Piano
Alim Beisembayev
Born in Kazakhstan in 1998, Alim’s early studies were at the Purcell School where he won several awards.
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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2
Brahms Symphony no. 4
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 Jude-on-the-Hill
Central Square
London
NW11 7AH