Abhisri Chaudhuri is a Scottish-Bengali pianist and highly sought-after collaborative artist based in London, specialising in song. Her awards include the Schubert Song Prize, awarded by the Schubert Society of Britain, the Nora. C Leggat Prize for pianoforte by the ABRSM, the Wellhayes Award at the Somerset Song Prize and The Tony and Tanya Webster Memorial Prize for Russian Song. She was a semi-finalist at the Royal Overseas League in 2025. Additionally, she was highly commended in the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Writer’s Award. She is also a Leeds Song Young Artist (2024) alongside German Soprano, Felicitas Wrede.

Abhisri’s performances have brought her to world leading concert venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, where she made her debut in a masterclass with Thomas Quastoff alongside bass-baritone, Ross Fettes. Following her success with mezzo-soprano, Lily Mo Browne, at the Somerset Song Prize, Abhisri was invited to perform a duet alongside world renowned collaborative pianist, Roger Vignoles in a quintet with SSP patrons, Elizabeth Watts and James Gilchrist. With Coloratura Soprano, Eyra Norman, Abhisri continues to perform regularly across London. With their affinity for repertoire by Debussy; together they embark on a complete performance of the Vasnier Songbook, all twenty-seven songs Debussy dedicated to his muse, which they will premiere at the London Song Festival, 2025. Other highlights include appearances at the ‘Nei Suoni dei Luonghi’ Festival in Italy. In recent seasons, Abhisri has collaborated with Opera Prelude and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she additionally coaches the singers. She has also worked with Pegasus Opera Company and at Kings College, London.

A Masters graduate of the Royal College of Music, Abhisri was awarded a full scholarship as a Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation Scholar and supported by the John Birch Scholarship. She was mentored by Roger Vignoles, Simon Lepper, Audrey Hyland and Kathron Sturrock, and was previously trained by Fali Pavri at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Her early musical development was guided by Stephen Armstrong. Abhisri has received masterclasses from highly acclaimed song pianists such as Susan Manoff, Graham Johnson and Lydia Brown, as well as singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Nicky Spence and Benjamin Appl.

Abhisri enjoys a wide range of musical styles, blending her classical training with her love of jazz and musical theatre to write her own unique arrangements in the cabaret style, drawing influences from composers like Gershwin. Her range of repertoire spans from classic jazz standards to virtuosic contemporary piano solo works such as the Jazz Paganni Variations. She will soon be a performing artist as both a pianist and singer at Soho House in a newly launching quarterly jazz night.

Originally from Dundee, Abhisri has nurtured her love for traditional Scots Song from a young age and was awarded a Sir John Leng Medal for Scots Song. She writes her own art song influenced accompaniments to traditional folk melodies, often programming them in recitals. She has represented the Caledonian Club showcasing her arrangements in a concert for Anne, Princess Royal. Equally, her Bengali heritage forms an integral part of her artistic voice, sometimes incorporating the songs and poetry of Tagore in performances – reimagining them through the lens of her training in the UK.

Abhisri is a passionate recitalist and programmer and recently founded and curates “Songs from the Viaduct”, a new song soirée in central London, bringing lieder and art song to the round table in a cabaret setting. Her flair for language makes her an accomplished writer of articles and programme notes; her work has been recognised by the Royal Philharmonic Society, where her writing is featured on their website.