Biography
Cherry Ge is a pianist whose vivid artistry sits at the intersection of interpretation, collaboration, and social practice. Her playing has been described by The Straits Times as possessing a “keen sense of musical story-telling”; The Spectator has praised her ensemble work for its “fierce commitment.” Her performances span Wigmore Hall, the Borhuslava Martinů Hall, Southbank Centre, and Cadogan Hall, and leading festivals such as Aldeburgh, Petworth and Chipping Campden — where she was invited to open the festival by Julian Lloyd Webber, who described her playing as “incisive.”
A Britten Pears Young Artist for 2026–27, she will perform at Bloomsbury Festival and Wigmore Hall in autumn 2026, and returns to Singapore’s Bechstein Recital Hall in December of the same year. Her ensemble work was awarded 4.5 stars by MusicOMH following a performance with the Royal Academy of Music Soloist Ensemble under Jonathan Berman.
Equally at home in Messiaen, Bach, and contemporary work, Cherry has collaborated with composers such as Kryštof Mařatka, Thomas Adès CBE, Sir George Benjamin CBE, and performed as lead singer for Dan Trueman on his Cantata in Doublespeak: Olagón. Her musical development has been shaped by close work with Tamara Stefanovich, Megumi Masaki, Stephen Osborne, and Yevgeny Sudbin, among others.
Cherry’s artistry has been recognised through numerous awards, including First Prizes in the Chung Nung Lee Piano Prize at the Royal Academy of Music, WPTA Singapore, and Second Prize at the International Norah Sande Piano Competition. A multi-instrumentalist of unique versatility, Cherry also pursued a professional career as a harpist, performing both as a soloist and orchestral player. She led harp sections of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain among others, and won numerous international harp competition prizes- experiences that enriched her musical perspective and interpretive approach.
Alongside her concert career, Cherry has built a body of work that takes music into a range of unexpected spaces. She performs and directs workshops in dementia-care, neurodiverse, and therapeutic settings; collaborates with visual and sound artist Kathy Hinde on interdisciplinary performance; and co-directs Unbound Earth, a multimedia project exploring migration and belonging through music and the arts. She founded the Fin du Temps Ensemble, dedicated to contemporary music and new commissions, and directs participatory arts workshops across London combining live music, improvisation, and painting.
Cherry holds a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from the Royal Academy of Music, where she studies with Christopher Elton, Emeritus Head of Keyboard. Her earlier training was at the Purcell School of Music, supported by the Austin and Pilkington Trust, where she pursued both piano and harp as joint first-study instruments and won First Prize in every internal competition. She holds a Magna Cum Laude degree in Anthropology from Princeton University. Her career is currently supported by the Talent Unlimited Foundation.
