About this Event
Programme
Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Shchedrin: In the Style of Albéniz
Beethoven: Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2 in G Minor
Biographies
Clare Juan is an Australian cellist who made her concerto debut with the Preston Symphony Orchestra after winning their competition as well as the Audience Prize and has since performed as a soloist in multiple countries throughout Europe, Asia and Australasia.
As an avid chamber musician, Clare has frequently performed with the UK’s leading chamber groups, such as the Marmen Quartet, Ensemble 360 as well as winning an apprenticeship with the Edinburgh Quartet for the 2026/2027 season where she joins the quartet in performances and courses throughout England and Scotland. With her own groups, they have received invitations to perform in venues such as Wigmore Hall and the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall. Her piano trio recently won 2nd prize and Audience Prize at Wigmore Hall’s Cavatina Competition as well as 1st prize at the KraCamera competition. Her interests in chamber music is also found in the contemporary scene, having commissioned multiple works for solo and chamber groups as well as winning RCM’s Contemporary Competition in 2023.
Her orchestral experience has also led to her performing in leading venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall with conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Rafael Payare, Daniel Harding, Vasily Petrenko, Sakari Oramo and Ryan Bancroft.
Clare studied at the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Raphael Wallfisch in for her. undergraduate degree and with Gemma Rosefield for postgraduate studies. Her courses were generously supported by the Sir Peter & Lady Walters Scholarship, the Pauline Hartley Award, Help Musicians UK, the Royal Philharmonic Society and the TAIT Performing Arts Association. During her time at the RCM, Clare was awarded the use of a William Forster Junior cello made
in 1815, commissioned by King George IV and previously owned by HM King Charles III.
Back in her native Australia, Clare has performed in distinguished venues such as the Hamer Hall, Arts Centre and the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Hall and was frequently broadcasted on 3MBS radio. In August 2016, the Herald Sun newspaper published on her piano trio, remarking on their “electrifying, tangoesque sound”.
Chinese American pianist Pan Xiao is currently a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music. She is particularly recognized for her work with singers and cellists. Pan recently appeared in the semifinals of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards at Wigmore Hall and the finals of the Somerset Song Prize. She was a young artist at the 2025 Two Moors Festival Duos Residency. While a student at the Royal Academy of Music, Pan received the Marjorie Thomas Art of Song Prize and the Rex Stephens Second Prize for pianists.
Raised in Colorado, Pan previously resided in Chicago, serving on the accompanying staff at Northwestern University and Loyola Academy. She’s been recognized with awards from Chicago’s Musicians Club of Women, the Music Teachers National Association, and the International Institute for Young Musicians. She has appeared as soloist with the Colorado Symphony and the Breckenridge Festival Orchestras.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and Northwestern’s University’s Bienen School of Music near Chicago, Pan holds master’s degrees in both solo and collaborative piano. Also a graduate of Northwestern’s rigorous dual-degree program, she has bachelor’s degrees in piano performance and chemistry, finishing both with honors. Pan currently teaches at King’s College London.
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St Pancras New Church, Euston Road, London, United Kingdom
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