Ludlow Arts: Classical

Ludlow Piano Festival

Saturday 24 May 2025

2:30pm

Palmers Hall, Ludlow College

Clare Hammond: piano

Hélène de Montgeroult: Etudes, Nos. 37, 41, 104, 107, and 111
Clara Schumann: 3 Romances, Op 21
Germaine Tailleferre: Partita
Cécile Chaminade: Étude de concert, Op.35, No.5, Impromptu
Cécile Chaminade:Étude romantique, Op.132
Mél Bonis: Femmes de légende, Desdémona, Phoebe, and Mélisande Doreen Carwithen: Sonatina

Respected worldwide for her searching programmes, Clare plays music exclusively by female composerssuch as those in today''s programme who are starting to receive the air-time and gain the reputation that they deserve.

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. 2024 saw 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. She recorded a disc of concertos by Britten, Tippett and Walton with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and George Vass, performed Rachmaninov with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Tom Fetherstonhaugh, and Hesketh with the Ulster Orchestra and Anna Rakitina. Clare recently gave the World Premières 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 and Emilia Hoving.

Clare has recorded six discs for BIS, most recently releasing an album of Etudes by visionary French composer Hélène de Montgeroult in November 2022, launched in a special concert at London's 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.

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 Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Tickets £18 (u18 £5) from Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office HERE.