14 October 2025
Clare Hammond
Mel Bonis Selection from Femmes de légende: ‘Phoebé’, ‘Desdémona’ and ‘Mélisande’
Germaine Tailleferre Partita
Maurice Ravel Miroirs
Cécile Chaminade Autrefois, Op. 87 and Au pays devasté, Op. 155
Co-created by participants at HMP Oakwood with Michael Betteridge Internal Victories
Claude Debussy Images, Book 1
Maurice Ravel Sonatine
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.
Last year saw her debuts at the BBC Proms, Konzerthaus Berlin and Salle Bourgie in Montreal and return visits to the Wigmore Hall, London’s National Gallery and Raritäten der Klaviermusik in Husum.
Community engagement forms an increasingly important part of Clare’s work. She recently founded the Gloucestershire Piano Trust to support her ongoing work in schools and prisons, which reaches about 3000 school children and 300 prisoners each year.
Internal Victories was co-created with participants at HMP Oakwood and composer Michael Betteridge. It incorporates sounds from participants' experiences of prison which were then modelled using graphic scores and translated into sound at the keyboard. The men wished to show that, while there is a great deal of sadness and reflection in prisons, it can also be a place of resilience, transformation and hope.
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