2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW AND APPEAL

SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 01 THANK YOU WELCOME THE TRUST WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE 2014/15 SEASON:

HONORARY PATRONS DONORS AND SPONSORS Audiences and artists have been coming together at Wigmore Hall for Aubrey Adams Mr Eric Abraham* Charles Green Rothschild André and Rosalie Hoffmann Neville and Nicola Abraham Barbara and Michael Gwinnell Ruth Rothbarth* nearly 115 years. In its intimate and welcoming environment, enthralling Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Lady Kohn Elaine Adair Mr and Mrs Rex Harbour* The Rubinstein Circle performances of supreme musical works are experienced with a unique Mr and Mrs Paul Morgan Tony and Marion Allen* Haringey Music Service The Sainer Charity The Andor Charitable Trust Havering Music School The Sampimon Trust immediacy. As we look forward to the 2015/16 Season, the Hall is SEASON PATRONS David and Jacqueline Ansell* The Headley Trust Louise Scheuer Aubrey Adams* Arts Council England The Henry C Hoare Charitable Trust Julia Schottlander* delighted to present some of the greatest artists in the world today, as well American Friends of Wigmore Hall Anthony Austin Nicholas Hodgson Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen* Karl Otto Bonnier* The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust André and Rosalie Hoffmann The Shoresh Charitable Trust as talented emerging artists who explore repertoire with skill, curiosity and Cockayne‡ Ben Baglio and Richard Wilson Peter and Carol Honey* Sir Martin and Lady Smith* deeply personal interpretations – and we have you to thank for this. Henry and Suzanne Davis BBC Children in Need Gay Huey Evans* Nigel and Johanna Stapleton* Dunard Fund† David and Margaret Beaton Hyde Park Place Estate Charity Gill and Keith Stella* The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Alan Bell-Berry Simone Hyman* Cita and Irwin Stelzer* Graham and Amanda Hutton*† Mr Nicholas J Bez The Idlewild Trust The Stewarts Law Foundation All of us – the Hall’s audiences and supporters as much as its staff – Valerie O’Connor Mrs Arline Blass Peter and Nikki Jeffcote Derek Sugden David Rockwell and Zsombor Csoma† David and Mary Bowerman* John Lyon’s Charity Anne and Paul Swain* are guardians of a long and illustrious tradition; but we must ensure the Ian Rosenblatt Alan Bradley* Marc Jourdren* Katja and Nicolai Tangen* Victoria Sharp and Simon Robey* Wolf-Reiner Braun and John Sinclair In memory of Donald Kahn The Tertis Foundation continued vitality of the Hall by exploring new vistas and possibilities, and Cita and Irwin Stelzer* Nicolas and Hilary Browne-Wilkinson Su and Neil Kaplan* Allen L Thomas and Jane Simpson* by never ceasing to learn, whether through listening, participating or Alisa and Joshua Swidler* bureauexport Jerome Karet* Tower Hamlets Arts Music and © SIMON JAY PRICE © SIMON JAY William and Alex de Winton* Clive Butler David & Louise Kaye* Education Service John Gilhooly (left), Director of Wigmore Hall, creating. Our starting point always remains the same: an uncompromising And an anonymous donor A bequest from the late Peter Cain The Kobler Trust Professor Christopher Thompson CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Sir Ralph Kohn FRS and Tri-borough Music Hub with tenor Jonas Kaufmann (right) and pianist belief in quality. Informing everything we do, it is embodied in the artists CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE Charities Advisory Trust Lady Zahava Kohn* John and Ann Tusa* (seated), at the Hall Karl Otto Bonnier* City Bridge Trust The Kohn Foundation Robin Vousden* who perform here and shared by all the people who contribute so much Judy Davies and Kingsley Manning* Colin Clark Christian Kwek and David Hodges* Gerry Wakelin* to each Wigmore Hall event. The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Eric Clause* Maryly La Follette* Andrew and Hilary Walker* Pauline and Ian Howat Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The Leverhulme Trust Professor Janet Walker CD and The Marchus Trust‡ The London Community Foundation‡ Tim Llewellyn Professor Doug Jones AO* Oliver and Helen Prenn Edwin C Cohen Dame Felicity Lott David and Frances Waters* That belief in quality and the preservation of intimate music-making is also Jo and Barry Slavin Nicola Coldstream The Loveday Charitable Trust City of Westminster The Tertis Foundation Sonia and Harvey Cole Simon and Sophie Ludlam* David Evan Williams the starting point for Wigmore Hall’s 2015/16 Season Appeal. Through Marina Vaizey John Crisp* A bequest from the late John Lunn The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Kathleen Verelst* Peter Crisp and Jeremy Crouch* Julia MacRae* Philip and Emeline Winston* your generous support of the Hall, you have already played a crucial role Tony Wingate Anthony Davis* Simon Majaro MBE and The Wolfson Foundation in creating experiences that are both exhilarating and uplifting. Your And several anonymous donors Pauline Del Mar Pamela Majaro MBE Simon Yates and Kevin Roon Diaphonique Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Youth Music annual gifts make all the difference and I hope that you will once again CORPORATE SUPPORTERS The Dorset Foundation George Meyer Capital Group (corporate matched giving) Kate Dugdale Milton Damerel Trust join us and support the 2015/16 Season. Clifford Chance LLP Dunard Fund Michael and Lynne McGowan* Complete Coffee Ltd In memory of Robert Easton The Monument Trust * Rubinstein Circle Members Duncan Lawrie Private Banking Douglas and Janette Eden Amyas and Louise Morse* † Early Music and Baroque Series Lloyds Banking Group Annette Ellis* Deborah Finkler and supporters Martin Randall Travel Ltd The Elton Family Allan Murray-Jones ‡ Contemporary Music Series Rosenblatt Solicitors Dr C A Endersby & Prof D Cowan A C and F A Myer supporters Rothschild The Ernest Cook Trust The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust Caroline Erskine Valerie O’Connor and BACK OF HOUSE Mrs Susan Feakin Jeanette McIntosh REFURBISHMENT The Fidelio Charitable Trust Hamish Parker SUMMER 2015 Peter and Sonia Field The Piano Fund John Gilhooly OBE, Hon FRAM, HonRCM Arts Council England A bequest from the late Dr Clive Potter* Director of Wigmore Hall Fidelity UK Foundation Miss Margaret Flatman Nick and Claire Prettejohn* The Foyle Foundation John and Amy Ford The Radcliffe Trust The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust S E Franklin Charitable Trust No. 3 Edith Randall Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Friends of Wigmore Hall The Rayne Foundation Settlement Jonathan Gaisman* Gifts to honour Rick Rogers from Garfield Weston Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust Beryl McAlhone and friends The Wolfson Foundation John and Lauren Goldsmith* Charles Rose* And an anonymous donor Nicholas and Judith Goodison* Jackie Rosenfeld OBE, Hon. 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A REVIEW CONNECTING PEOPLE WIGMORE HALL IS FAMED FOR ITS INTIMACY, BUT ITS AUDIENCES AND THE SCOPE OF THE ARTISTIC PROGRAMME JUST KEEP GROWING. WITH MUSIC OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2014/15 SEASON, THE HALL PRESENTS SOME 920 EVENTS – 460 CONCERTS AND 460 LEARNING EVENTS. OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, THE WIGMORE HALL LEARNING PROGRAMME HAS EVOLVED AND EXPANDED TO REACH A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE THROUGH CREATIVE PROJECTS, CONCERTS AND EVENTS.

