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 and won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2016. This year, she makes her debuts at the BBC Proms, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Salle Bourgie in Montréal, alongside return visits to the Wigmore Hall, London’s National Gallery, and Raritäten der Klaviermusik in Husum. Clare records a disc of concertos by Britten, Tippett and Walton with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and George Vass, performs Rachmaninov with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Tom Fetherstonhaugh, and Hesketh with the Ulster Orchestra and Anna Rakitina. She will give the World Premieres of the newly discovered Fantasia by Andrzej Panufnik with the Filharmonia Poznańska and Łukasz Borowicz, and a new concerto by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Clare completed a BA at Cambridge University where she obtained a double first in music, and undertook postgraduate study with Ronan O’Hora at the GSMD.