Lucy Barratt

Lucy Barratt is a British Pianist currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is 21 years old and was born in Bristol. She studied at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester with Helen Krizos and now receives tuition from Katya Apekisheva and Lucy Parham at the Guildhall. Achievements include reaching the ‘EPTA’ finals, subsequently obtaining first place and reaching the finals of the ‘Scottish International Piano Competition’. In 2020 Lucy took part in the Neapolitan Masters International Piano Competition where she also reached the finals. In 2015 Lucy organised a concert for The Teenage Cancer Trust raising over £500 as well as taking part in many charity concerts, including three concerts in and around Manchester with other pianists from RNCM and Chetham’s playing Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Teil 1. She has performed both as a soloist and ensemble player in concert venues such as St.George’s in Bristol, the Bristol Music Club, the Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Steinway Showrooms and Chappell's in London, in Bristol Ensemble concerts and in Manchester Cathedral. More recently she has done a promotional video for a new concert hall in Bristol as well as performing with a violinist for the Swedish ambassador. She performed at the Verao Classical International Piano festival in Lisbon and has also attended masterclasses with Charles Owen, Murray Mclachlan, Boris Berman and Eldar Nebolsin. Upcoming concerts include a recital in Venice as well as Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with instrumentalists from The Guildhall.