INTERNAL VICTORIES: Bringing Classical Music to Prisons – Talk, film screening and Q&A with pianist Clare Hammond, Thursday 15 October, 7.30pm

In May 2025, celebrated pianist Clare Hammond and composer Michael Betteridge ran a remarkable project at HMP Featherstone and HMP Oakwood in which participants co-created pieces for solo piano to reflect their experiences of prison. In this combined talk and film screening, Clare describes the project, its profound impact on those who took part, and its significance to her as a musician and performer.

This is a Pay As You Feel Event, and donations are invited to help us cover our running costs. Bar and snacks. All welcome.

Acclaimed as a “pianist of extraordinary gifts” (Gramophone) and “immense power” (The Times), Clare Hammond is recognised for her imaginative playing, visionary programming and communicative performance style. She won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2016 and an Edison Klassiek Award in 2024. A full biography of Clare can be found here.