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Biography
“Tall and strikingly elegant, Juliet
gave a recital of impeccable virtuosity. People felt enriched when
they listened to her…brilliant” (Mail on Sunday)
Juliet Allen is one of Britain’s most exciting and experienced concert pianists. Displaying outstanding versatility, Juliet is currently in great demand as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician. She brings exceptional vitality and beauty to her performance which creates huge popularity among her audiences. Her extraordinarily wide repertoire has contributed to many highly acclaimed performances in Britain, Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
Juliet made her recital debut at the age of nine and shortly afterwards performed Beethoven’s First Concerto. She gained her ARCM Performer’s Diploma at the age of fifteen whilst studying with Nigel Wilkinson, and went on to graduate with a First Class honours degree from Christ Church, Oxford. She then took up the Nora Naismith scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she studied with Christopher Elton, Joseph Seiger and Maria Curcio. She won the Grover Bennett Scholarship, the Frank Simms Prize and the Advanced Performer’s Diploma and went on to become the UK winner of the European Music for Youth Prize.
Juliet has thirty of the major concertos in her repertoire which she performs extensively throughout Britain. In the same year as performing the complete cycle of Beethoven concertos, she was invited to play with the London Mozart Players, a performance which was subsequently broadcast by the BBC. She then played at the Chester Festival at the invitation of Richard Hickox. Juliet has made many appearances on BBC radio, including on Radio 2, Radio 3 and Bavarian Radio. Recent and forthcoming performances include Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Chopin concertos and concerts in London, Bedford, Oxford, Manchester, East Anglia, Bournemouth and Birmingham.
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