Krystal Tunnicliffe

Biography

Australian pianist Krystal Tunnicliffe enjoys a varied career as a collaborative pianist and music educator. She is a Samling Artist, Britten-Pears Young Artist, Ryedale Festival Young Artist, and an Oxford Song Young Artist, and she is a staff pianist in the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. With duo partner Siân Dicker, she has performed at the LIFE Victoria Festival (Barcelona), International Lied Festival (Zeist), Aldeburgh Festival, Ryedale Festival, Oxford Song Festival, and on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’. They are looking forward to the release of their debut disc, ‘Walton: Complete Song Collection’, with Delphian Records in 2024.

In 2019, Krystal won the prize for the Best Accompanist in the Heats at Melbourne National Liederfest, and with Harriet Burns she was a finalist at the Maureen Lehane Awards. Other recent highlights include performances with Brindley Sherratt and Nicky Spence as part of the Ludlow English Song Weekend and Ryedale Festival respectively, as well as performances in London, Cornwall, Ireland, Wales, Belgium, Italy and France, including recitals at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, St-Martin-in-the-Fields, and LSO St Luke’s.

Krystal completed Bachelor and Masters degrees (with distinction) from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Guildhall School respectively, before undertaking a Junior Fellowship at the Guildhall School. She studied with Glenn Riddle and Andrew West, and now continues her studies privately with Christopher Glynn. She is also a graduate of the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden bei Wein.