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Little Missenden Festival @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Our Friends' priority booking period runs to 24 Aug (when public booking starts). So far, our best-selling events are @stmartinsvoices.bsky.social with @zebsoanes.com and @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social

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Little Missenden Festival @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The Festival website now has details of all this year's events. Check it out at www.little-missenden.org and please share! We'll feature performances by @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social @horatioclare.bsky.social @zebsoanes.com @drkkennedy.bsky.social @inecho.bsky.social Booking opens on 24th August

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

5 days, 19 school concerts, 2,258 children in attendance 🎉 I've had a wonderful time bringing the joy of live music to young audiences across Gloucestershire. Massive thanks to SJP Wealth, Gloucestershire Music & the Gloucestershire Piano Trust for supporting this series. ✨

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Performing in one of Brendel's favourite halls at Haus Fuhr, Essen for my Klavier-Festival Ruhr debut - a really memorable occasion. I feel fortunate to be part of such a vibrant lineup. Plenty more events to explore before they finish on the 21st! 🎹 🎵 www.klavierfestival.de

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

One of the scarier things I've done recently and well outside my comfort zone - acting in 'Don Juan: the brilliant irreverence of Lord Byron' with Tama Matheson. Join us for a heady fusion of words and music at the OSO Theatre in Barnes - 18, 19 June 🌹Tickets osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I first worked with composer @krhes.bsky.social in 2010 - since then I've premiered 6 pieces & recorded 2 albums of his music. I'm very excited to give another World Premiere, of 'Auszüge aus einem kleinen Totenbuch', at Kettle's Yard 🎉 Join us Thursday 8pm www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/new...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🔉 For those of you who enjoyed 'Youth' by Ed Finnis, I'll be performing his music live at Kettle's Yard on Thu 4 June, 8pm. Our album of these beautifully evocative pieces won an Edison Klassiek Award & Presto Classical's 'EP of the Year'. Join us: www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/new... ✨

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I often feel incredibly awkward during photo shoots but today's was so much fun 😊 Massive thanks to photographer Philip Gatward and makeup artist Kat Krupa-Ringuet for their fantastic work!

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🎉 My recital at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid is now live on March Vivo, with stunning music by Chopin, Bacewicz, Price, Ligeti, Colomina i Bosch, Rachmaninov and Ravel. Watch online www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ7L...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

My "relief that the live radio broadcast went well, while singing along to the Blue Danube waltz backstage" face..! 🎉 Massive thanks to the BBC Concert Orchestra and Karen Ní Bhroin for a fantastic 'Friday Night is Music Night'. 12 days to listen back www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Actor Tama Matheson and I dust off our Regency costumes for "Don Juan: the brilliant irreverence of Lord Byron" 🌹 This seductive and scandalous tour de force has been enthusiastically received by audiences across the UK! Join us, 17-19 June in Barnes osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🔉 Tickets now ON SALE for my recital @wigmore-hall.org.uk 23 Sep: superb music by Chopin, Bacewicz, Rachmaninov Stravinsky & London Premiere of etudes by Emma-Ruth Richards, commissioned by the @wigmore-hall.org.uk & Presteigne Festival. I can't wait! 🎉 🎹 🎵 www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In rehearsal yesterday with the superb BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Karen Ní Bhroin. Join us this evening at TRCH Nottingham or live on BBC Radio 3 from 7.30pm! 🎉 🎹 trch.co.uk/whats-on/fri... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Who knew a chopstick could be so versatile? 😂 If you can think of any other techniques, let me know!

