Classic FM partners with Wigmore Hall to offer £5 tickets to under-35 audiences

15 October 2024, 16:37 | Updated: 15 October 2024, 16:40

Wigmore Hall and Classic FM offer £5 tickets to U35 audiences for select concerts. Picture: Wigmore Hall

By Classic FM

Discover classical music with Wigmore Hall’s brilliant young people’s scheme, offering £5 tickets to under 35s.

One of the world’s finest classical music venues is offering £5 tickets for concertgoers under 35.

Wigmore Hall, with the support of Classic FM as Media Partner, are running a collaboration on a discount ticket scheme, which offers £5 tickets to hundreds of concerts every season, exclusively for under-35s.

The scheme will give young people the opportunity to enjoy hundreds of world-class concerts at Wigmore Hall, London.

Wigmore Hall regularly hosts performances by some of classical music’s greatest artists and ensembles – from Steven Isserlis, the Kanneh-Mason family, and The Sixteen, to the emerging talents of many of Classic FM’s past and present 30 under 30 artists, such as cellist Anastasia Kobekina and violist Timothy Ridout.

As part of a common goal to diversify classical music audiences, the Wigmore Hall £5 tickets for Under 35s supported by Media Partner Classic FM hopes to attract younger and first-time concertgoers, breaking down barriers to entry.

Dowland’s 'Lacrimae Coactae', performed with new lyrics at Wigmore Hall

Upcoming 2025 concerts for U35s:

January

Thursday 2 January, 7.30pm: Danny Driver piano
Saturday 4 January, 7.30pm: Ema Nikolovska mezzo-soprano; Kunal Lahi
Sunday 5 January, 7.30pm: Dmitry Shishkin piano
Monday 6 January, 7.30pm: Smetana Trio
Wednesday 8 January, 7.30pm: Robin Tritschler tenor; Jonathan Ware piano
Tuesday 14 January, 7.30pm: Lucy Crowe soprano; Karim Sulayman tenor; Julius Drake piano
Wednesday 15 January, 7.30pm: Quatuor Danel
Friday 17 January, 7.30pm: London Contemporary Music Festival
Saturday 18 January, 7.30pm: Stéphane Degout baritone; Cédric Tiberghien piano; Glen Cunningham tenor; Anna Tilbrook piano
Sunday 19 January, 7.30pm: Natalie Clein cello; Marianna Shirinyan piano
Monday 20 January, 7.30pm: Jess Dandy contralto; Dylan Perez piano
Monday 27 January, 7.30pm: Llŷr Williams piano
Tuesday 28 January, 7.30pm: Martin Fröst clarinet; Roland Pöntinen piano
Wednesday 29 January, 7.30pm: Olivier Stankiewicz oboe; Thomas Dunford archlute

Wigmore Hall partners with Classic FM to offer £5 tickets for under 35s. Picture: Courtesy of Wigmore Hall

February

Sunday 2 February, 7.30pm: Florian Boesch baritone; Malcolm Martineau piano
Tuesday 4 February, 7.30pm: Miah Persson soprano; Stuart Jackson tenor; Julius Drake piano
Wednesday 5 February, 7.30pm: Elaine Mitchener vocalist; Ensemble Klang
Monday 10 February, 7.30pm: Dénes Várjon piano
Thursday 13 February, 7.30pm: Kuss Quartet
Friday 14 Febuary, 7.30pm: Sean Shibe guitar; Sasha Savaloni guitar
Sunday 16 February, 7.30pm: Klangforum Wien; Vimbayi Kaziboni conductor; Barbara Kozelj mezzo-soprano
Monday 17 February, 7.30pm: Klangforum Wien; Vimbayi Kaziboni conductor; Barbara Kozelj mezzo-soprano
Thursday 20 February, 7.30pm: Vilde Frang violin Lawrence Power viola Valeriy Sokolov
Friday 21 February, 7.30pm: Fabian Müller piano
Saturday 22 February, 7.30pm: Wigmore Soloists
Sunday 23 February, 3.00pm: Caspar Singh tenor; Ewa Danilewska piano
Tuesday 25 February, 7.30pm: 12 Ensemble
Thursday 27 February, 7.30pm: Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Friday 28 February, 7.30pm: Roman Rabinovich piano

Cellist Abel Selaocoe to play at Wigmore Hall in 2025. Picture: Courtesy of Wigmore Hall

March

Sunday 2 March, 7.30pm: Siglo de Oro
Monday 3 March, 7.30pm: Alexander Gadjiev piano
Wednesday 5 March, 7.30pm: Tim Horton piano
Friday 7 March, 7.30pm: Gary Hoffman cello
Saturday 8 March, 7.30pm: Caroline Shaw composer, singer; Gabriel Kahane composer, singer; Siglo de Oro
Sunday 9 March, 3.00pm: Andrew Hamilton baritone; Michael Pandya piano
Sunday 9 March, 7.30pm: Nevermind
Monday 10 March, 7.30pm: Schumann Quartet
Tuesday 11 March, 7.30pm: Florilegium; Ashley Solomon flute, director; Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Friday 14 March, 7.30pm: London Handel Players
Saturday 15 March, 11.30am: The African Concert Series
Saturday 15 March, 3.00pm: The African Concert Series
Saturday 15 March, 7.30pm: The African Concert Series
Thursday 20 March, 7.30pm: Elena Urioste violin
Friday 21 March, 7.30pm: Nicky Spence tenor; Dylan Perez piano
Saturday 22 March, 11.30am: JACK Quartet
Saturday 22 March, 3.00pm: JACK Quartet
Saturday 22 March 7.30pm: JACK Quartet
Thursday 27 March, 7.30pm: Nelson Goerner piano
Saturday 29 March, 11.30am: Capucelli
Saturday 29 March, 7.30pm: Gautier Capuçon cello
Sunday 30 March, 7.30pm: Gautier Capuçon cello
Mon 31 March, 7.30pm: Natalya Romaniw soprano; Lada Valešová piano

Guitarist Sean Shibe to play at Wigmore Hall in 2025. Picture: Courtesy of Wigmore Hall

Concerts already available in the Wigmore Hall £5 tickets for Under 35s scheme can be found here.

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I’m under 35 – how do I access £5 tickets?

To access the £5 Wigmore Hall concert tickets, log in to your Wigmore Hall account and update your date of birth in the ‘My Account’ section. If you are not already signed up, create an account here and give your date of birth.

Alternatively, contact the Box Office at boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk to book or join the scheme.

You will need to bring photo ID to the performance, as this will be checked as proof of age. Please note that only customers aged under 35 are entitled to a £5 ticket, and that individual IDs will be checked for each ticket.