THE 2014/15 SEASON Perhaps one of the things we value most when authorities on Schubert, and a Wigmore podcasts, digital streaming and resources we see a performance on the Wigmore Hall Study Group will focus on this rich topic in are available to support the programme. The number of concerts presented by Wigmore stage is the sense of connection and immediacy autumn 2015. We also have the inspirational The schools project will also feature online Hall has grown by 12% over the past 2 years, of communication. These values also lie at the Dominic Harlan presenting Schubert Lieder films telling the stories behind the songs delivering a better quality and breadth of heart of our Learning programme and can be to people of all ages who are new to this and with performances by leading artists. programme to our audiences than ever before. seen reflected throughout our work, from the musical world, including an event entitled Inspired by these films, pupils will take part non-verbal link between parents and their new Lieder for the Terrified at the very start of the in specially designed activities to create their The energy, imagination and impact of the babies at our For Crying Out Loud! concerts, to 2015/16 Season, and a project for schools own responses to Schubert’s work, writing 2014/15 Season is exemplified by two landmark Marcus Farnsworth singing alongside designed to inspire creative activity around their own ‘Story Songs’ which will be shared projects that will extend into 2015/16 – primary school pupils on the Wigmore Hall song and storytelling. All of this work is fully through live performances and also online The Mozart Odyssey and Henry Purcell: stage, or the bond and empathy experienced by integrated with our website, and talks and via the website. A Retrospective. Superb performances have musicians, residents and care staff taking part captivated listeners in the Hall itself, and are in a Music for Life session in a care home. inspiring a myriad of learning projects, engaging people of all ages. Neither of these ambitious In these difficult times for music education and enterprises would have been possible without the the arts in general, the breadth and scale of investment made by you, the Hall’s supporters, Wigmore Hall Learning’s programme is striking, notably in the form of the Endowment Fund and with 460 events and over 20,000 visits to our sponsored concerts, and also with the gifts which projects and events each season. Partnerships support the season as a whole. are key to sustaining our Learning activities – working with organisations including schools, colleges and conservatoires, funders and other THE 2014/15 SEASON arts organisations, and the community and IN NUMBERS health sectors, and building strong connections with artists, young people, music leaders, 200,000 attendances teachers, care staff, community leaders, audience members and indeed any other 2,000+ artists performing individual who believes in the power of Our new, music to change and enrich our lives. 199 chamber music recitals content-rich website launches SCHUBERT PROJECT: 92 vocal recitals in early 2015 OPENING THE WORLD OF SONG TO NEW AUDIENCES 69 piano recitals The season also sees Wigmore Hall make the THE 2015/16 SEASON first moves to becoming a digital broadcaster in Over the next two years we present each of 45 early music and baroque recitals its own right. Increasingly, audiences will be in Schubert’s 600-plus Lieder performed by truly Balancing tradition and innovation, the a position to sample a wealth of activity through outstanding artists, exploring an infinite universe 50 concerts presented in 2015/16 Season will set the pace for the next digital media, even if they cannot visit the Hall of musical and poetic expression. This series our contemporary music series five years, building on the last decade of itself. They will share in vivid performances, has been three years in the making and we progress and achievement. discover repertoire – including newly- are delighted to collaborate on this major SCHUBERT PROJECT: 30 new commissions, in partnership commissioned scores – and deepen their project with the Schubertiade festival in Austria, with venues around the world Among the programming highlights are intellectual and emotional engagement with a new international partner for us, which all the songs performed multi-dimensional journeys through the entire both music and artists. is committed to preserving the song recital over two seasons 10,000 young people will song output of Schubert over two seasons, and as a concert-going experience. take part in Wigmore Hall activities the chamber music of Bartók (two composers Internet streaming is planned for four concerts, closely identified with Wigmore Hall), and a still and we will also make video recordings of the Alongside performances of the highest quality, 22 pre-concert talks broader array of early and contemporary music. Final of our Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation this series also features a diverse programme 500 years of repertoire will be represented in the International Song Competition, as well as a of Learning events, delivered to the same 7 masterclasses three anniversary galas planned for May and number of concerts and learning events, which exceptional standards, providing new insights June 2016, devoted to Schubert, Early and audiences will be able to view on our new, for existing audiences and inspiring people 8 schools concerts and Contemporary works for content-rich website. Launched in early 2015, who are new to the wonderful world of song. reaching a global audience . it is at the heart of our digital media strategy and 46 events for 0–5 year olds Please turn to page 8 for the Season supported by the new technical facilities that We present pre-concert talks and artist of millions Highlights and all the listings for 2015/16. will be installed at the Hall in summer 2015. interviews with some of the world’s leading

2 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 3 THE 2015/16 APPEAL AS WE EXPAND THE RANGE AND APPEAL OF WIGMORE HALL’S PROGRAMMING, IT IS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ARTISTS, DONORS AND AUDIENCES TO STEWARD FUNDS BOTH RESPONSIBLY AND ASTUTELY.

