The Labèque Sisters play the Barbican [Umberto Nicoletti]

NO one watching the recent TV series of The Piano could be unmoved by the stories it produced of ordinary people finding solace and meaning in their lives through music; and that, in the process, it turned up some seriously impressive amateur pianists was no bad thing either. They were inspirational. And you can only hope that they’ll inspire others.

But that said, not many amateurs could dream of taking things as far as Paul Wee who appears at Wigmore Hall on, June 15. Wee is a successful barrister who plays the piano in his spare time. But he’s nonetheless a lauded virtuoso. His recordings have been nominated more than once for Gramophone Awards. And his Wigmore recital features Alkan’s formidably challenging Concerto for Solo Piano, which would scare off many a seasoned professional. Not just a curiosity but the real thing, he’s worth hearing. wigmore-hall.org.uk

• There’s no shortage of pianists around this week, with a conveyor belt of them at the Royal Academy of Music, June 14, in a day-long marathon performance of Játékok: the voluminous collection of keyboard miniatures by Hungarian composer Gyorg Kurtag. Játékok means “games”. And these pieces are quirky, playful, sometimes brief. But as Kurtag has been writing them over decades, they come in quantity. Hence the shift system governing the performance at the RAM. Starts 10am. Finishes who knows? ram.ac.uk

• If that isn’t enough keyboard-playing, the Labèque Sisters are at the Barbican, June 17, for a programme of Philip Glass operas adapted into suites for piano duo. The operas are the ones Glass based on films by Cocteau. And according to the blurb the performance takes place under a chandelier designed to “transport us to the intimate spaces” evoked and “interact with the music”. barbican.org.uk

• I daresay they have a few chandeliers at Butcher’s Hall, the livery company appropriately close to Smithfield Market. And interactive or otherwise, they illuminate a lunchtime concert by young artists on the City Music Foundation programme – flautist Sirius Chau and harpist Helena Ricci – at lunchtime, June 17. Busy as ever, the CMF also presents pianist Antoine Preat at Clerkenwell’s Fidelio Café, same day in the evening. citymusicfoundation.org

• Concerts of film music can be ropey affairs, but there’s a superior one at the Barbican, June 15, when the LSO give serious attention to music for the screen by Arthur Bliss, Vaughan Williams, William Walton and others. As the others include Patrick Doyle and John Williams, fans of Harry Potter won’t be left out. barbican.org.uk

• Back in 1970 the urbane Michael Flanders (cabaret partner of Donald Swann) teamed up with composer Joseph Horowitz to write a jazzy children’s cantata based on the story of the biblical Flood. Called Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, it doesn’t come to light so often these days, but there’s a performance at St Giles, Cripplegate, June 15, as part of the Summer Music series running there. Star baritone Roderick Williams will shine radiance on it. summermusiccitychurches.com