pianist, praised by Gramophone as having ‘already achieved artistic greatness’, returns to Wigmore Hall with two works from Vienna, separated in time by 80 years yet both deeply infused with the spirit of Romanticism.

Katya Apekisheva piano

Hyeyoon Park’s debut concerto album, chosen by BBC Music Magazine as its Recording of the Month in January 2026, confirmed her place among today’s most expressive and thoughtful musicians. Since becoming the youngest ever winner of the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2009, the South Korean violinist has generated international critical acclaim with interpretations described as ‘breathtaking’ by the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Hyeyoon Park violin; Juho Pohjonen piano

A trio of works from the early, middle and late periods of Beethoven’s creative life reveal his inexhaustible range and depth of invention. The Belcea Quartet’s programme travels from the radiant wit and charm of Op. 18 No. 2 to reach the heart-quickening intensity of the aptly entitled Quartetto serioso and the transcendent, mystical beauty of the monumental Quartet in C sharp minor.

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

‘So fluent, so confident, so glad to be alive’ is how The Times describes Timothy Ridout’s viola playing. He brings those qualities and more to this concert, given in partnership with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, which marked its 75th anniversary last year. Their programme includes Dobrinka Tabakova’s vibrant three-movement Suite in the Old Style and the young Benjamin Britten’s equally rousing Simple Symphony.

Timothy Ridout viola; Munich Chamber Orchestra

Argentine pianist Nelson Goerner’s artistry has beguiled audiences at Wigmore Hall and other global centres of musical excellence since the early 1990s. His latest programme embraces the improvisatory freedom of JS Bach’s Toccata in C minor BWV911, with its surprising inventive twists and turns, the emotional switchback ride of Robert Schumann’s Fantasie and the passionate drama of Schubert’s Piano Sonata in C minor D958, composed in the last year of his life.

Nelson Goerner piano

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

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

Jason Moran returns to Wigmore Hall for a solo performance that reflects his clear, searching musical voice. As Rolling Stone observed, he is ‘shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz’, a reputation earned through artistry that continually refreshes the way audiences listen.

Jason Moran piano

Gerald Finley makes a welcome return to Wigmore Hall after an absence of almost five years with a fabulous programme built around Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe and a handful of Edvard Grieg’s finest songs. The illustrious Canadian bass-baritone, recently awarded the prestigious title of Kammersänger of the Bavarian State Opera, crowns his recital with Samuel Barber’s spellbinding settings of poems from James Joyce’s Chamber Music and a selection of songs infused with pre-Christmas spirit.