Alex Wilson
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".....Alex Wilson gave a strong performance, exploring the instrument's capacity
for percussiveness and volume. Wilson's excellent performance helped communicate
highly fanciful and subjective messages through the shortest of musical
mediums....." Ben Hodgwood, Classical Source
“Alex plays with muscular precision and supreme delicacy… the second half of the concert gave us all a chance to concentrate on Alex's outstanding pianistic skill and supreme sensitivity” Luch Càise-Dearg, Classical Journey
“Fitkin’s dancing patterns spin themselves out at a length and volume that must surely have tired the young players of the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble - not that it showed; they were superb throughout” Ivan Hewett, Telegraph
Alex Wilson is an experienced pianist, in demand as a soloist, accompanist and collaborative chamber musician. He is currently based in Exeter, Devon, and regularly travels around the country, specializing in duo/chamber performance.
Alex studied at York University and for a Masters in piano performance with Andrew Ball at the Royal College of Music, from which he graduated with distinction in 2011. As a concert pianist he has performed in venues including Wigmore Hall, St James’s Piccadilly and Cadogan Hall, and has performed in France, Spain and at the Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow. He has performed a number of concertos across the country and his recent concert series ‘The Banks of Green Willow’: an exploration of the lost composers of the First World War attracted large audiences and received critical praise. His debut CD - a recording of the piano music of composer, rower and war hero F.S.Kelly - was released in June 2020.
An enthusiastic advocate of the music of both contemporary and lesser-known composers, Alex was awarded 3rd prize at the British Contemporary Piano Competition 2010. He was a Park Lane Group Young Artist in 2012 and regularly performs with the London Sinfonietta, including on a recent tour to the MiTo Festival in Italy. He took part in a showcase of the music of Graham Fitkin at the BBC Proms and performed James Macmillan’s Second Piano Concerto with the RCM college orchestra as a prize for winning the prestigious college concerto competition. Alex recently featured on both BBC 3's 'Late Junction' and Stuart Maconie's 'Freak Zone' on BBC Radio 6 Music. Exciting future projects will see Alex bringing more classical music to the south west, with plans for an Exeter-based music festival and a performance project with the Pound Arts Centre in Wiltshire creating links between professional music establishments across the region.
Alex curates a successful Composer Academy at the Cheltenham Music Festival in association with the Institute of Composing and the BBC Performing Arts Fund, for which emerging international composers have their music workshopped and performed by Alex's own music ensemble the 'Dr K. Sextet'. He also curated a music festival with the same ensemble in South East London and coordinates an extensive touring programme with the group, which has seen them perform across the country and in exciting projects through Europe and Africa.
A musician with experience in a variety of disciplines, Alex is equally at home as soloist, chamber/orchestral musician, accompanist, teacher and animateur. In addition to his work with the Dr K. Sextet, Alex is part of the piano duo MANTRAS with Joseph Houston and has performed with the Waldegrave Ensemble, clarinettist Mark Simpson and violinist Marie Cantagrill in venues across England and France. Alex also ran the 'W10 warblers': a choir for the over 50's in North Kensington, runs a successful private teaching practice, is an experienced stage musical director and has participated in outreach projects at the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Royal College of Music.
for percussiveness and volume. Wilson's excellent performance helped communicate
highly fanciful and subjective messages through the shortest of musical
mediums....." Ben Hodgwood, Classical Source
“Alex plays with muscular precision and supreme delicacy… the second half of the concert gave us all a chance to concentrate on Alex's outstanding pianistic skill and supreme sensitivity” Luch Càise-Dearg, Classical Journey
“Fitkin’s dancing patterns spin themselves out at a length and volume that must surely have tired the young players of the London Sinfonietta Academy Ensemble - not that it showed; they were superb throughout” Ivan Hewett, Telegraph
Alex Wilson is an experienced pianist, in demand as a soloist, accompanist and collaborative chamber musician. He is currently based in Exeter, Devon, and regularly travels around the country, specializing in duo/chamber performance.
Alex studied at York University and for a Masters in piano performance with Andrew Ball at the Royal College of Music, from which he graduated with distinction in 2011. As a concert pianist he has performed in venues including Wigmore Hall, St James’s Piccadilly and Cadogan Hall, and has performed in France, Spain and at the Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow. He has performed a number of concertos across the country and his recent concert series ‘The Banks of Green Willow’: an exploration of the lost composers of the First World War attracted large audiences and received critical praise. His debut CD - a recording of the piano music of composer, rower and war hero F.S.Kelly - was released in June 2020.
An enthusiastic advocate of the music of both contemporary and lesser-known composers, Alex was awarded 3rd prize at the British Contemporary Piano Competition 2010. He was a Park Lane Group Young Artist in 2012 and regularly performs with the London Sinfonietta, including on a recent tour to the MiTo Festival in Italy. He took part in a showcase of the music of Graham Fitkin at the BBC Proms and performed James Macmillan’s Second Piano Concerto with the RCM college orchestra as a prize for winning the prestigious college concerto competition. Alex recently featured on both BBC 3's 'Late Junction' and Stuart Maconie's 'Freak Zone' on BBC Radio 6 Music. Exciting future projects will see Alex bringing more classical music to the south west, with plans for an Exeter-based music festival and a performance project with the Pound Arts Centre in Wiltshire creating links between professional music establishments across the region.
Alex curates a successful Composer Academy at the Cheltenham Music Festival in association with the Institute of Composing and the BBC Performing Arts Fund, for which emerging international composers have their music workshopped and performed by Alex's own music ensemble the 'Dr K. Sextet'. He also curated a music festival with the same ensemble in South East London and coordinates an extensive touring programme with the group, which has seen them perform across the country and in exciting projects through Europe and Africa.
A musician with experience in a variety of disciplines, Alex is equally at home as soloist, chamber/orchestral musician, accompanist, teacher and animateur. In addition to his work with the Dr K. Sextet, Alex is part of the piano duo MANTRAS with Joseph Houston and has performed with the Waldegrave Ensemble, clarinettist Mark Simpson and violinist Marie Cantagrill in venues across England and France. Alex also ran the 'W10 warblers': a choir for the over 50's in North Kensington, runs a successful private teaching practice, is an experienced stage musical director and has participated in outreach projects at the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall and the Royal College of Music.
