OUT TODAY!! 🎉 My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social is now out on BIS. Praised @thetimes.com for its "crisp artistry" and Video of the Day in Gramophone, listen online bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

🔉 Less than one week to go! My album of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social will be released on Fri 10 October, for BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 Pre-order at bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

I have been playing Ravel's Sonatine for a quarter of a century now and still find new beauty every time. The glimmer of light, tart bite of the harmonies, and exuberance is just exhilarating! ✨ Hear it live at London's National Gallery, Fri 10 Oct: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/music...

I'm delighted to be on the front cover of this month's Pianist Magazine 🎉 It was so lovely to speak to Peter Quantrill about my new album of British concertos, work in schools and prisons, and collaborating with living composers! www.pianistmagazine.com

From last weekend's performance @royalalberthall.bsky.social with @philharmonialondon.bsky.social & Christopher Warren-Green for RG Live. Thank you to Oliver Dixon for the amazing photos! 📸

Listen to the 'Vivace' from Tippett's Piano Concerto - an advance release from my album of British Piano Concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social. The full album goes live on the 10 Oct on BIS Records / Apple Music! 🎉 🎹 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604S03

🔉Pre-order my new album, of concertos by Walton, Britten and Tippett with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and @georgevass.bsky.social - due for release with BIS Records on the 10 Oct!! 🎉 🎹 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

Performing to 1,225 children at 12 schools near Cirencester over 3 days - intense work but so fulfilling. I love seeing the enthusiasm on the children's faces 😊 Thank you to the Arts Society Corinium, Gloucestershire Music & the Gloucestershire Piano Trust for their support!

Mind still reeling after yesterday @royalalberthall.bsky.social... An incredible experience to perform with the phenomenal @philharmonialondon.bsky.social & Christopher Warren-Green ✨🎶 Thank you to everyone at RG Live, @rayfieldallied.bsky.social, the backstage crew & friends who came in support 🙏

Such a joyful evening, performing Mozart's luminous concerto No. 21 last night with the superb @bournemouthso.bsky.social and Enyi Okpara at Portsmouth Guildhall ✨ The encore was Montgeroult's Etude No. 41 bisrecords.lnk.to/2603

Joy, life and light ✨ 🎶 Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major. Join me on Thursday with @bournemouthso.bsky.social and conductor Enyi Okpara to hear this magnificent concerto alongside Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Beethoven 7! bsolive.com/events/energ...

Ravel's Sonatina was written for a competition. The only entry, it was disqualified for being a few bars too long... Given what a masterpiece it is, this seems like an extraordinary oversight!! 😬 Catch it live @rwcmd.bsky.social, 26 Oct 🎹 🎶 www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/stein...

🔉 OUT TODAY! A pre-release from my album of British piano concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and George Vass - Britten's 'Romance' from Diversions for left-hand piano and orchestra. Official release on the 10 Oct with BIS Records and Apple Music 🎉 bisrecords.lnk.to/2604S02

Less than a month until my recital at the National Gallery 🎉 Gorgeous music by Ravel, Chaminade, Bonis and Fauré. Here is a snippet from 'Mélisande' by Mél Bonis to whet your appetite! www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/music...

Had a wonderful time at Radio 3's In Tune speaking to Katie Derham about my new album of British concertos for BIS Records, the extraordinary music of Mél Bonis & my co-creation project in prisons with @mbetteridge.bsky.social! Listen back www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Another trip down memory lane - playing oboe in the Nottingham Youth Orchestra, c. 2001 🥰 Lifelong friends and some wonderful musical memories. Very glad to see that they are still going strong and providing opportunities for the next generation! #youthmusic #youthorchestras #nottingham

Really looking forward to joining @bournemouthso.bsky.social & conductor Enyi Okpara for Mozart's exquisite Piano Concerto No. 21 in Portsmouth on the 18 Sep - do join us if you can! 🎶 bsolive.com/events/energ...

Rachmaninov really knew how to make an entrance 🚀🔥 The opening to the third movement of his second piano concerto. Less than a month to go before I perform this with @philharmonialondon.bsky.social and Christopher Warren-Green @royalalberthall.bsky.social! 🎉

My first ever piano competition - clearly way past my bedtime!! (And, had I cut my own fringe...?) Thank you to the Long Eaton Rotary Club and Rotary International for these early opportunities 😊

Read Bronte Schiltz's take on our co-creation in prisons project with composer Michael Betteridge in the @bigissue.com! It has been inspiring to see how powerful and therapeutic music can be: www.bigissue.com/culture/musi...

Performing on two pianos in one recital for Martin Randall Travel last week at the Château d'Ételan - here is Ravel and Bonis on a modern Steinway and Montgeroult on a 1914 Gaveau!

Thank you to the Lichfield Festival for taking such good care of us this week. So much fun to perform our Lord Byron concert play for you with Tama Matheson!

Catch my interview with Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3's 'This Classical Life' at 5pm today! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Carwithen's superb Sonatina, performed earlier this week at Domaine Forget in Québec. Hear it next at the Carwithen Festival in Haddenham, Sunday 13 July, 1.15pm 🎉 www.tickettailor.com/events/carwi...?

Dawn at the Domaine Forget Academy, Québec - it is worth having jet lag if I get to see this!

Somehow my concert clothes cupboard has become a storage place for children's pirate costumes. I love the juxtaposition!