While never compromising the Hall’s reputation Public funding from Arts Council England is now OUR PLEDGES TO YOU for quality, we will continue to take an just 7% of our income. Other sources such as enterprising and creative approach as we seek catering and merchandising bring in just 2%. With your continued support we can both to satisfy long-standing devotees and to That leaves 31% of our income that must be honour the following pledges which we draw in new audiences. raised from private donations. make to you, our audience and our artists: As the past ten years have shown, this approach Next season we need to raise • Present international musicians new seems to be working, and we are determined to £1,600,000 in private donations. to the Hall, while also maintaining our maintain our momentum in the years to 2020. close links with established artists. We depend on your annual gifts to keep • Stage artist residencies and major While ticket sales are strong, they only cover this much-loved hall in good working festivals, focusing on both familiar and 60% of the overall cost of our operations. condition, and to ensure the breadth and neglected repertoire. Running the Hall, with escalating operational quality of our programme. costs and increased usage of our facilities, • Provide a platform for new, talented is becoming more and more difficult. Please support our annual appeal. young artists, helping them to earn their performance credentials. Thank you. • Promote early and baroque music, performed by the finest international ensembles, including larger groups. 2% • Work closely with international partners Other 7% to facilitate repeat recitals in other income Public venues, championing the future of funding chamber music and song in performance. • Nurture the next generation of audiences, . with accessible Learning programmes Without your generous support£50 ticket, for example, and subsidised ticket schemes. a £30 would need to be sold for • Use our website to provide resources to enhance and deepen all our audiences’ experience of the Hall and its rich heritage.

31% Private donations

Jonas Kaufmann 60% Ticket and programme sales AUDITORIUM © BENJAMIN EALOVEGA © SIMON JAY PRICE © SIMON JAY

4 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 5 CIRCLES OF GIVING There are so many ways in which you can support the Season, and help us offer artists a creative platform to showcase the skill, energy and excitement quartet-lab which our audiences enjoy in each and every performance. Monday 23 November 2015

SEASON PATRONS ANNUAL GIFTS OF £10,000

Our Season Patrons collectively support SPONSOR A CONCERT major themes and concerts in the FROM £3,500 Wigmore calendar, and their support is acknowledged around eight concerts A unique and meaningful way to support every season. Wigmore Hall and also to mark a special occasion. Many of the concerts listed WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2015 here are available for sponsorship and we Schubert Song Series: work closely with our sponsors to ensure Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano that they have a very special event here Graham Johnson piano at the Hall. THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2015 Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Iestyn Davies countertenor Andreas Scholl countertenor VOICES AT WIGMORE: THE ANNUAL FUND LEARNING AMBASSADORS THE SCHUBERT SONG PROJECT SUGGESTED £1,000+ A YEAR SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 2015 £2,000 A YEAR, FOR 2 YEARS piano Our annual appeal launched last year Wigmore Hall Learning Ambassadors CLOSE INVOLVEMENT WITH CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE Quatuor Ebène We launch a Schubert festival of song in to meet the increasing financial shortfall directly support people who would not September 2015, with every single one of caused by cuts in funding and the otherwise have the chance to be a part THE ARTISTIC PROGRAMME ANNUAL GIFTS OF £5,000 SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2016 Daniil Trifonov Residency: Schubert’s 600-plus songs performed here increases in operational costs. For us to of our musical community. Whether this Both Season Patronage and Chamber Members of the Chamber Music Circle Daniil Trifonov piano over two years. This series will involve book the most talented artists today and is a child in a nursery in East London, Music Circle membership are integral demonstrate their great love for Chamber Other artists to be announced established artists alongside emerging maintain all our facilities to the highest a teenager in the mental health unit at to our continued success and designed Music and collectively underpin what is musicians earning their Schubert standard, we need your regular support. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital or SATURDAY 19 MARCH 2016 to offer a closer relationship with the Hall. now the most important series in the credentials. Your gifts, together with a an asylum seeker at the Cardinal Hume Bartók Chamber Music: £100 covers a basket of hand held We will individually acknowledge such world today. Your support will be contribution from the Endowment Fund, Centre, music has the power to enrich Alina Ibragimova violin percussion instruments for a primary commitment with personal invitations acknowledged around the following Antoine Tamestit will help support the entire Schubert Song lives and inspire positive change. With school or nursery from the Director to enjoy the four concerts: Matthew Hunt clarinet series and be recognised around the your generous donation you can help following privileges: Cédric Tiberghien piano concerts below. £250 would heat, light and clean the ensure our musical community is an François-Frédéric Guy piano THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 Hall for a day inclusive one, supporting our work with • Two (four for Season Patrons) Colin Currie percussion Beethoven/Shostakovich Cycle: TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2015 complimentary tickets and concert Sam Walton percussion vulnerable and hard-to-reach people. Florian Boesch baritone £500 helps us subsidise 25 tickets for programmes for each of the Graham Johnson piano young people under the age of 35 MONDAY 16 MAY 2016 supported concerts WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2016 Takács Quartet Takács Quartet THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2015 £1,000 in our Piano Fund would help us • Named credit in each of the supported Lawrence Power viola Aleksandar Madžar piano Florian Boesch baritone tune and maintain both our Steinway concert programmes FURTHER INFORMATION piano Grands all year round • Named credit in all series brochures THURSDAY 2 JUNE 2016 WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 Gala Concert: Arcangelo For further information on how you can and donor listings throughout the Anniversary Gala SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2015 £3,500 would sponsor a late night JACK Quartet Christiane Karg soprano join a circle of giving, please contact 2015/16 Season concert, attracting new audiences MONDAY 27 JUNE 2016 Graham Johnson piano Marie-Hélène Osterweil, Director of Roberta Invernizzi soprano to the Hall • Private Bar at each of the concerts WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2016 Development, on 020 7258 8220 or Julia Fischer violin Karina Gauvin soprano SUNDAY 31 JANUARY 2016 • Opportunities for introduction to the A contribution of any size to the annual email [email protected] Igor Levit piano Sonia Prina contralto Simon Keenlyside baritone artists in the Green Room Le Musiche Nove Malcolm Martineau piano fund is enormously appreciated. Thank you for your support. © SIMON JAY PRICE © SIMON JAY

