09/10/2023
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
Concert this Thursday, 12th October, 7pm: Clare Hammond, piano, in the Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival https://www.tunbridgewellsfestival.co.uk/
In 2016 Clare Hammond won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Young Artist Award (UK classical music’s “Oscars ceremony”) and her international reputation has soared. She is described as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts“ (Gramophone) and “immense power“ (The Times).
We're very excited by the prospect of a fascinating selection of virtuoso works, including music by Clara Schumann, Ravel and Albéniz. Our Tunbridge Wells audience will be the first to hear this programme, which she is also taking to audiences across the UK and to Sweden and Switzerland.
The music in this wonderful programme speaks of the natural world in the language of romantic and folk traditions from a range of different cultures. And we find out about Hélène de Montgeroult, the aristocratic female composer described as "the missing link between Mozart and Chopin".