Clélia Iruzun

Brazilian Pianist Based in London

Clélia Iruzun’s endearing artistic personality, which combines her native Brazilian spirit with her exceptional musical gifts, has enabled this much-admired London-based pianist to build an enviable reputation for her performances of a wide range of music, from the great classical repertoire to works by significant figures from across the Americas. Clélia has performed over 30 concertos for piano and orchestra, including the great classical and romantic works and also by important Spanish and Latin American composers.

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News & Events

Catch Up with the latest events and news

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Tour of China

Tour of China Clelia Iruzun, piano Shelley Levy, clarinet Nick Roberts, cello 11/4- Zhenzhen 16/4- Beijing 17/4- Shanghai 18- Yangzhou 19- Changsha Trios by Beethoven, Glinka, Bernstein, Piazzolla and some film music classics

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Recital at Bechstein Hall-London-12th March

Recital at Bechstein Hall on the 12th March at 7pm   VILLA-LOBOS- Prelúdio and Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No.4   BEETHOVEN- Sonata OP. 53 “Waldstein”   NIMROD BORENSTEIN- Shirim Op.94 -Lune et nuages -Souvenirs de Mendelssohn -Pas serieux -Une histoire d’amour -Barcarolle -Dernieres minutes dans le jardin feerique   CHOPIN-Ballade Op.47 No.3 -Waltz Op.69 No.1                                                                                                          …

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From London to Rio: A Journey through Song and Rhythm

From London to Rio: A Journey through Song and Rhythm Concert on the 18th February at 7:30pm  with baritone Michel de Souza at St Clement Danes, Strand , London WC2R 1DH   PROGRAMME: RAVEL- Histoires Naturelles   VILLA-LOBOS- Prelúdio and Ária from Bachianas Brasileiras No.4   MARLOS NOBRE- Canções de Beiramar Op.21   VILLA-LOBOS- Big…

Photos

A few photos of Clélia in concert with orchestra, chamber music and solo

Discography

Have a look at Clélia’s complete discography with recorded music from composers from Europe and the Americas

Oscar Lorenzo Fernández – Piano Works

Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op. 58

Treasures from the New World, Volume Three

Nimrod Borenstein: Piano Concerto, Shirim, Light and Darkness

Duos by Miguez & Oswald

Henrique Oswald Piano Concerto, Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Egyptian’

Treasures from the New World

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reviews

Reviews from Clélia’s concerts

“Clélia Iruzun is a great ambassador for Brazil, which was no better demonstrated than in her opening piece. Villa Lobos Fourth Bachianas Brasileiras. The Prelude was finely executed, it’s varied shades considered and aptly defined. The First Ballade by Chopin was a stylistic delight. Iruzun’s mellifluous technique melding notions into a dreamily clad whole.”
Musical Opinion, UK

“This was, simply, one of the best piano recitals I’ve heard in many a long year. She has an easy manner and good rapport with her audience, and we all enjoyed this programme of mainly South American music, plus magical, unforgettable Chopin.”
Musical Pointers, UK

“Last night the pianist Clélia Iruzun played a wonderful concert. The variety of repertoire with the classics and Brazilian works were a new experience for the people of Shanghai.”
Xinming Evening News, Shanghai, China

“The Mephisto Waltz sounded as if the composer himself was playing it… The Mozart Variations on a Theme by Duport were impeccable”
O GLOBO, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

“In the Allegro maestoso (Chopin Concerto No.1) her phrasing was exquisite, with refined touches of pedal, ending with a brilliant Coda; Clélia played the Larghetto with great variety of colour and in the Rondo Vivace she was exquisite again playing with great virtuosity… Her Concerto was serious, without unnecessary affectation and rigidity; she seems to caress the notes and everything in her playing is spontaneous and natural”
EL DIA, Zaragoza, Spain

“The lyricism pours out with the clarity of crystal; the piano masterly touched… Magnificent the Prelude and Aria from the Bachianas Brasileiras”
Semaines Musicales, Quimper, France

“A concert of great success last night at the Teatro Sociale in Fasano … Protagonist Brazilian Clelia Iruzun, a very talented pianist who paid tribute to the audience with a program of Latin American and Spanish pieces,  Iruzun offered music by Villa-Lobos, Nazareth, Mignone and Lecuona demonstratingan an exuberant pianistic texture. ”
OsservatOriO oggi.it, Italy

“As a tribute to her adopted land Clélia Iruzun performed some English composers in her latest recital in Rio de Janeiro. Two of them were entirely unknown to the Brazilian audiences. Arnold Bax, impressionist, wrote with extreme good taste his Nereid and York Bowen, considered the Rachmaninoff of this island, showed us in four Preludes a romantic and flamboyant language, in a way influenced by the Russian master.
Tribuna da Imprensa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil