2026 Summer Picnic Concert
The 21-year old Ukrainian pianist Roman Fediurko, runner-up in this year’s Hastings International Piano Competition, returns to Sussex for this year’s Picnic Concert along with three Young Scholars from the Lang Lang International Music Foundation.
Described by Artistic Director Vanessa Latarche as 'a truly extraordinary and thoughtful pianist who clearly has a tremendous career ahead of him', the 21 year-old Ukrainian pianist Roman Fediurko arrived in Hastings hotfoot from winning the prestigious Takamatsu Prize in Japan and then impressed our international jury with his sublime playing. We’re delighted to welcome him back to play Scriabin’s evocative and impressionistic second sonata, followed by Chopin’s fiendishly difficult Sonata No 3.
This year for the first time we are pleased to partner with the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, which offers a fellowship programme for a small cohort of exceptional young pianists. We are delighted to showcase the considerable talents of three of their Young Scholars: Deva Mira Sperandio, Julian Zhu and Aidan Siqi Zhao. Who knows, perhaps one will be a future winner of the Hastings International Piano Competition?
Glorious music performed by remarkable young pianists in a beautiful setting: what better way to spend a summer afternoon?
Sunday 5 July, 2026
Fairlight Hall, Fairlight, Near Hastings
Grounds open from 12 noon
Concert starts at 2:30pm
Tickets
Concert tickets £30 (free to those aged 18 and under with a paying adult) plus Eventbrite fees.
Picnics and lunch
Concert goers are welcome to picnic or stroll around Fairlight Hall’s glorious gardens, which will be open from 12 noon. If you prefer, you can book a two-course buffet lunch on the terrace (or indoors if wet) for £55 (two courses, plus wine and coffee or tea), using the button below. Please note that you need to book your concert ticket separately.
Part One
Deva Mira Sperandio
Julian Zhu
Aidan Siqi Zhao
Works include:
Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op 29
Frédéric Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op 23
Stephen Hough - Fanfare Toccata in D major
Franz Liszt - Reminiscences de Norma, S 394
Part Two
Roman Fediurko
Alexander Scriabin - Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op 19
Frédéric Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op 58
Watch Roman Fediurko play Mozart with the Southbank Sinfonia in the semi-finals of the 2026 Hastings International Piano Competition.