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I had a wonderful time in Madrid performing for the Fundación Juan March's ¡Ritmos! series this weekend - a stunning venue and such a welcoming audience. Thank you! 🙏✨ www.march.es/es/madrid/ri... 📸 Dolores Iglesias Fernández

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thrilled to be returning to the Fundación Juan March in Madrid with a programme where rhythm is the driving force - music by Ravel, Ligeti, Rachmaninov, Colomina, Chopin, Bacewicz, and Florence Price! 🎹 🎵 Stream online tomorrow from 11am UK time: canal.march.es/es/streaming...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

When I sing, I sound like a frog with flu - I've always been so envious of jazz singers. This arrangement of Gershwin's 'Embraceable You' by American pianist Earl Wild is the closest I get! 🎵 🎶 clarehammond.com/concerts/

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The tantalising introduction to Florence Price's Fantasie nègre No. 1, based on an African American spiritual "Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass". Such powerful and inspiring music 🔥 Catch it in Sidmouth, Madrid and Cheltenham over the next week! clarehammond.com/concerts/

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

From Friday's concert in Wałbrzych with the superb Filharmonia Sudecka and Agata Zajac - a wonderful experience and some lovely memories! 🎶 📸 Dariusz Gdesz

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

A Sonatina by Grazyna Bacewicz, undoubtedly one of the greatest Polish composers of the 20th century. Hear it live this month in Chester, Sidmouth, Madrid and Cheltenham ✨ clarehammond.com/concerts/

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The arresting opening cadenza of Florence Price's piano concerto. It's hard to believe it was lost for so many decades, only rediscovered in a summer house in 2009. Can't wait to perform it tomorrow with the Filharmonia Sudecka and Agata Zajac! 🎉 filharmoniasudecka.pl/en/event/wom...

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Little Missenden Festival @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Check our website for the first details of this year's festival www.little-missenden.org We are excited to welcome artists including @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social and the Kleio Quartet

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

1981: the music video to Chariots of Fire. Ash tray in a Steinway. I can't imagine what piano technicians would do to me if I tried this now... 😬

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

When my husband mentions he's married to a concert pianist, people say how lovely it must be listening to practice. This is what practice *really* sounds like. With profound gratitude to everyone who lives with, next-door to, or down-wind from a pianist. Sorry... 🙏

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I enjoyed collating these for the BBC Music Magazine - 7 concertos that should be heard more widely by Panufnik, Beach, Bacewicz, Carwithen, Tippett, Harty & Luise Adolpha le Beau. Catch it in the Dec 25 edition! 🎹 www.classical-music.com/magazine/iss...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I enjoyed speaking to Anita Anand on Radio 4's PM about the transformative power of music in prisons. Listen back & hear music co-created by participants at HMP Oakwood and HMP Featherstone with composer @mbetteridge.bsky.social! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (from 21.23)

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Such a wonderful way to end the year - Rachmaninov with the phenomenal @lporchestra.bsky.social & conductor Lee Reynolds at the Barbican Centre for RG Live (in my Christmas bauble skirt!!) I wish you all a festive holiday season, with health and happiness in the New Year 🎄✨

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I opened my copy of Beethoven's Eroica Variations this morning to find these ground squirrels' footprints - lovely memories from #BanffCentre, 17 years ago!

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Britten's Diversions - a masterpiece of the left-hand piano repertoire. Read my article on the startling alterations pianist and commissioner Paul Wittgenstein made to the piece in International Piano Magazine! Listen on BIS - bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

An utterly exhausting week recording Ravel, Chaminade, Tailleferre, Bonis and Barraine for BIS Records at GSMD's Milton Court. Such a privilege to work in this beautiful space and massive thanks to everyone there for taking such good care of us! 📸 Patrick Young

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I've loved listening back to our performance of Clara Schumann's stunning concerto with the BBC Philharmonic & Nicholas Carter at Malvern Theatres - catch it on BBC Sounds until the 20 Dec (from 0:00:55)! 🎉 🎹 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Following their work in prisons this year, pianist Clare Hammond and Michael Betteridge were invited to the Thoroughly Good podcast to discuss their activities in the criminal justice system @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social @mbetteridge.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

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Podcast Episode · Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast · 10/22/2025 · 36m

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Performing Rachmaninov with the superb Toruńska Orkiestra Symfoniczna and Agata Zajac at CKK Jordanki last night. Thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome and memorable evening! ✨🎉 (📸Łukasz Ułanowski)

