Sonya Pigot

The Kings Place Young Artist Platform is an exciting initiative supporting early-career musicians at the start of their professional journeys. Sonya Pigot will perform in the Music Foyer, after Inside Steinway: With Ulrich Gerhartz & Kathryn Stott in Hall Two.

Sonya Pigot is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and her concert career has taken her to perform recitals at Wigmore Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, The Tivoli Vredenburg, Steinway Hall as well as in concert halls across Europe, Asia and Australia. After being a semi-finalist in the 2026 Liszt Utrecht International Piano Competition, Sonya went on to win the “Paola Bruni” Prize for her interpretations of Carl Vine in the Palma D’oro International Piano Competition and the Third Prize in the Orbetello International Piano Competition. As well as studying a PhD and joining the teaching faculty at the Royal College of Music, she is looking forward to a busy 26/27 performance season ahead with highlights including an upcoming recital at Salle Cortot in Paris.

Sonya is looking forward to a busy 26/27 performance season ahead with highlights including an upcoming recital at Salle Cortot in Paris as part of the Busoni International piano competition. This September marks the continuation of her studies as a PhD scholarship holder and the beginning of her work joining the teaching faculty as a GTA at the Royal College of Music, London.

As well as having performed for members of the British Royal Family, Sonya has had concert engagements with orchestras since she was 15, most notably the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Gill AO and the Perugia Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marius Stravinsky in Tuscany.

Sonya is a Keyboard Trust Artist and is generously supported by the Talent Unlimited Charity. While engaged in her Undergraduate, Masters and Artist Diploma Degrees at the Royal College of Music she has studied and worked with renowned professors including Norma Fisher, Sofya Gulyak and Dmitri Alexeev. Sonya has performed in masterclasses for many international artists, such as Alfred Brendel, Boris Berman, John Perry, Ewa Poblocka and Pavel Gililov.

This is a free event taking place in the Music Foyer. No booking required.

The performance will last approximately 30 minutes, with no interval.

Book tickets to Inside Steinway: With Ulrich Gerhartz & Kathryn Stott.