6 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 7 SUN 10 JAN Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano SUN 22 MAY soprano 3PM James Baillieu piano Veronika Eberle violin MON 11 JAN Schubert Song Series: Other artists to be announced Luca Pisaroni -baritone FRI 27 MAY Schubert Song Series: 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW piano Miah Persson soprano SUN 17 JAN Joseph Breinl piano 3PM Richard Lewis Song Circle TUE 31 MAY Anniversary Gala Concert: FRI 22 JAN Mark Padmore tenor Elisabeth Leonskaja piano SEASON HIGHLIGHTS piano Cuarteto Casals TUE 26 JAN Simon Keenlyside baritone Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Other artists to be announced Allan Clayton tenor FRI 29 JAN Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano baritone

Sir piano James Baillieu piano SUN 31 JAN Schubert Song Series: Iestyn Davies WED 8 JUN Daniil Trifonov Residency:

CELEBRATING © MARCO BORGGREVE Simon Keenlyside baritone baritone MAGDALENA KOŽENÁ Malcolm Martineau piano Daniil Trifonov piano With a glittering international career, SONG RECITAL SERIES THU 4 FEB baritone FRI 10 JUN Schubert Song Series: piano Angelika Kirchschlager Magdalena Kožená has won critical plaudits MON 8 FEB Christiane Karg soprano mezzo-soprano SAT 12 SEP Iestyn Davies countertenor for her profound musicianship and beguiling Christian Gerhaher baritone The English Concert Helmut Deutsch piano artistry. Tickets for her series this Season, Gerold Huber piano WED 15 JUN Schubert Song Series: SUN 13 SEP Alice Coote mezzo-soprano TUE 16 FEB Schubert Song Series: Robin Tritschler tenor with Sir Simon Rattle and Mitsuko Uchida piano Ian Bostridge tenor Graham Johnson piano among the singer’s musical partners, are TUE 22 SEP Schubert Song Series: Graham Johnson piano WED 22 JUN James Gilchrist tenor Florian Boesch baritone guaranteed to be some of the year’s FRI 4 MAR Paul Appleby tenor Anna Tilbrook piano The English Concert The Sixteen Graham Johnson piano © ARNAUD STEPHENSON © RICHARD HAUGHTON hottest properties. Malcolm Martineau piano THU 7 JUL Schubert Song Series: THU 24 SEP Schubert Song Series: SUN 6 MAR Schubert Song Series: Ian Bostridge tenor Florian Boesch baritone 3PM Benjamin Appl baritone Lars Vogt piano SEASON OPENING RECITAL CHRISTIAN GERHAHER SERIES Malcolm Martineau piano SUN 13 MAR Sarah-Jane Brandon soprano SAT 9 JUL Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Recipient of a Gramophone Award for his Insatiable Box Office demand for Christian SUN 27 SEP Schubert Song Series: 3PM James Baillieu piano at Wilton’s Music Hall Henk Neven baritone latest album on the label, Gerhaher’s Wigmore Hall concerts reflects his SUN 20 MAR Jonathan McGovern baritone MON 18 JUL Ailish Tynan soprano James Baillieu piano countertenor Iestyn Davies is bound to status among the great song recitalists of our 3PM James Baillieu piano Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano WED 30 SEP Mark Padmore tenor SUN 20 MAR Myrthen Ensemble Robin Tritschler tenor set creative sparks flying when he joins time, always ready to pursue expressive and Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano THU 24 MAR mezzo-soprano Benjamin Appl baritone The English Concert for the opening recital vocal risks in the search for deeper artistic FRI 2 OCT Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Malcolm Martineau piano James Baillieu piano of the Season. truths. We are delighted to welcome him Mitsuko Uchida piano TUE 29 MAR Ailish Tynan soprano THU 21 JUL Elizabeth Watts soprano MON 5 OCT Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano back for four concerts this Season. Adam Walker flute Roger Vignoles piano Mitsuko Uchida piano James Baillieu piano SAT 23 JUL Schubert Song Series: BARTÓK SERIES WED 7 OCT THU 31 MAR Christian Gerhaher baritone Roderick Williams baritone Béla Bartók’s creative mind was open to an IGOR LEVIT SERIES Ian Bostridge tenor Gerold Huber piano Gary Matthewman piano Julius Drake piano extraordinary range of cultural influences and Admired by fellow pianists and hailed by critics FRI 8 APR Schubert Song Series: WED 14 OCT Schubert Song Series: generated a torrent of fresh and lasting ideas. as one of the most talented musicians of his Christoph Prégardien tenor Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano The Hungarian composer’s chamber music, generation, Igor Levit has rapidly secured a Michael Gees piano piano Magdalena Kožená Graham Johnson SUN 10 APR