The Wigmore Hall's entrance is framed by a distinctive iron and glass canopy

Wigmore Hall is a recital hall that specialises in chamber music. It is located at 36 Wigmore Street, London, UK. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 483 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1610 × 2000 pixel, file size: 676 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 483 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1610 × 2000 pixel, file size: 676 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ... Wigmore Street is a London street which runs for about 600 yards parallel to Oxford Street from Portman Square to Cavendish Square. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Originally named the Bechstein Hall, it was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt, who also designed the Savoy Hotel on The Strand, for Bechstein, the German piano manufacturer whose showroom was next door. Similar halls were also built by Bechstein in Saint Petersburg and Paris. Thomas Edward Collcutt (16 March 1840 - 7 October 1924) was born in Oxford. ... The Savoy Hotel is a five-star hotel found on the Strand, London, England. ... Strand, May 2001 St. ... C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG (FWB:BEP) (Bechstein) is a German manufacturer of pianos, especially grand pianos. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

The building follows the Renaissance style, using alabaster and marble walls to furnish a flat, rectangular hall with a small raised stage area complete with a cupola depicting the Soul of Music above. The hall is considered to have excellent acoustics. The Hall was refurbished in 2004 and was widely praised for being completed on time and on budget. In 2005, the Wigmore Hall Trust purchased the freehold of the building. By region Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance Renaissance Architecture: The cultural movement called the Renaissance (which literally means re-birth) was just that in architecture, a rebirth of the Roman traditions of design. ... A modern uplighter lamp made completely from Italian alabaster (white and brown types). ... Venus de Milo, front. ... Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound (mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids). ...

The hall opened on 31 May 1901 with a concert featuring the virtuoso pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni and violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. During its early period, the hall attracted great artists like Artur Schnabel, Pablo Sarasate, Percy Grainger, Myra Hess, Arthur Rubinstein and Camille Saint-Saëns. is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and conductor. ... Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe (July 16, 1858 – May 12, 1931) was a Belgian violinist and composer. ... Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a classical pianist, who also composed and taught. ... Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascuéz (March 10, 1844 - September 20, 1908) was a Spanish violinist and composer. ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. ... Myra Hess Dame Myra Hess (February 25, 1890 – November 25, 1965) was a British pianist. ... For the 19th century Russian pianist and composer, see Anton Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Arthur Rubinstein (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982) was a Polish pianist who is widely considered as one of the greatest piano virtuosos of the 20th Century. ... Charles Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known especially for his orchestral works The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and Symphony No. ...

Because of its German ownership, the hall was seized as enemy property during World War I and re-opened as the Wigmore Hall in 1917. Since re-opening great artists including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sergey Prokofiev, Paul Hindemith, Andrés Segovia, Benjamin Britten and Francis Poulenc have performed there. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (b. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Unions greatest composers. ... Paul Hindemith aged 28. ... Andrés Segovia Andrés Torres Segovia, marqués de Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 3 June 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist, and later nobleman, born in Linares, Spain who is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern music scholars. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (IPA: ) (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. ...

The Hall's current director is 34 year-old Irishman, John Gilhooly, a classical singer. He joined the Hall as CEO in 2000 and became Artistic Director in addition in 2005. His predecessor as Artistic Director was Paul Kildea. William Lyne served as overall director from 1957-2003.

The Wigmore Hall also publishes on its own record label "Wigmore Hall live" recordings of concerts by prominent artists that had taken place. The label recently entered the classical charts with a recital by the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• List of major concert halls

A Concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for classical instrumental music. ...

External links

• Official Wigmore Hall Web Site