Alim Beisembayev was drafted into the Proms with just 36 hours notice when another musician fell ill.
BBC Music CorrespondentThe 25-year-old, who won the 2021 Leeds Piano competition, got a call earlier this month asking if he could step in for Ben Grosvenor, who had taken ill.
Filmed by the BBC, footage shows his hands shaking as he lays them across the keyboard and prepares to begin. Rachmaninov's concerto is one of the most recognisable pieces in the classical cannon, which has appeared in films such as Brief Encounter and Seven Year Itch.
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