Biography

An award-winning and versatile pianist, Irena Radić is building a reputation for her engaging programmes; she shares a diverse range of music with her audiences, from renowned masterworks to intriguing and lesser-known gems. Recent highlights include a recital in Bath featuring Rachmaninoff’s 10 Preludes op.23, on the magnificent Steinway that was selected and used by the composer himself in the 1930s, for his own performances across the UK. Irena has performed in venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, The Forge, Bolivar Hall, Routh Concert Hall and West Road Concert Hall.

Recently selected as the Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow 2024/25, Irena has also won prizes at the Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition and the Kendall Taylor Beethoven Competition. A student of Dina Parakhina and Niel Immelman, Irena completed her Master of Performance with distinction as a Cotes-Burgan scholar and holds a first class Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Royal College of Music, London. She is now a Musicians’ Company Young Artist and is undertaking an Artist Diploma at the RCM.

In celebration of Madeleine Dring’s centenary in 2023, Irena devised a series of concerts celebrating Dring’s life and music, with tenor Rory Carver and oboist Katherine Bryer. Other past projects have included a world premiere of Tantrum – a new work for Piano and Percussion by Nino Russell, and two performances of Bartok’s Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion. She has also worked extensively with musicians including flautist Sirius Chau, violinist David López Ibáñez, cellist Deni Teo, guitarist Jonatan Bougt and pianist Martin James Bartlett.

Irena was a Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Award Holder and a Philharmonia MMSF Piano Fellow, receiving the John Mortimer Award. She has also been generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Hilda Martindale Educational Trust, the St Marylebone Educational Foundation, the Tsukanov Family Foundation, the Wolfson Foundation, and the Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust.

Page Updated: Aug 2024

Musicians’ Company Award: RCM Lambert Fellowship 2024

Photo Credit: Sophie Bryer