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Joy Pidsley

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

About Alim

BBC New Generation Artist 2023-25

Alim Beisembayev won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in September 2021, performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Manze. He also took home the medici.tv Audience Prize and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Prize for contemporary performance.

A current BBC New Generation Artist 2023-25, Alim made his debut at the BBC Proms with the Sinfonia of London (John Wilson) on two days’ notice, bringing him to international attention. In the recent world premiere performance of Alberga’s piano concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Hindoyan, Scaglione), The Telegraph claimed “there’s no pianist under 30 in the world I would rather hear”.

Concerto highlights in the 2024-25 season include debuts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky 1), Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra (Tchaikovsky 1), Sinfonietta Cracovia (Mozart no. 20) and Janacek Philharmonic in Ostrava (Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand).

As a recitalist, Alim has made notable debuts at the BBC Proms at Truro, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Wigmore Hall, Seoul Arts Centre, Carnegie Hall, Victoria Concert Hall (Singapore), Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Oxford Piano Festival, Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris) and Cliburn Concerts in addition to a tour of Europe in association with the Steinway Prizewinner Concerts Network, and Korea, with the World Culture Network. Upcoming highlights include multiple returns to the Wigmore Hall as well as a debut performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London.

In December 2022, Warner Classics released Alim’s debut album: Liszt Transcendental Études, featuring all twelve of the composer’s etudes which was met with critical acclaim.

Alim is based in London

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Sep 2024
Wigmore Hall, London
Works by Bach, Debussy and Rachmaninov
Oct 2024
Central Conservatory of Music, Xiamen
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 Xiamen International Piano Competition Opening Ceremony Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra Yin Jiongjie (conductor)
Dec 2024
ICE Congress Centre, Krakow
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor K466 Sinfonietta Cracovia Michał Nesterowicz (conductor)

Selected Repertoire

BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37   •   Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58   •   Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
BrahmsPiano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op. 15   •   Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83
ChopinPiano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11   •   Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op. 21
GriegPiano Concerto in A minor Op. 16
MozartPiano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466   •   Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K491   •   Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503
ProkofievPiano Concerto No.1 in D flat major Op.10   •   Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.16
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18   •   Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini Op. 43
RavelPiano Concerto in G major
SchumannPiano Concerto in A minor Op.54

Sample Programmes

  • Sample Recital Programme 1

    FRANZ SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D. 935 Interval CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Images Book 2 FREDERIC CHOPIN: Etudes Op. 25

  • Sample Recital Programme 2

    ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Four Preludes, Op. 22 SERGEI RACHMANINOV: 13 Preludes, Op. 32, No. 10 in B minor SERGEI RACHMANINOV: 10 Preludes, Op. 23 No. 4 in D major MAURICE RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit Interval CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Images Book 1 SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No. 2

News

Press

  • Wigmore Hall

    London
    Jan 2024
    • Alim Beisembayev is, beyond doubt, a remarkable talent, and on present evidence a pretty fully formed one, at that. It was impossible not to notice the technical elements (a supremely even left hand at speed, for example), but most of all this was a moving experience. The opening of the Allegro molto danced beautifully; while the Adagio ma no troppo, taken at the perfect tempo, made time stand still. It might be noted at this point just how much Beisembayev held the audience in his thrall... Rarely have I heard the opening of ‘Ondine’ so even and yet so atmospheric, not just light textured, but positively luminous. Every note was audible, and yet the totality created a magic web of sound.

    • This was big-boned playing that projected the tempestuous outbursts of the “Appassionata” on a thunderous scale. the Romantic sweep of Beisembayev’s performances carried all before it. A contrasting pair by Rachmaninov...brought back the wealth of colours that distinguish Beisembayev’s Rachmaninov