Space-saving tip - dual-purpose piano / desk stool. Email while you practice! 🤓

Witty and wry - Tailleferre's superb Partita 🎹 Hear it live at Domaine Forget, Québec (6 Jul) & the Carwithen Festival in Buckinghamshire (13 Jul)! 🎉 🎹 clarehammond.com/concerts/

Gearing up for rehearsals with Tama Matheson for our Byron play at the Lichfield Festival, 16 Jul. Join us to explore the seductive and scandalous life of Lord Byron with some gorgeous music by Hélène de Montgeroult, Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn and W. G. Still! lichfieldfestival.org/event/don-ju...

Hélène de Montgeroult's exquisite, ground-breaking etudes - you'd never guess she was only 8 years younger than Mozart 🤯 Looking forward to performing her music live & meeting my students at Domaine Forget in July. If there are any Québécois among you, please do join us! clarehammond.com/concerts/

Day 2/3 of school concerts playing to 1,280 children across 8 schools. So lovely to see their enthusiasm when they hear what a piano can really do! Massive thanks to @glos_music & The Gloucestershire Piano Trust for their support 😊 gloucestershirepianotrust.org.uk

Doreen Carwithen's vivacious and energising Sonatina - catch it live at Domaine Forget, Québec (6 Jul) & the Carwithen Festival in Buckinghamshire (13 Jul)! 🎉 🎹 clarehammond.com/concerts/

With Jess Gillam at BBC Radio 3 earlier this week recording for 'This Classical Life'. So lovely to discuss the music that inspires us and to discover some of Jess's favourites! The broadcast is scheduled for July, so not too long to wait 😊

A privilege to have spent the last 3 weeks working with the incomparable @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social & @mbetteridge.bsky.social alongside two extraordinarily creative groups. Emotional, uplifting & unforgettable. All taking place within fantastic #libraries - can't wait for week 4. #music

Such moving music 💖 'Desdémona' by Mel Bonis. Hear it live alongside some gorgeous music by Clara Schumann, Chaminade and Doreen Carwithen at the Ludlow Piano Festival, 2.30pm on Sat. Tickets are selling fast! ludlowpianofestival.com/programme25/

Exhausting and exhilarating in equal measure! Co-composing piano pieces with prisoners & @mbetteridge.bsky.social to be performed across the UK in 2025/26. Thank you to Staffordshire Prison Library Service @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Marchus Trust & Gloucestershire Piano Trust for their support!

A memorable evening last night performing Clara Schumann's piano concerto for the first time with the superb BBC Philharmonic and Nicholas Carter at Malvern Theatres. Such a brilliant concerto! 🎶

Definitely one of the fiddlier finales I've performed - stress-testing Clara Schumann's concerto on my silent piano! Can't wait to perform this with the BBC Philharmonic at Malvern Theatres 🤩 9 May, malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/bbc-ph...

Clara Schumann was one of the first composers to feature an extended cello solo in her piano concerto, well before Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Hear this beautiful melody live with the BBC Philharmonic & Nicholas Carter in Malvern, 9 May 🌹 malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/bbc-ph...

The opening of Clara Schumann's concerto, composed when she was 15 and premiered with Felix Mendelssohn conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Can't wait to perform this with the BBC Philharmonic and Nicholas Carter at Malvern Theatres, 9 May! 🎉 malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/bbc-ph...

I started performing in prisons after suffering from severe postnatal depression and learnt how powerful music can be in this environment. The Gloucestershire Piano Trust was set up to support this work. Join us for a fundraising concert, 6 Jun in Uley! 🎹 gloucestershirepianotrust.org.uk/news/

Actor Tama Matheson and I join forces again with concert play 'Don Juan - the brilliant irreverence of Lord Byron', exploring the seductive and scandalous life of Lord Byron. Join us at the Lichfield Festival, 16 Jul 🎉 lichfieldfestival.org/event/don-ju...

Backstage last night at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham - always so lovely to perform on home turf and see familiar faces in the audience!

This year I set up the Gloucestershire Piano Trust to provide music in prisons and schools, working with over 4,000 children and 300 prisoners annually. If you would like to support us, do consider joining as a Friend or Patron! gloucestershirepianotrust.org.uk/donate/

With actor Tama Matheson on Monday at the Barnes Music Festival in 'Don Juan: the brilliant irreverence of Lord Byron'. We had a wonderful time and are grateful to everyone for such a warm welcome!

📣 Last tickets remaining for 'Don Juan - the irreverent life of Lord Byron': a witty and outrageous concert play about one of the greatest personalities of the Romantic era! Join me and actor Tama Matheson at the Barnes Music Festival, Mon 24 Mar, 7pm 🎭 barnesmusicfestival.com/events/tama-...

My favourite bit of every school concert - that gasp of amazement when they see inside the piano 🤯 Massive thanks to Gloucestershire Music and the Gloucestershire Piano Trust for supporting 12 performances this week to over 2,400 schoolchildren 🎉 gloucestershirepianotrust.org.uk

My first LP!! 🤩 Andrzej Panufnik's newly discovered Fantasia with the fantastic Filharmonia Poznańska and conductor Łukasz Borowicz for RecArt Recordings. Available now on www.music-island.pl/opisplyty-RE...

This was one of my favourite pieces as a child, and is no less exciting now. Beethoven's thrilling finale to the 'Moonlight' Sonata! Listen to the entire piece on www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8XY...  Alain Aubut, at the Salle Bourgie.

One of the best loved of Beethoven's Sonatas - mysterious, intense, and always deeply moving. The 'Moonlight', recorded at Montréal's Salle Bourgie. Watch the entire performance on www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8XY... 🎥 Alain Aubut