Johnny Herford baritone which was championed at Wigmore Hall during BOTHOR / DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON © MATHIAS loyal following at Wigmore Hall. Join him as he MON 19 OCT baritone 3PM James Baillieu piano his lifetime, is the focus for a major artistic series makes five much-anticipated return visits piano Wolfram Rieger WED 13 APR Kate Royal soprano THU 29 OCT this Season. HENRY PURCELL: A throughout the Season. Schubert Song Series: Roger Vignoles piano Christoph Prégardien tenor RETROSPECTIVE CONTINUES SUN 17 APR Ruby Hughes soprano Christoph Schnackertz piano Following the success of its first season, 3PM Julius Drake piano SAT 31 OCT Schubert Song Series: Henry Purcell: A Retrospective continues with SUN 17 APR Schubert Song Series: Lucy Crowe soprano Julian Prégardien tenor a stellar list of artists, comprising everyone Malcolm Martineau piano James Baillieu piano from , Andreas Scholl and WED 4 NOV Samling Showcase MON 25 APR Werner Güra tenor James Baillieu SUN 8 NOV Christian Gerhaher baritone piano Iestyn Davies to Vox Luminis, The Sixteen Christoph Berner © KAUPO KIKKAS Gerold Huber piano and Harry Christophers. FRI 6 MAY soprano SUN 15 NOV Christiane Karg soprano Jendrik Springer piano Basel Chamber Orchestra THU 12 MAY Mark Padmore tenor LONDON PIANOFORTE SERIES THE MOZART ODYSSEY WED 18 NOV Schubert Song Series: piano CONTINUES Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano SUN 15 MAY Schubert Song Series: WED 16 SEP Behzod Abduraimov piano Jean-Guihen Queyras Igor Levit Joseph Breinl piano Sophie Bevan soprano MON 28 SEP Nelson Goerner piano © MARCO BORGGEVE Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien © FELIX BROEDE SAT 28 NOV Schubert Song Series: SAT 3 OCT Llyˆr Williams piano conclude their survey of Mozart’s works for violin Graham Johnson piano Christiane Karg soprano WED 18 MAY Schubert Song Series: FRI 9 OCT Robert Levin fortepiano JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS and piano, while Francesco Piemontesi begins INTRODUCING JAMES BAILLIEU Graham Johnson piano Florian Boesch baritone MON 12 OCT GrauSchumacher Piano Duo ARTIST IN RESIDENCE his complete cycle of the piano sonatas, and James Baillieu, winner of the Pianist’s Prize of MON 30 NOV Bejun Mehta countertenor FRI 23 OCT Bertrand Chamayou piano Look forward to experiencing the French cellist’s Michael Collins and the City of London our 2009 International Song Competition, has La Nuova Musica FRI 30 OCT Jan Lisiecki piano FRI 4 DEC Iestyn Davies countertenor MON 2 NOV Stephen Kovacevich piano captivating musicianship and compelling Sinfonia celebrate Mozart’s birthday. been described by the Daily Telegraph as being Allan Clayton tenor Martha Argerich piano expressive integrity through his broad repertoire ‘in a class of his own’. His series this Season, James Baillieu piano THU 5 NOV Igor Levit piano during his season as Wigmore Hall’s Artist in when he is joined by a host of leading singers, FRI 11 DEC Elina Garanc˘a mezzo-soprano THU 12 NOV Richard Goode piano Residence. is not to be missed. Malcolm Martineau piano MON 16 NOV Christian Zacharias piano TUE 15 DEC Waltraud Meier mezzo-soprano SUN 22 NOV Elisabeth Leonskaja piano Joseph Breinl piano Members of the Doric String Quartet SCHUBERT: THE COMPLETE SONGS 2015 INTERNATIONAL SONG WED 16 DEC Patricia Petibon soprano Alois Posch double bass Schubert’s songs belong to the stock of COMPETITION Susan Manoff piano TUE 24 NOV Bartók Chamber Music: mankind’s highest achievements, potent The Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation THU 31 DEC The Cardinall’s Musick Cédric Tiberghien piano examples of the best in human creation. Do not International Song Competition celebrates the SUN 3 JAN Maximilian Schmitt tenor THU 3 DEC Andreas Haefligerpiano 3PM Gerold Huber piano WED 9 DEC Jonathan Biss piano miss the chance to hear the complete songs of art of the song recital and honours the Lied’s WED 6 JAN Schubert Song Series: SUN 27 DEC Philippe Cassard piano Schubert performed by truly outstanding artists place at the heart of the genre. This biennial Christopher Maltman baritone TUE 29 DEC piano Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien Elina Garanc˘a Christian Blackshaw ©KARINA SCHWARZ / DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ©KARINA SCHWARZ over the next two seasons. © SUSSIE AHLBURG Competition takes place in September 2015. Graham Johnson piano SAT 2 JAN Christian Ihle Hadland piano