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

A massive thank you to Storybook Dads for these CDs: pieces for solo piano co-created with participants at HMP Featherstone & Oakwood, & composer @mbetteridge.bsky.social. Storybook Dads helps kids stay connected to parents in prison, showing they're loved and missed www.storybookdads.org.uk

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This has really cheered me up - might do it to my piano at home...!! 😊🎶

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Without a doubt, the most fulfilling and moving work I've done all year was co-creating pieces for solo piano with participants at HMPs Oakwood & Featherstone and composer @mbetteridge.bsky.social. Music connects us and builds hope for a better future. Read more in Classical Music Magazine!

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

An exhilarating experience - performing George Stevenson's new Bloodshift with the Britten Sinfonia & Tom Fetherstonhaugh at Kings Place this weekend. A phenomenal piece and inspiring ensemble ✨ (📸 Hannah Williams-Brown)

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

In rehearsal for George Stevenson's beautifully evocative Bloodshift - join me to hear the world premiere with the Britten Sinfonia & conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh at Kings Place on Saturday, 7pm! 🎉🎵 www.brittensinfonia.com/events/magnu...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🎉 OUT TODAY!! My recording of Grace Williams' breathtaking Sinfonia Concertante with BBC NOW & Jac van Steen on Lyrita Records, alongside her violin concerto with Geneva Lewis & Jaime Martín, and Elegy for strings with Ryan Bancroft. Some superb music - well worth exploring! ✨✨

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Music at Oxford @musicatoxford.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🎹 Here's @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social rehearsing on the celeste for the premiere of Kenneth Hesketh's 'Living Ghosts', which has its first performance this Saturday, as part of a reflective evening of music at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building. Details: www.musicatoxford.com/whats-on/ken...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I love performing this gorgeous piece - Chaminade's 'Autrefois'. Catch it live @rwcmd.bsky.social, 11am on Sunday! www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/stein...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

It's so exciting to see people enjoying our new album of British concertos and to read high praise for the BBC SO & @georgevass.bsky.social in Gramophone 🎉 "A wholly immersive, keenly responsive display that I feel confident will yield lasting satisfaction" 🎧 at bisrecords.lnk.to/2604

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

My podcast @pianistmagazine.bsky.social is out today! 🎉 A real pleasure to chat with their editor, Erica Worth - I loved discussing my new album with the BBC Symphony Orchestra & @georgevass.bsky.social for BIS. Do tune in if you can 🎧 rss.com/podcasts/the...

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

My first time playing celeste! ✨ Rehearsing @krhes.bsky.social's stunning 'Living Ghosts' with Lisa Nelsen, Kamila Bydlowska and Ella Rundle today 🎶 Catch the World Premiere @musicatoxford.bsky.social 1 Nov: www.musicatoxford.com/whats-on/ken... @rcmlondon.bsky.social @vwfndn.bsky.social

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

At the National Gallery this weekend - a joy to perform alongside breathtaking artworks and explore stunning music by Ravel, Bonis, Chaminade & Barraine ✨ Catch these next in Chipping Campden (tonight), Norwich, @rwcmd.bsky.social, Newton Abbot & Whitstable 🎶 clarehammond.com/concerts/

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Delighted that BBC Radio 3s Record Review featured our album of British piano concertos yesterday, describing Walton's Sinfonia Concertante as "persuasive", "entertaining" and "fun" 🎉 🎶 Listen back at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... (from 12'00) and explore the score with OUP!

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Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Clare Hammond will perform Michael Betteridge’s ‘Shards of Freedom, Shattered Hope’ at Campden Music on Tuesday. The work was co-created by Betteridge & participants from HMP Oakwood @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social @mbetteridge.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/clare-hammon...

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Clare Hammond performs Michael Betteridge - What's New

The pianist Clare Hammond will perform Michael Betteridge’s ‘Shards of Freedom, Shattered Hope’ during three concerts in the UK this month.

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

🔉 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

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Clare Hammond @clarehammondpiano.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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...

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