CLARE HAMMOND piano

Acclaimed as a pianist of “amazing power and panache” (The Telegraph), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances and has developed a “reputation for brilliantly imaginative concert programmes” (BBC Music Magazine). In 2016, she won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Young Artist Award’ in recognition of outstanding achievement and in 2020 she was engaged to perform at the International Piano Series (Southbank Centre) and the Aldeburgh Festival.

Performances during the pandemic included a live recital broadcast for BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts from St David’s Cardiff, recitals at Snape Maltings for Aldeburgh Music, and a broadcast of Carwithen’s piano concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra (Gavin Sutherland).

Clare’s discs for BIS have been widely praised with her latest, Variations, receiving extensive critical approval. Gramophone described her as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts”, The Times as a “player of immense power, tightly harnessed now to the moment’s expressive needs” and Crescendo (Belgium) hailed her as “one of the most exploratory pianistic personalities of our time”. The disc was commended for its “shimmering pianism and lightly-worn virtuosity” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artistry of the highest order” (Musical Opinion).

Clare returns to Lichfield after appearing with us in 2018 Cathedral event A Celebration of Gershwin and Bernstein.

Montgeroult Selection from Etudes 

Piazzolla, arr. Davies Suite from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Brahms 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118

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Adam Gorb Preludes 

W G Still The Bells

Szymanowski Variations on a Polish Theme, Op. 10