8 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 9 THU 7 JAN Michael Roll piano SUN 11 OCT Belcea Quartet THU 7 APR Kuss Quartet TUE 21 JUN Pekka Kuusisto violin WED 13 JAN Llyˆr Williams piano Valentin Erben cello TUE 12 APR Isabelle Faust violin SAT 25 JUN Miloš Karadaglic´ guitar SAT 23 JAN Alexander Melnikov piano THU 15 OCT Razumovsky Ensemble Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano WED 29 JUN Razumovsky Ensemble MON 25 JAN The Mozart Odyssey: FRI 16 OCT Michelangelo Quartet WED 13 APR Britten Sinfonia MON 4 JUL Julia Fischer violin Francesco Piemontesi piano SAT 17 OCT Nash Ensemble 1PM Igor Levit piano TUE 9 FEB Piotr Anderszewski piano Renata Pokupic´ mezzo-soprano SAT 16 APR Elias String Quartet TUE 5 JUL Julia Fischer violin FRI 12 FEB Daniil Trifonov Residency: SUN 18 OCT Escher String Quartet Malin Broman viola Igor Levit piano violin TUE 20 OCT The Endellion String Quartet Jesper Svedberg cello WED 6 JUL Julia Fischer violin Daniil Trifonov piano SAT 24 OCT Scottish Ensemble MON 18 APR Igor Levit piano SUN 14 FEB Daniil Trifonov Residency: Maxim Rysanov viola WED 20 APR Anssi Karttunen cello SUN 10 JUL Tine Thing Helseth trumpet Daniil Trifonov piano MON 26 OCT Ehnes Quartet Nicolas Hodges piano FRI 15 JUL Doric String Quartet Other artists to be announced TUE 27 OCT The Mozart Odyssey: Patricia Petibon FRI 22 APR Beethoven/Shostakovich Cycle: SAT 16 JUL Alexander Kniazev cello SAT 20 FEB Jessica Duchen narrator Alina Ibragimova violin © FELIX BROEDE Borodin Quartet Nikolai Lugansky piano 2PM Viv McLean piano Cédric Tiberghien piano SUN 24 APR Beethoven/Shostakovich Cycle: WED 20 JAN Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Ensemble Correspondances TUE 1 MAR Leon McCawley piano FRI 6 NOV Borodin Quartet THU 21 JAN Lawrence Power viola SAT 12 MAR Benjamin Moser piano SAT 7 NOV Julian Anderson Composer THU 28 APR Quatuor Ebène FRI 22 – ECMA Showcase 2016 SAT 2 APR Sir András Schiff piano in Residence: Gautier Capuçon cello SUN 19 JUN Alina Ibragimova violin SUN 24 JAN WED 6 APR Sir András Schiff piano Nash Ensemble MON 2 MAY Alexander Janiczek violin James Boyd viola SUN 24 JAN violin SAT 9 APR Sir András Schiff piano MON 9 NOV violin Llyˆr Williams piano Jonathan Cohen cello Valeriy Sokolov violin FRI 15 APR Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Sejong Soloists WED 4 MAY The Endellion String Quartet SUN 26 JUN Danish String Quartet Gérard Caussé viola TUE 19 APR Llyˆr Williams piano SAT 14 NOV Alisa Weilerstein cello SAT 7 MAY Quatuor Mosaïques SUN 3 JUL Philippe Cassard & Cédric Pescia Gautier Capuçon cello SAT 23 APR Angela Hewitt piano Inon Barnatan piano Robert Levin piano piano duet Frank Braley piano WED 27 APR Rolf Hind piano TUE 17 NOV SUN 8 MAY Quatuor Mosaïques SUN 10 JUL Benjamin Beilman violin WED 27 JAN The Mozart Odyssey: SUN 1 MAY piano MON 23 NOV quartet-lab TUE 10 MAY Joshua Bell violin SUN 17 JUL Quatuor Van Kuijk Michael Collins clarinet, director THU 5 MAY Igor Levit piano THU 26 NOV Nikolaj Znaider violin WED 11 MAY SUN 24 JUL Armida Quartet City of London Sinfonia Bartók Chamber Music: FRI 20 MAY Louis Lortie piano Robert Kulek piano Heath Quartet FRI 29 JAN Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano ATOS Trio TUE 24 MAY SUN 29 NOV Bartók Chamber Music: The Schubert Ensemble FRI 13 MAY Bartók Chamber Music: © FRANK JERKE Sir Simon Rattle piano Cédric Tiberghien piano WED 2 DEC Britten Sinfonia Heath Quartet SAT 30 JAN The Mozart Odyssey: SUN 29 MAY Louis Schwizgebel piano 1PM SAT 14 MAY Takács Quartet Alina Ibragimova violin WED 8 JUN Daniil Trifonov Residency: WED 2 DEC ATOS Trio Lawrence Power viola SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE Cédric Tiberghien piano Matthias Goerne baritone SAT 5 DEC Birmingham Contemporary MON 16 MAY Takács Quartet CONCERTS MON 1 FEB Takács Quartet Daniil Trifonov piano Music Group Lawrence Power viola WED 3 FEB Takács Quartet SUN 13 SEP Kelemen Quartet THU 9 JUN Daniil Trifonov Residency: Roderick Williams baritone TUE 17 MAY Jean-Guihen Queyras Residency: Aleksandar Madžar piano SUN 20 SEP Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin Daniil Trifonov piano SUN 6 DEC Mitsuko Uchida piano Lisa Batiashvili violin FRI 5 FEB Gil Shaham violin Huw Watkins piano Other artists to be announced Quatuor Ebène Antoine Tamestit viola SAT 6 FEB Nash Ensemble SUN 27 SEP Pavel Haas Quartet THU 16 JUN Yevgeny Sudbin piano TUE 8 DEC Christian Poltéra cello Jean-Guihen Queyras cello WED 10 FEB Tasmin Little violin SUN 4 OCT Vertavo String Quartet SUN 19 JUN Marc-André Hamelin piano Kathryn Stott piano Jonathan Biss piano Martin Roscoe piano SUN 11 OCT Carducci String Quartet FRI 24 JUN Benjamin Grosvenor piano SAT 12 DEC Nash Ensemble SAT 21 MAY violin FRI 12 FEB Daniil Trifonov Residency: SUN 18 OCT Steven Isserlis cello SAT 9 JUL Jonathan Plowright piano John Mark Ainsley tenor Charles Owen piano Núria Rial and L’Arpeggiata Gidon Kremer violin Richard Egarr harpsichord © REINER PFISTERER WED 13 JUL The Mozart Odyssey: SAT 19 DEC Belcea Quartet WED 25 MAY Jack Liebeck violin Daniil Trifonov piano SUN 25 OCT Scottish Ensemble Francesco Piemontesi piano Till Fellner piano THU 26 MAY Pavel Haas Quartet SAT 13 FEB Scharoun Ensemble SUN 1 NOV Nash Ensemble WED 20 JUL Tim Horton piano TUE 22 DEC Jean-Guihen Queyras Residency: Denis Kozhukhin piano EARLY MUSIC AND WED 17 FEB Steven Isserlis cello SUN 8 NOV Wu Quartet Jean-Guihen Queyras cello SAT 28 MAY Michael Collins clarinet BAROQUE SERIES FRI 19 FEB Carolin Widmann violin SUN 15 NOV Trio Gaspard piano trio Isabelle Faust violin TUE 31 MAY Anniversary Gala Concert: SAT 20 FEB Doric String Quartet SUN 22 NOV Nicolas Altstaedt cello SAT 12 SEP Iestyn Davies countertenor Alexander Melnikov piano Elisabeth Leonskaja piano SUN 21 FEB Doric String Quartet SUN 29 NOV Wolfgang Redik violin The English Concert WED 30 DEC Cuarteto Casals MON 22 FEB Ensemble intercontemporain Christoph Berner piano TUE 13 OCT Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Beatrice Rana piano Alice Coote mezzo-soprano WED 24 FEB Britten Sinfonia SUN 6 DEC Aquinas Piano Trio Trevor Pinnock & Friends MON 4 JAN Christian Tetzlaff violin Allan Clayton tenor 1PM SUN 13 DEC Hugo Wolf Quartett WED 21 OCT Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Tanja Tetzlaff cello Benjamin Appl baritone WED 24 FEB Steven Isserlis cello SUN 20 DEC Doric String Quartet The King’s Consort TUE 5 JAN Heath Quartet James Baillieu piano SAT 27 FEB Apartment House SUN 27 DEC Michael Barenboim violin SUN 25 OCT Henry Purcell: A Retrospective James Baillieu piano THU 2 JUN Anniversary Gala Concert: MON 29 FEB Ralph Kirshbaum cello Denis Kozhukhin piano Vox Luminis SUN 10 JAN Bartók Chamber Music: JACK Quartet WED 2 MAR Ralph Kirshbaum cello SUN 3 JAN Johannes Moser cello TUE 3 NOV The Sixteen James Ehnes violin SUN 5 JUN Eggner Trio SAT 5 MAR Nash Ensemble SUN 10 JAN Daniel-Ben Pienaar piano THU 19 NOV Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Andrew Armstrong piano SAT 11 JUN Bartók Chamber Music: Sir András Schiff Christine Rice mezzo-soprano SUN 17 JAN Endymion The English Concert

