Christopher grew up in rural Lincolnshire in a musical household and studied piano and clarinet from a young age. He completed his undergraduate degree on piano at Trinity Laban learning with Raymond Banning and Mikhail Kazakevich. He then gained a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied Andrew West (piano) and Paul Brough (conducting).
Christopher has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, conductor, and educator. As a pianist, he has played in many of the UK’s most prestigious classical music venues such as Wigmore Hall, Steinway Hall and St John’s Smith Square as well as performed in concerts and festivals throughout Europe. Solo performances have included concertos by Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich, Mozart, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with various regional orchestras in the South-East and Midlands.
As a conductor he has directed numerous ensembles and projects including Orchestra Vitae, London Phoenix Orchestra and London Beethoven Project, the latter he co-founded and conducted a complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies in 2014.
In education he has taken up various teaching roles in many of the country’s leading independent schools. He currently teaches piano at Stowe School as well as privately in his home studio. Additionally, he is a music examiner, festival adjudicator, and published arranger of works for solo piano and small ensembles. In 2024, he became a Trustee of the newly formed Sir Arnold Bax Society with the aim of bringing the composer’s works to new audiences.
Last Updated: 3 August 2026
Christopher grew up in rural Lincolnshire in a musical household and studied piano and clarinet from a young age. He completed his undergraduate degree on piano at Trinity Laban learning with Raymond Banning and Mikhail Kazakevich. He then gained a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied Andrew West (piano) and Paul Brough (conducting).
Christopher has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, conductor, and educator. As a pianist, he has played in many of the UK’s most prestigious classical music venues such as Wigmore Hall, Steinway Hall and St John’s Smith Square as well as performed in concerts and festivals throughout Europe. Solo performances have included concertos by Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich, Mozart, and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with various regional orchestras in the South-East and Midlands.
As a conductor he has directed numerous ensembles and projects including Orchestra Vitae, London Phoenix Orchestra and London Beethoven Project, the latter he co-founded and conducted a complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies in 2014.
In education he has taken up various teaching roles in many of the country’s leading independent schools. He currently teaches piano at Stowe School as well as privately in his home studio. Additionally, he is a music examiner, festival adjudicator, and published arranger of works for solo piano and small ensembles. In 2024, he became a Trustee of the newly formed Sir Arnold Bax Society with the aim of bringing the composer’s works to new audiences.
Last Updated: 3 August 2026
