Guildhall Wigmore Recital Prize

In 2009 the Guildhall School and Wigmore Hall started a annual collaboration, the Guildhall Wigmore Prize, which would enable an outstanding Guildhall student to make a solo Wigmore Hall recital debut.

The winning performer for this annual event is selected at an audition by a panel chaired by John Gilhooly, Artistic and Executive Director of Wigmore Hall.

As the Guildhall Wigmore Prize starts its second decade, the School is deeply grateful to the Wigmore Hall and John Gilhooly for the invaluable support given through the Prize to these talented young performers at the start of their career.

Winners

2024 – Ana-Carmen Balestra soprano
2023 – William Bracken piano
2022 – Gabriele Strata piano
2021 – Élisabeth Pion piano
2019 – Ema Nikolovska mezzo soprano
2018 – Ming Xie piano
2017 – Michael Petrov cello
2016 – Marina Koka piano
2015 – Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
2014 – Joshua Owen Mills tenor
2013 – Martin Hassler baritone
2012 – Mihkel Poll piano
2011 – Alexandra Dariescu piano
2010 – Jonathan Sells baritone
2009 – Sasha Grynyuk piano

Listen to podcast interviews with our past winners: