Award winning pianist Sally Wigan has performed across the UK and Europe in many prestigious venues including Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Kings Place Concert Hall, Steinway Hall London, Symphony Hall Birmingham and the Franz Liszt Concert Hall in Budapest.
A dedicated exponent of twentieth-century and contemporary repertoire, and in particular of British works, Sally has worked with such composers as John McCabe, Gavin Higgins, Judith Weir and Arlene Sierra. She was selected as a Park Lane Group artist for three consecutive years, to great critical acclaim.
Sally has won numerous accolades including third prize in the Ninth British Contemporary Piano Competition, the Frank Merrick Prize in the Royal College of Music’s Contemporary Piano Competition and the Joseph Weingarten Scholarship to study at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Sally was also awarded runner-up prize in the piano section of the Performing Australian Music Competition, which led to her keen involvement and performances in the ‘Celebrating Grainger’ week at Kings Place.
“Masques by Debussy was dispatched with effortless panache”
Edward Clarke – Musical Opinion
“a veritable encyclopaedia of pianism … Wigan discharged the piece with fluid assurance … confident and efficient“
Hilary Finch – The Times
“Wigan depicted the stinging birdsong of ‘Le Loriot’ from Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux with real bite … The haunted atmospheres of selections from Book I of Arlene Sierra’s Birds and Insects (2004-7) were excellently captured in this European premiere, however, with the lonely repetitions of ‘Cicada Sketch’ being particularly effective.”
Andrew Morris – Classical Source
“dedicated performance… Wigan’s account seemed first-class, and was given a thumbs-up by McCabe”
Colin Anderson – Classical Source, on Sally’s performance of McCabe’s Variations
Sally Wigan 