An alumnus of Chetham’s School of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Natalie Burch is a dedicated song pianist, programmer and writer, interested in the political and social intersection of music and its audiences. She was Associate Artistic Director of the Oxford International Song Festival in 2024 and has contributed a chapter on the songs of Elizabeth Maconchy to an upcoming Cambridge University Press compendium on the composer’s life.

Recent and future projects include her debut at Leeds Lieder Festival alongside Kitty Whately, a performance of ‘Schwanengesang’ with Roderick Williams at the Oxford International Song Festival and her debut at the Barbican Centre alongside a line-up of emerging talent including Lotte Betts-Dean, James Way and Hugh Cutting. She recently released two disks with Delphian Records: ‘Our Indifferent Century’ and the complete Britten Canticles.

Past performance highlights include Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer and Stephen Hough’s Other Love Songs at Wigmore Hall, performances at the Sage Gateshead, Blackheath Halls and the International Lied Festival Zeist, as well as a concert tour with RPS nominated soprano/composer Héloïse Werner.

Natalie studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where she was a fellow and gained her Masters with distinction under Eugene Asti and Andrew West. She studied solo piano at Chetham’s School of Music and in 2014 graduated with first class honors in musicology from King’s College London with piano at the Royal Academy of Music. She continues her studies with Susan Manoff.