Work: Mazurka in C major, Op.56 no.2

Antonii Baryshevskyi, winner of the Arthur Rubenstein Compeition, made an impressive Wigmore Hall debut in a performance which combined pristine technical facility and consummate musicality in a challenging and highly varied programme.

Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska has Polish blood in her veins (her father is Polish), and she was described by her pianistic idol, Arthur Rubinstein, as “a natural born Chopin interpreter”. This assertion was more than confirmed by a carefully executed and beautifully nuanced lunchtime concert of music by Fryderyk Chopin at London’s Wigmore Hall.