Thu 14 & Sun 17 May 2026
The Bridgewater Hall
Dvořák’s Symphony No.8
Alexander Gadjiev, winner of the 2022 Terence Judd-Hallé Award, joins forces with Grammy-nominated Ariane Matiakh for a performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2.
Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.2 is one of the finest virtuosic showpieces for piano, requiring both technical ability and deep musicality from its soloist. As one of the prize winners in the 2021 Chopin Competition, Alexander Gadjiev has both in spades.
Before we dive into Dvořák’s lively and lyrical Eighth Symphony, audiences will also be the first in the UK to hear Hallé Featured Composer, Unsuk Chin’s Operascope, a musical walk through the history of opera with several nods to operatic giants like Verdi and Puccini.
Get to know the music
Featuring
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Ariane Matiakh
Conductor
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Alexander Gadjiev
Piano
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Ariane Matiakh
Conductor
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Alexander Gadjiev
Piano
Unsuk Chin
Hallé Featured Composer 2025-26“I'm delighted to be appointed Featured Composer for the Hallé's 2025/26 season. I hugely look forward to collaborating with this exceptional orchestra and their esteemed Principal Conductor, Kahchun Wong, across a series of exciting projects throughout the year.”
The Terence Judd-Hallé Award
Each year an exceptional pianist on the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme is chosen as the winner of the award and this year’s prize includes exciting concerto and chamber performance opportunities during the Hallé’s season.
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“Matiakh also steers the action through tricky waters with cool precision.... She also has an extremely sensitive hand for this mystery of grief and mystery.”