The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall at 36 Wigmore Street, in west London. It was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt and opened in 1901 as the Bechstein Hall; it is considered to have particularly good acoustics. It specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals, and hosts over five hundred concerts each year, as well as a weekly concert broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Wigmore Hall's entrance is framed by the distinctive iron and glass canopy.
The interior of Wigmore Hall prior to a concert
C. Bechstein Pianoforte AG is a German manufacturer of pianos, established in 1853 by Carl Bechstein.
Advertisement poster from c. 1920
Carl Bechstein
The signature of Carl Bechstein
Bechstein Art Nouveau grand piano, 1902