Saturday 4 March 7.30pm St Mary's
Opening Concert - Alim Beisembayev
Programme
Bach French Suite no. 2 in C minor
Schubert Sonata in C minor D958
Chopin Fantaisie in F minor op. 49
Liszt Transcendental Etudes 9-12
Concert Patrons: Lord & Lady Patten of Barnes
Winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, the Kazakhstan-born pianist trained at the Purcell School, moving on to the Royal Academy of Music and then the Royal College. In Leeds, as well as First Prize, he also won the medici.tv Audience Prize and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Prize for contemporary performance. His programme includes seven of Liszt’s Transcendental Studies, which raised the possibilities of piano technique to a higher level.
*Originally this concert was due to be given by Benjamin Grosvenor, however we regret to announce that Benjamin Grosvenor is indisposed and has had to withdraw.