Huw Watkins

Huw Watkins
Born (1976-07-13) 13 July 1976 (age 48)
South Wales
Education
Occupations
  • Classical pianist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
OrganizationsRoyal College of Music
Watkins' voice
recorded March 2015

Huw Thomas Watkins MBE (born 13 July 1976[1]) is a British composer and pianist. Born in South Wales, he studied piano and composition at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where he received piano lessons from Peter Lawson. He then went on to read music at King's College, Cambridge, where he studied composition with Robin Holloway and Alexander Goehr, and completed an MMus in composition at the Royal College of Music, where he studied with Julian Anderson. Huw Watkins was awarded the Constant and Kit Lambert Junior Fellowship at the Royal College of Music, where he used to teach composition.[2] He is currently Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal College of Music.[3]

  1. ^ "Huw Watkins | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Watkins, Huw | NMC Recordings". Nmcrec.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Huw Watkins"[permanent dead link] at Royal Academy of Music.