Evening Piano Recital, with drinks and light bites available
Doors open – 6:30pm
Pre-performance light bites orders until 7:15pm
Performance begins – 7:30pm
Intermission – 8:00pm
Second Set – 8:20pm
End – 9:00pm
£25 Table Seating | Complimentary for Patrons
An iconic competition
Since 1963, the Leeds International Piano Competition has launched the careers of legendary pianists such as Murray Perahia. The BBC has broadcast the competition since 1966, and its archive has attracted over 5 million views in 2023 alone.
An Unmissable Evening
Join us at Ladbroke Hall to welcome Junyan Chen Second Prizewinner of The Leeds International Piano Competition 2024. Junyan will deliver an extraordinary performance in our intimate setting. Don’t miss this chance to witness the future of classical music.
Programme
CPE Bach Sonata in A major H186 (14’)
Harrison Birtwistle Ookcooing Bird and Sad Song (5’)
Beethoven Sonata in A major Op. 101 (22’)
Intermission
Unsuk Chin Etudes for Piano nos 1, 4 and 6 (10’)
Liszt Sonata in B minor (27’)
“This grand finale left many of us in no doubt of who deserved the first prize. But there was also a good chance that it would go to the most audience-engaging of the five, Chinese Junyan Chen, who chose the unorthodox fireworks of Rachmaninov’s Fourth Piano Concerto (praise be, no Second or Third, no Chopin, no Liszt!). The vivacity was outstanding, but the greatest joint achievement of the soloist, conductor and orchestra was to convince us that the noodling central movement can be profoundly involved with the right cowled colours and expressive intensity; what often sounds threadbare theme-wise came across as vintage Rachmaninov in its obsessive melancholy.
That was the big surprise of the two evenings, and given this year’s festival move to highlight gender equality, I wouldn’t have begrudged Chen the top place.”
– David Nice for ArtsDesk
BBC Radio 3 – Leeds Piano Competition
To make sure you get the best listening experience and avoid disrupting the concert, we will only be serving from our Light Bites menu in the Sunbeam Theatre. Orders will only be taken up until the start of the performance.
If you’d like to enjoy the full à la carte menu from Pollini at Ladbroke Hall, we recommend booking a table in the main dining room before or after the performance.
