Piano
Alim Beisembayev
Born in Kazakhstan in 1998, Alim’s early studies were at the Purcell School where he won several awards.
St Andrew's Church
Aldborough
York
YO51 9ER
Bach Fugue in G major BWV 577
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
Price Adoration for Strings
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Fantasia Orchestra makes its debut at the Northern Aldborough Festival, opening the 2024 season which this year marks the festival's 30th anniversary. Alim Beisembayev, winner of the 2021 Leeds Piano Competition, returns to Fantasia for Chopin's Piano Concerto no. 1.
Alim Beisembayev won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021. He also took home the medici.tv Audience Prize and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Prize for contemporary performance, with The Guardian praising him as a “worthy winner” with a “real musical personality”.
Announced as a BBC New Generation Artist, Alim made his Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms debut in 2023.
Tom Fetherstonhaugh is Artistic Director of Fantasia Orchestra, which he founded in 2016.
This year, Tom returns to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Ulster Orchestra, and Orchestra of Opera North, and makes his debuts with the BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata.
St Andrew's Church
Aldborough
York
YO51 9ER