© PA PHOTOS © PA THU 14 JAN Capuçon violin Barnabás Kelemen violin SUN 6 MAR ATOS Trio SUN 24 JAN Cecilia String Quartet Iestyn Davies countertenor Alina Ibragimova violin José Gallardo piano FRI 11 MAR Midori violin SUN 31 JAN Alexandra Dariescu piano Andreas Scholl countertenor Gérard Caussé viola SUN 12 JUN cello SUN 13 MAR Jean-Guihen Queyras Residency: SUN 7 FEB WED 25 NOV Florilegium CHAMBER MUSIC SEASON Gautier Capuçon cello Christian Ihle Hadland piano Jean-Guihen Queyras cello SUN 14 FEB Jeremy Denk piano Roderick Williams baritone SAT 16 JAN Nash Ensemble FRI 17 JUN Jerusalem Quartet TUE 15 SEP Beethoven/Shostakovich Cycle: Alexandre Tharaud piano SUN 21 FEB Anthony Marwood violin FRI 27 NOV Stile Antico 10th Anniversary Roderick Williams baritone FRI 17 JUN The Mozart Odyssey: Borodin Quartet MON 14 MAR Razumovsky Ensemble SUN 28 FEB MON 30 NOV Bejun Mehta countertenor SUN 17 JAN Renaud Capuçon violin 10PM THU 17 SEP Beethoven/Shostakovich Cycle: TUE 15 MAR Scottish Ensemble SUN 6 MAR Matthew Trusler violin La Nuova Musica MON 18 JAN The Endellion String Quartet SAT 18 JUN Jerusalem Quartet Borodin Quartet Gabriela Montero piano Martin Roscoe piano THU 10 DEC I Fagiolini WED 20 JAN Britten Sinfonia MON 20 JUN Jerusalem Quartet FRI 18 SEP Bartók Chamber Music: THU 17 MAR SUN 13 MAR Leipzig String Quartet SUN 13 DEC Hespèrion XXI 1PM Sir András Schiff piano James Ehnes violin SAT 19 MAR Bartók Chamber Music: SUN 20 MAR Callum Smart violin director Andrew Armstrong piano Alina Ibragimova violin Gordon Back piano MON 14 DEC La Nuova Musica SAT 19 SEP Jean-Guihen Queyras Residency: Antoine Tamestit viola SUN 27 MAR Quatuor Zaïde SUN 20 DEC EXAUDI Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Matthew Hunt clarinet SUN 3 APR Adrian Brendel cello MON 21 DEC L’Arpeggiata flute Cédric Tiberghien piano SUN 10 APR Cédric Pescia piano Núria Rial soprano Eric Le Sage piano François-Frédéric Guy piano SUN 17 APR Elias String Quartet WED 23 DEC Ensemble Correspondances WED 23 SEP Eggner Trio Colin Currie percussion Simon Crawford-Phillips piano FRI 8 JAN The English Concert FRI 25 SEP Cuarteto Casals Sam Walton percussion SUN 24 APR The Mozart Odyssey: Kristian Bezuidenhout guest director SAT 26 SEP Michael Collins clarinet TUE 22 MAR Nash Ensemble Aurora Orchestra FRI 15 JAN La Serenissima Michael McHale piano MON 28 MAR Pinchas Zukerman violin SUN 1 MAY London Haydn Quartet TUE 19 JAN Classical THU 1 OCT IMS Prussia Cove Angela Cheng piano SUN 8 MAY Jennifer Koh violin SUN 7 FEB La Compagnia del Madrigale SUN 4 OCT Belcea Quartet WED 30 MAR Viviane Hagner violin SUN 15 MAY Modigliani Quartet THU 11 FEB RAM Baroque Soloists TUE 6 OCT Vadim Repin violin Nicole Hagner piano SUN 22 MAY Antonio Meneses cello Rachel Podger violin, director Andrei Korobeinikov piano FRI 1 APR Vadim Gluzman violin SUN 5 JUN recorder TUE 23 FEB Henry Purcell: A Retrospective THU 8 OCT Škampa Quartet piano Ensemble Marsyas Sir Simon Rattle Angela Yoffe Michael Collins Theatre of the Ayre

