Chetham's International Piano Summer School 2026 - Day Two

Chetham?s International Piano Summer School 2026 ? Day Two Thursday 13 August 2026, 1.45pm Stoller Hall Part of Chetham?s International Piano Summer School 2026. Between Wednesday 12 ? Saturday 22 August, Chetham?s International Piano Summer School brings world class and legendary musicians to a vibrant, supportive community in central Manchester, now celebrating it?s 25th anniversary year. Alongside lectures, open lessons and opportunities to develop new skills, you can discover a daily programme of recitals from world-class performers. Seating for these events will be unallocated. If you have any access requirements, please do let us know at boxoffice@stollerhall.com or on 0333 130 0967. You can find out more about access in our building here. Our venue will be open half an hour before each public performance and will close in between performances. Programmes will be updated once confirmed. Day Two Young Artist?s Recital: Ariel Lanyi, 1.45pm-2.30pm Tickets ?5.50. Students/U18 Free The first in the series of lunchtime recitals for 2026. In March 2023, Ariel Lanyi was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The prize is endowed with CHF 50,000 and is not a competition, but a recognition of a young pianist?s achievements and an investment in their future. Prior to this, Ariel won 3rd prize at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, performing Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Manze in the finals. In the same year, he was a winner of the Young Classical Artists Trust International Auditions. Current highlights include returns to the Wigmore Hall and to the Miami International Piano Festival, as well as a tour of Asia. Programme: BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations Book now Piano Summer School Lecture (Details TBC), 5.15pm-6pm Tickets ?11.50, Students/U18 ?5.50 Book now ? A Recital with Murray McLachlan, 7pm Tickets ?22.50, Students/U18 ?5.50 Book now ? Leon McCawley, 8.30pm Tickets ?22.50, Students/U18 ?5.50 ?One of today?s most impeccably musical pianists.? International Piano, January/February 2021 Praised for his unfailingly communicative playing, British pianist Leon McCawley has been delighting audiences worldwide since winning, in 1993, First Prize in the International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and Second Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. His many concert performances and extensive discography have established him as a pianist of great integrity and variety, bringing freshness and vitality to Classical, Romantic and 20th century repertoire. McCawley?s latest CD of Haydn Sonatas Volume IV for SOMM Recordings is no exception: ?There is real freshness to McCawley?s playing throughout, concomitant with a sense of Haydn?s delight in playing with form. Captured in superb sound, this is one of McCawley?s finest discs to date?. (International Piano, December 2021). MOZART Sonata in G major K283 Fanny MENDELSSOHN: Notturno in G minor H337 FAUR? Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major Op. 36 BEETHOVEN Sonata in C major Op. 2 No. 3 Book now