We are delighted to welcome back Tiffany Poon to the Royal Irish Academy of Music after her captivating recital here last year. Her return comes at a significant moment as today, 7 November 2025, her new album Nature is released, setting the stage for her European tour.
The album explores the evocative power of French music—works by Rameau, Debussy, Ravel and others—that reflect the natural world’s subtle textures and moods. Tiffany recorded the album at Provence’s legendary Miraval Studios with producer Damien Quintard.
Tiffany’s recital at RIAM will offer a programme drawn from Nature, giving our students, faculty and audiences a unique chance to engage with her artistry up close. We look forward to the inspiration this moment brings—both for our musical community and for the next generation of artists.
Programme
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Jean-Philippe Rameau:
Les tendres plaintes
Les sauvages
La poule
Le rappel des oiseaux
Charles Alkan: Le festin d’Ésope, Op. 39 No. 12
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le cygne
Claude Debussy: Deux Arabesques
Le vent dans la plaine from Préludes Book I
Bruyères from Préludes Book II
Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs
Une barque sur l'océan
Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Tiffany Poon - Biography
Following her 2024 debut album Diaries: Schumann, which amassed over nine million streams and reached No. 1 on Apple Music Classical across four continents as well as the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart, pianist Tiffany Poon has released her latest album Nature (Pentatone) today, November 7, 2025. Here Tiffany personally curated a selection of works by Ravel, Debussy, Rameau, and Daquin, exploring the expressive power of French music to evoke the natural world. The album was recorded at famed French studio Miraval Studios (Pink Floyd, Sade, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) with Grammy-winning producer Damien Quintard.
In the 2025/26 season, Tiffany will tour Europe featuring a programme inspired by Nature, returning to London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, performing in Dublin, Leipzig, Zwickau and Frankfurt, Germany, and making debut appearances at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and Salle Gaveau (Paris). Tiffany will also make her debut at Vancouver Recital Society, followed by a U.S. Nature recital tour, including a return to San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre. Recent highlights include debut recital performances at New York City’s iconic Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Benaroya Hall (Seattle), The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage (Santa Monica) and Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam).
Hong-Kong born pianist, Tiffany Poon, has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia since she was first accepted to the Juilliard pre-college program at the age of eight, where she studied with Emanuel Ax and Joseph Kalichstein. With a YouTube community of 329k subscribers and over 50 million views, Tiffany is dedicated to building new audiences in classical music through insights into her life as a musician with the aim of making music more accessible for all. She is also the Founder and President of ‘Together with Classical’, a charity which empowers people of diverse musical backgrounds to learn and share their experiences with
classical music through online community engagement, grant-giving, interviews and educational videos.