published by Ben Hogwood from the original press release

This December, Wigmore Hall focus in on a pianist famed for winning the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Classique award on five separate occasions, most recently in 2022. Described by the Guardian as ‘a remarkable musician, no question’, Chamayou caps off his short residency with an unmissable evening of the complete Ravel pianos works. Before that, the pianist joins forces with the thrilling Belcea Quartet and accompanies soprano Barbara Hannigan for her Wigmore Hall debut.

The programme with the Belcea Quartet on Thursday 4 December is of extra interest, for in addition to Chamayou’s appearance in the rarely-heard Piano Quintet in E major of Erich Korngold, the quartet will mark the 80th anniversary of the world première of Britten’s Second String Quartet at Wigmore Hall.

Chamayou’s programme with soprano Barbara Hannigan is typically adventurous, the pair reaffirming their Messiaen credentials with a performance of the Chants de terre et de ciel, before Chamayou looks at late Scriabin in the form of the Poème-nocturne Op. 61 and Vers la flamme Op. 72, before the two take on John Zorn’s song cycle Jumalattaret, written for Hannigan herself.

Chamayou’s third appearance will see him perform the complete works for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, whose birth in 1875 is being marked with 150th anniversary celebrations this year. The concert begins at 7pm, with the programme as follows:

1875-1937
Prélude
Miroirs
Menuet in C sharp minor
Sonatine
A la manière de Borodine
Gaspard de la nuit

Interval

A la manière de Chabrier
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Sérénade grotesque
Jeux d’eau
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Le tombeau de Couperin

For more information on all the Wigmore Hall concerts, click on the links highlighted above.

Published post no.2,730 – Wednesday 26 November 2025