Ryan Zhu at the Wigmore Hall
📅 Wednesday 6 May 2026, 1pm
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
The phenomenal 22-year old Canadian pianist Ryan Zhu recently won first prize at the Hastings International Piano Competition with a series of compelling performances culminating in a blistering interpretation of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2.
A recent graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, and currently studying for a Master’s at Yale, Zhu is without doubt a pianist to watch. Now he makes his London debut with a lunchtime recital at London’s most prestigious chamber music venue, the Wigmore Hall. His programme includes the new work composed by our patron Sir Stephen Hough, specially for the competition, and music by Bach, Mendelssohn, Scriabin and Prokofiev.
Listen to Ryan Zhu play the Scriabin Valse-Fantaisie on Radio 3’s In Tune from 1:39 here.
Watch Ryan’s interview after winning the competition here.
Programme
Stephen Hough Metropolis, a Sonatina
Johann Sebastian Bach Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Felix Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses, Op 54
Alexander Scriabin Valse-Fantasie, Op 38
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 7, Op 83
Watch Ryan Zhu play Prokofiev with the RPO in the finals of the 2026 Hastings International Piano Competition.
