Clarisse Teo

An avid advocate for lesser-known music and contemporary music known for her “confidently eclectic tastes”, (The Straits Times, 2022), Singaporean pianist Clarisse Teo has appeared internationally both as a soloist and chamber musician. Her 2018 solo recital in Singapore was named by The Straits Times as one of Singapore’s best Classical concerts of the year and she has been featured in the album Rarities of Piano Music at “Schloss vor Husum” from the 2019 Festival (Danacord Records).

As a chamber musician, her wide-ranging collaborative piano experience encompasses instrumental, vocal and ballet music, and she has been engaged by organisations including the National University of Singapore’s Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Singapore Dance Theatre. Recent highlights include performing the orchestral reduction for a recital version of a two-act contemporary opera by Jacquelyn Hazle and collaborating with singers for a programme of Russian songs by Nikolai Medtner and Anatoly Alexandrov.

Under the tutelage of Timothy Ku (piano) and Marietta Ku (violin and viola), Clarisse obtained a FRSM in piano, DipABRSM (Distinction) in violin and DipABRSM in viola. After reading Law at the National University of Singapore, where she was a performer and Student Music Director with the university’s piano ensemble, she studied with Sinae Lee at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on a partial scholarship and attained a Master of Music in piano performance. Funded by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Trust and the Trailblazer Foundation Ltd (Singapore), Clarisse graduated from the University of St Andrews with a Doctor of Performing Arts degree, where under the supervision of Sinae Lee and Dr. Christina Guillaumier, she researched and performed all fourteen piano sonatas by the 20th Century Soviet composer Anatoly Alexandrov.