The
Performer
" ... draws you in and exerts a fascinating magnetism."
- Jessica Duchen, BBC Music Magazine
Clare Hammond won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2016 and an Edison Klassiek Award in 2024.
2024 also saw her debut at the BBC Proms, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Salle Bourgie in Montreal, alongside return visits to the Wigmore Hall, London’s National Gallery, and Raritäten der Klaviermusik in Husum.
Other recent highlights have included Rachmaninov’s Paganini Variations with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Lionel Bringuier, Grace Williams’ Sinfonia Concertante with BBC NOW and Jac van Steen, and recitals at the Aldeburgh Festival, Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice (broadcast on RAI 3), and Festival Baroque de Pontoise.
Clare has recorded six discs for BIS, most recently releasing an album of Etudes by visionary French composer Hélène de Montgeroult, launched in a special concert at the National Gallery and featured extensively on BBC Radio 3’s Composer of the Week and Essential Classics. The disc was selected as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone.
