What happened in our 2024-25 season
International Piano Recital: Alim Beisembayev
Maidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School
| J Haydn | Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6 |
| Beethoven | Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 |
| J Haydn | Sonata No. 31 in A Flat Major, Hob. XV1:46 (programme change) |
| R Schumann | Kinderszenen Op. 15, 'Scenes from Childhood' |
| Brahms | Paganini Variations, Op. 35, Book 1 |
On 31st July, 2024, Alim was announced as the winner of the Critics' Choice Award for Young Talent (Piano). Their annual Young Talent Awards highlight the wealth of emerging talent across the country, and celebrate artists for whom 2023 was a notable breakthrough year.
Read more at https://criticscircle.org.uk/critics-circle-music-awards-2023/
Come and hear the Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2021 and now a top international pianist, Alim Beisembayev. The Guardian has praised Alim, describing him as a “real musical personality”.
Born in Kazakhstan in 1998, Alim’s early studies were at the Purcell School where he won several awards, including First Prize at the Junior Cliburn International Competition.
Since winning the 2021 Leeds Competition, Alim has built a highly successful career and has become a BBC New Generation Artist 2023-2025, playing regularly for BBC Radio 3 and performing at the Proms. He has performed in many international venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Chopin Institute in Warsaw.
“This Prom had at its heart a performance of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 2 of the kind I thought we could hear only in our dreams”
- Jessica Duchen, i News
"There’s no pianist under 30 in the world I would rather hear."
- The Telegraph
£18
Children and full-time students £9
Please note 3.00 pm start
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