A PREMIER young pianist is set to perform with the BSO in Bournemouth tomorrow.

Anna Fedorova will take part in a Hall of Fame concert at Bournemouth Pavilion, featuring a programme including Mendelssohn, Khachaturian and Smetana.

Stephen Barlow will be joined by highly acclaimed young pianist Anna Fedorova, who will be performing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Still only in her twenties, Fedorova has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall and the Zurich Tonhalle, and has claimed top prizes at numerous international piano competitions.

Her performance of Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto sold out the main hall of Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw on three successive nights in January 2015, so Bournemouth audiences are set for a thrilling evening of spectacular virtuosity by a pianist who has stunned audiences around the world with the depth and power of her musical expression.

Composed between 1900 and 1901, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is often described as the greatest piano concerto ever written, as well as containing some of the most beautiful melodies to be found in any of his works.

Having recently conducted the BSO in La fanciulla del West at Grange Park Opera in the summer, a performance which received glowing reviews, the Orchestra is delighted to welcome Stephen Barlow back for this opening concert of the BSO 2016/17 season in Bournemouth. Barlow is heavily involved with operatic work and his engagements have included working with English National Opera, the Royal Opera, Opera North and Florida Grand Opera. In addition to his operatic work, he has conducted most of the major UK orchestras and as a pianist he has recorded the complete songs of Butterworth, Delius and Quilter.

Opening Saturday’s programme will be Mendelssohn’s Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, a piece inspired by two poems of Goethe, Meeresstille (Calm Sea) and Glückliche Fahrt (Prosperous Voyage). This beautiful but rarely performed overture depicts the journey of a ship from still, windless conditions to a passage of plain sailing and finally warm, welcoming fanfares when land is sighted. The programme promises moments of fiery passion, deathly stillness and exquisite virtuosity and Tchaikovsky’s much-loved 1812 Overture with its momentous 16 scored cannon firings will bring the concert to an explosive climax.

There is also the chance to catch Anna Fedorova performing live this Friday 30 September on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, from 5pm, when she joins host Sean Rafferty at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

*The Hall of Fame concert is at Bournemouth Pavilion tonight at 7pm. Contact the box office for tickets.