Clare Hammond

Acclaimed as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts” (Gramophone) and “immense power” (The Times), Clare Hammond is recognised for the virtuosity and authority of her performances. In 2016, she won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Young Artist Award’ in recognition of outstanding achievement. Recent highlights include Grieg Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Moussa and Carwithen with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra, Panufnik with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, and recitals at the Aldeburgh Festival, Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice (broadcast on RAI 3), Husum Festival in Germany, and in Denmark and Norway with Henning Kraggerud.

She has recorded six discs for BIS Records. The most recent, a critically-acclaimed selection of Etudes by Hélène de Montgeroult, was launched at London’s National Gallery and was named Editors Choice in Gramophone Magazine.

Contemporary music is at the core of Clare’s work and she has given over 50 world premieres. She has performed to over 11,830 schoolchildren since 2017, and runs an ongoing series of recitals at prisons.

Clare will be running a workshop for the schoolchildren of Abbotsholme School as an extension of her visit to the Abbotsholme Arts Society.