SAT 10 OCT Friedrich Cerha Day © JIM RAKETE SUN 3 APR Artemis Quartet © BENJAMIN EALOVEGA SUN 12 JUN Zemlinsky Quartet FRI 26 FEB

10 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 11 THU 3 MAR Henry Purcell: A Retrospective MON 1 FEB Alec Frank-Gemmill horn The Sixteen MON 8 FEB Escher String Quartet MON 7 MAR Henry Purcell: A Retrospective MON 15 FEB Behzod Abduraimov piano Phantasm MON 22 FEB Denis Kozhukhin piano TUE 8 MAR Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano MON 29 FEB Nicola Benedetti violin La Cetra MON 7 MAR Brentano Quartet WED 23 MAR The English Concert MON 14 MAR Maxim Rysanov viola Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano Ashley Wass piano SAT 26 MAR Le Poème Harmonique MON 21 MAR Esther Yoo violin MON 4 APR Les Arts Florissants MON 28 MAR Lucy Crowe soprano TUE 5 APR London Handel Orchestra MON 4 APR John Mark Ainsley tenor TUE 26 APR The English Concert MON 11 APR I Fagiolini SAT 30 APR MON 18 APR Hagen Quartet Mitsuko Uchida TUE 3 MAY The King’s Consort MON 25 APR Borodin Quartet © JEAN RADEL MON 23 MAY Classical Opera MON 2 MAY Baiba Skride violin SUN 20 DEC EXAUDI WED 1 JUN Anniversary Gala Concert: MON 9 MAY Angelika Kirchschlager TUE 22 DEC Isabelle Faust violin Arcangelo mezzo-soprano Jean-Guihen Queyras cello FRI 3 JUN Florilegium MON 16 MAY Jerusalem Quartet Alexander Melnikov piano TUE 7 JUN Henry Purcell: A Retrospective MON 23 MAY Pekka Kuusisto violin MON 4 JAN Christian Tetzlaff violin The Sixteen Nicolas Altstaedt cello Tanja Tetzlaff cello THU 23 JUN Early Opera Company MON 30 MAY Till Fellner piano WED 20 JAN Britten Sinfonia MON 27 JUN Roberta Invernizzi soprano MON 6 JUN Lars Vogt piano WED 3 FEB Takács Quartet Karina Gauvin soprano MON 13 JUN Ensemble Marsyas SAT 13 FEB Scharoun Ensemble Sonia Prina contralto MON 20 JUN Les Ambassadeurs FRI 19 FEB Carolin Widmann violin Le Musiche Nove MON 27 JUN Martin Fröst clarinet MON 22 FEB Ensemble intercontemporain FRI 1 JUL Henry Purcell: A Retrospective Roland Pöntinen piano WED 24 FEB Britten Sinfonia Trevor Pinnock MON 4 JUL Florian Boesch baritone SAT 27 FEB Apartment House Sophie Gent violin MON 11 JUL Gli Incogniti baroque ensemble TUE 15 MAR Scottish Ensemble Matthew Truscott violin THU 17 MAR Ensemble Modern Jonathan Manson cello TUE 22 MAR Nash Ensemble TUE 19 JUL Mahan Esfahani harpsichord THU 7 APR Kuss Quartet WED 13 APR Britten Sinfonia WED 20 APR Anssi Karttunen cello Nicolas Hodges piano WED 27 APR Rolf Hind piano THU 12 MAY Mark Padmore tenor Ryan Wigglesworth piano SAT 21 MAY Augustin Hadelich violin Charles Owen piano FRI 15 JUL Doric String Quartet Friedrich Cerha © MANU THEOBALD

Francesco Piemontesi

© MARCO BORGGREVE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SERIES BBC LUNCHTIME CONCERTS SAT 10 OCT Friedrich Cerha Day MON 12 OCT GrauSchumacher Piano Duo MON 14 SEP Anna Caterina SAT 24 OCT Scottish Ensemble Antonacci soprano FRI 6 NOV Arditti Quartet Donald Sulzen piano SAT 7 NOV Julian Anderson Composer MON 21 SEP Tine Thing Helseth trumpet in Residence: Kathryn Stott piano Nash Ensemble MON 28 SEP Truls Mørk cello MON 9 NOV Gil Shaham violin Lawrence Power viola Sejong Soloists Simon Crawford-Phillips piano FRI 27 NOV Stile Antico MON 5 OCT Sandrine Piau soprano WED 2 DEC Britten Sinfonia THU 3 DEC Andreas Haefligerpiano Brad Mehldau

Susan Manoff piano © MICHAEL WILSON MON 12 OCT Sol Gabetta cello FRI 4 DEC Iestyn Davies countertenor Bertrand Chamayou piano Allan Clayton tenor MON 19 OCT Alexei Ogrintchouk oboe James Baillieu piano JAZZ SERIES Boris Brovtsyn violin SAT 5 DEC Birmingham Contemporary THU 17 DEC Brad Mehldau piano Maxim Rysanov viola Music Group FRI 18 DEC Brad Mehldau piano Kristina Blaumane cello Roderick Williams baritone FRI 18 MAR Christian McBride Jazz Series MON 26 OCT Elizabeth Watts soprano SAT 19 DEC Belcea Quartet FRI 8 JUL Christian McBride Jazz Series Julius Drake piano

MON 2 NOV Alexandre Tharaud piano Daniel Hope violin Christian Gerhaher Sabine Meyer clarinet BOOKING TICKETS Sunday 8 November 2015 MON 9 NOV Barnabás Kelemen violin Priority Booking for Wigmore Series concerts from Thursday 4 February 2016 MON 16 NOV Emerson String Quartet September to December, and for concerts in the Friday 5 February 2016 – MON 23 NOV Narek Hakhnazaryan cello Masterclass MON 30 NOV Artemis Quartet Contemporary Music Series, opens on 8 May 2015, Monday 8 February 2016 – MON 7 DEC Adrian Brendel cello for concerts from January to March opens on Aleksandar Madžar piano 16 October 2015, and for concerts from April to July with Christiane Karg Thursday 31 March 2016 MON 14 DEC Rachel Podger violin opens on 15 January 2016. MON 4 JAN Benjamin Appl baritone MON 11 JAN Pavel Kolesnikov piano Details of artists and dates are correct at time of printing MON 18 JAN Dejan Lazic´ piano Christian McBride © R JONES MON 25 JAN Armida Quartet but may be subject to change. PRICE © SIMON JAY

12 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 SEASON PREVIEW 2015/16 13 ‘We love it here. We’ve been coming here for years now, and it’s always a special thing to do.’ Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien

‘The platform, the canvas upon which you can paint, is so hugely important – and Wigmore Hall just happens to be the most beautiful size and the most beautiful acoustic… The people that come are people like me – they love it, they love music.’ Simon Keenlyside

‘What I think is incredible about Wigmore is that there is no compromise on the highest quality on the one hand, and on the other hand it is extremely accessible – it doesn’t have to cost you very much at the Wigmore and you can hear great performances and share the greatest music.’ Anthony Marwood

‘For me it’s the most wonderful concert hall in the world, the best acoustic ever, and I feel at home here.’ , mezzo-soprano

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