Winner in 2006 of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award, Clare is renowned for her virtuoso command and innovative programming; her recordings include the complete keyboard works of Mozart’s contemporary Josef Mysliveček alongside more than 50 premières of new works. As a part of the Frome Festival, Clare will play a wide-ranging programme:
Hélène de Montgeroult – Etudes Nos. 62, 66, 67, 103, 82, 104, 101, 107
Maurice Ravel – Miroirs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – ‘Thata Nabandji’, ‘Deep River’ and ‘The Bamboula’ from 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59 Nos. 3, 10 and 8
Isaac Albéniz – ‘Cádiz (El Puerto)’,‘Evocación’,‘and ‘Triana’ from Iberia1908
“A pianist of extraordinary gifts.” Gramophone
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