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Clare Hammond on Tippett, Britten and Walton
14th Oct 2025by Matthew Ash
British pianist Clare Hammond spoke to Matthew Ash about her new album dedicated to the music of Tippett, Britten and Walton, and her tireless work to provide musical opportunities and exposure for everyone, irrespective of background, race or gender.
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Edmund Finnis & Clare Hammond on Youth
19th Feb 2024by Katherine Cooper
The composer and pianist discuss Finnis's collection of short piano pieces Youth - released as an EP on Pentatone earlier this month, alongside a touching lullaby for Hammond's young daughter.
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Clare Hammond on the piano études of Hélène de Montgeroult
23rd Nov 2022by David Smith
The pianist talks about her new album focusing on the revolutionary piano studies of Hélène de Montgeroult - anticipating many of the ideas that would be adopted by later Romantic composers.
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Clare Hammond on Variations
3rd Mar 2021by David Smith
The pianist talks about her new album, that sees her draw together numerous different sets of variations from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Clare Hammond on Mysliveček
7th Apr 2019by Katherine Cooper
The British pianist and Royal Philharmonic Society Award-winner talks to Katherine about reconstructing and recording the piano concertos of the Czech composer with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nicholas McGegan.