Wigmore Hall 125
Mon 25 May
|London
Monday 25 May – Sunday 7 June 2026 Six generations of musical stars from around the world gather in London to mark Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary
Time & Location
25 May 2026, 19:30 – 07 Jun 2026, 21:50
London, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP, UK
About the event
The Landmark Festival (between Monday 25 May – Sunday 7 June 2026):
Spans six generations of musical stars from around the world gather in London to mark Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary
Twenty-four concerts across 14 days, with many broadcast on BBC Radio 3, reaching audiences across the UK and internationally
Launch of a major new biography of Wigmore Hall by Julia Boyd, exploring music-making in London across two centuries against seismic historical events and social change
Stellar line-up includes, sopranos Lise Davidsen, Asmik Grigorian, Carolyn Sampson; tenor Ian Bostridge; baritone Christian Gerhaher; pianists Thomas Adès, Yunchan Lim, Igor Levit, Alexandre Kantorow, Angela Hewitt; violinists Alina Ibragimova, Christian Tetzlaff; cellist Abel Selaocoe’s Bantu Ensemble and multi-instrumentalists Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi with Crash Ensemble; the Belcea, Modigliani and Leonkoro Quartets, Les Arts Florissants with William Christie, and Hespèrion XXI with Jordi Savall.