Chopin in the Chambers with Andrew Wilde

A rare opportunity to hear one of the UK's finest pianists in a truly intimate setting.

Join Andrew as he takes us on a marvellous musical journey with Chopin and others in Altrincham Town Hall for the very first time, performing through The North West Trust Outreach Programme using their Yamaha keyboard.

Described by Daniel Barenboim as a major musical and pianistic talent Wilde’s Manchester recitals attracted capacity houses and wonderful reviews: “... this is the stuff of which pianistic legends are made” noted the Manchester Evening News

Wilde was the first British pianist to give a full recital at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and has since returned there many times to play cornerstones of the piano repertoire including a highly acclaimed Chopin programme which was described by The Guardian as “one of the best piano recitals I have ever heard”.

See Andrews full biography below.

“...the performance took wing in a state of something approaching ecstasy...” commented The Times following Andrew Wilde’s Haydn / Chopin recital at the Wigmore Hall and of a programme of works by Mozart and Schubert The Guardian stated, “Every texture was beautifully calculated, every gradation gauged with extraordinary care and restraint, and he was able to make every lovingly turned detail seem inevitable producing a performance of truly refined musicianship.” A recipient of top prizes at many international piano competitions including the Naumburg (New York), Pozzoli (Seregno), Kapell (Maryland), Dino Ciano (Milan) and World Competition (London), he studied at Manchester’s Chetham’s School of Music and Royal Northern College of Music with Ryszard Bakst.

Wilde made his London début at the Royal Festival Hall in 1986 with the London Philharmonic, since when he has appeared as soloist with most of the major London and regional orchestras. His US début followed including with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, and the Dallas Symphony, whilst his US recital was enthusiastically received: “Anyone aware of the best of English pianism from Myra Hess and Solomon to Clifford Curzon and John Ogdon will recognize the sterling traits these artists possessed when they crop up in a younger compatriot such as Andrew Wilde.” His discography includes CDs of Beethoven (BMG) and Haydn Sonatas (Collins Classics) as well as Chopin (Polskie Nagrania) and live broadcasts and studio recitals for radio stations around the world such as the BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Polish Radio, Hungarian Radio and Italian Radio. His Queen Elizabeth Hall recital début at the South Bank Centre in London held a capacity audience in rapt attention, and of his German début recital the Rheinische Post noted: “The Brit Andrew Wilde is an absolutely convincing pianist who can draw the public with his playing into his spell of magic.” Single composer programmes at the Wigmore Hall, of Beethoven Sonatas and Haydn Sonatas and Variations, have been outstanding successes and his Chopin recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall took him to the heights of critical acclaim when The Independent wrote, “The qualities of Andrew Wilde have been compared to Myra Hess and Solomon. His QEH recital on Wednesday made apparent why.”

Described by Daniel Barenboim as a major musical and pianistic talent Wilde’s Manchester recitals have attracted capacity houses and wonderful reviews: “... this is the stuff of which pianistic legends are made” noted the Manchester Evening News having previously written “Not since Charles Halle in the 1850s has Manchester had a virtuoso pianist in residence with a love of chamber music as well as solo appearances” in connection with complete cycles of the Mozart and Beethoven Violin Sonatas with the great Hungarian violinist Vilmos Szabadi. Wilde was the first British pianist to give a full recital at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and has since returned there many times to play cornerstones of the piano repertoire including a highly acclaimed Chopin programme which was described by The Guardian as “one of the best piano recitals I have ever heard”.

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