Juliette Richards is a classical pianist. In 2021, she was one of the top three Distinction Prize Winners of the Tunbridge Wells 2021 Interim International Competition, open to professionals up to the age of 28. Juliette reached the Category Auditions for Piano Final of the BBC Young Musician Competition in 2016 and 2020, and was a Finalist of the Royal Philharmonic Society/Duet Prize Young Instrumentalist competition in 2018. At the age of 12, she won the trophy for the “most outstanding 18-and-under performer” at the Cambridge Competitive Music Festival (2015). Over the years, Juliette has given multiple piano recitals, most notably an Emmanuel URC Lunchtime Recital in 2018, as one of the youngest ever performers in the series. She holds an FTCL, Fellowship of Trinity College London, a post-graduate level qualification available for “those working at the highest professional level”.

Juliette is currently in her third year at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, studying Natural Sciences (specialising in Neuroscience). In her first two years at Cambridge, she was a University of Cambridge Instrumental Award Holder, leading to collaborative working in piano trios which have performed advanced works in high profile events such as the Cambridge University Lunchtime Concert Series at West Road.

In addition to piano performance, Juliette is also a singer-songwriter, and has performed solo piano and voice acts at Cambridge University’s Pink Week Ball and St John’s May Ball 2022.