Winter Showcase: Alexander Gadjiev plays Chopin

New Generation Artists Winter Showcase: Alexander Gadjiev plays Chopin.

Georgia Mann introduces an hour-long sequence of sublime Chopin in a performance given at Snape Maltings just a few days after Alexander Gadjiev won major prizes at the hugely prestigious Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Also from Snape, Johan Dalene plays Arvo Pärt's other-worldly Fratres.

Part: Fratres
Johan Dalene (violin), Charles Owen (piano)

Chopin: Polonaise fantasy in A flat, Op.61
Chopin: Three mazurkas Op. 56
Chopin: Piano Sonata in B flat minor, Op.35
Chopin: Waltz in A flat, Op. 42

Tchaikovsky: Mélodie
Johan Dalene (violin), Charles Owen (piano)

Established two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme is acknowledged internationally as the foremost programme of its kind. It exists to offer a platform for artists at the beginning of their international careers; each year six musicians join the scheme for two years, during which time they appear at the UK's major music festivals and venues, enjoy dates with the BBC orchestras and have the opportunity to record in the BBC studios. The artists are also encouraged to form artistic partnerships with one another and to explore a wide range of repertoire, not least the work of contemporary, women and diverse composers. The BBC New Generation Artists Scheme is not itself a prize, rather it offers a unique two year platform on which artists can develop their prodigious talents. Not surprisingly, the list of alumni reads like a Who’s Who of the most exciting musicians of the past two decades including pianists Paul Lewis, Pavel Kolesnikov, Benjamin Grosvenor and Beatrice Rana, violinists Alina Ibragimova and Lisa Batiashvili, the Belcea, Jerusalem and Ébène Quartets.