Clare writes regularly for Bachtrack and Platea plus a number of other publications as a freelance journalist. You can find a selection of her most recent work below.

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Mahler 8 at the Mahler Festival 2025
Clare Varney Bachtrack reviews

Yuja Wang undertakes Brahms marathon with the Rotterdam Phil | Bachtrack

Head on down to Dutch National Opera’s Cherry Town, the coolest kids on the block | Bachtrack

Augustin Hadelich joins the Pittsburgh Symphony at the Concertgebouw | Bachtrack

The Lucerne Festival faces a new era under the direction of Sebastian Nordmann | Platea

Ravishing Rachmaninov from Alpesh Chauhan and the Belgian National Orchestra | Bachtrack

Black American music finds a new voice at the Concertgebouw | Bachtrack

Classical & Jazz Garden Concerts feature | I Amsterdam magazine

Jetske Mijnssen interview: ‘As soon as I started working with singers, I found freedom | Opera Now

Alexander Malofeev conjures sophistication and colourful nuance at the Concertgebouw | Bachtrack

Sol Gabetta bares her soul in Elgar as Czech Phil tour reaches Dortmund | Bachtrack

Postcard from the Netherlands: String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam | The Strad

Yuja Tarmo RPO Bachtrack Review
DNO Cherry Town Bachtrack review
Augustin Hadelich joins the Pittsburgh Symphony on tour in Amsterdam
Lucerne 2026 Platea review
Belgian Bachtrack July 2026
Hermus Petkov Bachtrack review
I amsterdam Classical and Jazz Summer 2026
I amsterdam magazine | Summer 2026
Jetske Mijnssen interview Opera Now
Alexander Malofeev
Sol Gabetta | Czech Phil | Dortmund | Bychkov
SQBA Strad article
DNO The Passenger BT review
Theory of Flames Bachtrack review
Spanish National Orchestra | Platea review
Bachtrack review RCO Payare Shostakovich 10
Tristan and Isolde Platea review
Lucie Horsch and b'Rock Orchestra at the Concertgebouw
Semele review
Jaap van Zweden | Bachtrack review
Edward Gardner RFO | Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
Il Gardellino review | Bachtrack | Clare Varney
Sinfonia of London Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
DNO Maid of Orleans | Platea review | Clare Varney
Vienna Symphoniker | Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
Bachtrack Lozakovich Peltokoski review | Clare Varney
Barbarba Hannigan | Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
Dutch News |Whisky article | Clare Varney
Philharmonia at the Concertgebouw
Makela Thibaudet RCO Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
Residenite Orkest | The Hague | Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
Australian Youth Orchestra | Limelight | Clare Varney
Dutch News article | Concertgebouw prize | Clare Varney
Karina Canellakis Gerontius | Clare Varney in print | Bachtrack review
Sam Weller article | Limelight | Clare Varney
Mahler 2 review | Bachtrack | Clare Varney in print
Mahler 8 review | Bachtrack | Mahler Festival | Concertgebouw | Clare Varney
Mahler 1 | Makela | RCO | Platea | Clare Varney
Mahler 7 review | CSO | Jaap van Zweden | Platea | Clare Varney
Mahler 10 | Berlin Phil | Platea review | Clare Varney

Clare Varney in print | DutchNews

Enschede Fireworks | Dutch News | Clare Varney
Final Score article | Concertgebouw Orchestra | Dutch News | | Clare Varney
Lucy Steeds Interview | Dutch News | Clare Varney
Dutch bells | Dutch News | Clare Varney
Reich Richter | Bachtrack | Clare Varney
Reis Opera Strauss Adriadne | Bachtrack review | Clare Varney
RCO Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
RCO Jurowski
Karina Canellakis Augustin Hadelich
Tarmo the real deal
Berlin Phil Dudamel Bachtrack

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