Burgh House presents Sunday Sounds, our recital series showcasing emerging musicians.
Brighton-born pianist Berniya Hamie has performed across the UK and abroad both as a soloist and chamber musician, including at Wigmore Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall and the Purcell Room. A recipient of the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Piano Scholarship in 2024, she has been awarded numerous other national and international prizes. Berniya is currently undertaking postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School and she previously studied piano and cello jointly at the RCM as a full scholar under Dina Parakhina and Hélène Dautry, following studies at the RCM Junior Department with Ian Jones and Konstantin Lapshin.
Berniya is a founder member of the award-winning Astatine Trio, with which she regularly performs across the UK and abroad. Named BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2025-27, they were recent second prize and special prize winners at the 2025 Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition in Graz – becoming the first UK-based ensemble to win a main prize in the competition’s history. The trio are privileged to be mentored by Alfred Brendel at his personal invitation and have appeared at venues including Wigmore Hall, St George’s Bristol, Aldeburgh’s Jubilee Hall, the Harrogate Sunday Series and BBC Radio 3 In Tune.
As a concerto soloist, Berniya’s performances include the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Brighton Youth Orchestra under Andrew Sherwood as part of the 2018 Brighton Festival and with the RCMJD Sinfonia under Robert Hodge in 2017, and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Worthing Philharmonic under Dominic Grier in March 2023, and gave the closing recital of the 10th edition of the Torre de Canyamel Piano Festival (Mallorca) in 2024.
