Alex Wilson is a musician with a passion for the unusual, new and unexplored: a versatile pianist with interests ranging from cutting edge new music to fascinating repertoire by forgotten composers. Alex is renowned for his performances of the piano music of composer, pianist, rower and war hero F.S.Kelly: a CD of first recordings of the solo piano music was released in 2020, with a second recording - featuring Kelly’s works alongside new music by composer Sadie Harrison - due later in 2023.
Alex is a former British Contemporary Piano Competition finalist, Park Lane Group Young Artist and performer of new music across Britain and Europe as soloist and chamber musician. He has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, and at the Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow, and has appeared on both BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music as a champion of contemporary music. Recent self-promoted solo concert tours of the forgotten piano music of WW1 (‘Banks of Green Willow’) and celebrating the European traditions associated with Christmas (Noël: a concert by candlelight) have enjoyed large audiences and received critical praise.
Alex performs with Trifarious Ensemble and is a 'Live Music Now’ artist as one half of ‘Duo Tutti’, alongside flautist Ruth Molins. As an orchestral pianist Alex works with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW, UPROAR new music ensemble and London Sinfonietta. Alex directs, manages and performs with the Dr K. Sextet, curated the inaugural Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy and co-founded the music and visual arts collaboration ‘The Pierrot Project’.
Alex believes strongly in taking professional, ambitious music projects out of the big cities and enjoys performing in the south-west (his home region) with local professional musicians. He teaches piano at Colyton Grammar School, Devon. Alex studied for a music degree at York University, and graduated from the Royal College of Music with a MA (distinction) in piano performance in 2011, following studies with Andrew Ball.
".....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 Wilson found lyricism as well as rhythmic drive in these enjoyable miniatures…Penetrating and understated, Alex Wilson’s carefully curated programme ably conveyed the warmth and optimism at the start of a new year." Paul Conway, Musical Opinion Apr-Jun 2023
“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
Alex is a former British Contemporary Piano Competition finalist, Park Lane Group Young Artist and performer of new music across Britain and Europe as soloist and chamber musician. He has performed at venues including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, and at the Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow, and has appeared on both BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music as a champion of contemporary music. Recent self-promoted solo concert tours of the forgotten piano music of WW1 (‘Banks of Green Willow’) and celebrating the European traditions associated with Christmas (Noël: a concert by candlelight) have enjoyed large audiences and received critical praise.
Alex performs with Trifarious Ensemble and is a 'Live Music Now’ artist as one half of ‘Duo Tutti’, alongside flautist Ruth Molins. As an orchestral pianist Alex works with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC NOW, UPROAR new music ensemble and London Sinfonietta. Alex directs, manages and performs with the Dr K. Sextet, curated the inaugural Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy and co-founded the music and visual arts collaboration ‘The Pierrot Project’.
Alex believes strongly in taking professional, ambitious music projects out of the big cities and enjoys performing in the south-west (his home region) with local professional musicians. He teaches piano at Colyton Grammar School, Devon. Alex studied for a music degree at York University, and graduated from the Royal College of Music with a MA (distinction) in piano performance in 2011, following studies with Andrew Ball.
".....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 Wilson found lyricism as well as rhythmic drive in these enjoyable miniatures…Penetrating and understated, Alex Wilson’s carefully curated programme ably conveyed the warmth and optimism at the start of a new year." Paul Conway, Musical Opinion Apr-Jun 2023
“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
