Famous People with Name Ambre

Ambre Hammond            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ambre Hammond: an Australian classical pianist.Ambre Hammond learnt to play the piano with her mother Carolyn Hammond from age 3 to 16 years. She gave her first concert at the age of 5. In 1990 Hammond achieved a world record when she was awarded her AMEB Associate and Licentiate Diplomas of music, both in the same year at just 12 years of age. At the age of 16, in Argentina, Hammond won first prize in her first international music competition. The next year, she was invited to return to Argentina to perform in her debut performance with the Orquesta Sinfonica De Córdoba where her performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 was recorded live. Hammond also recorded piano works of Franz Liszt at just 16 years of age, including demanding works such as Réminiscences de Norma (Bellini), Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Après une lecture de Dante and Wilde Jagd. Both recordings have been issued on the Gold Classics label.