alexanderjameswilson

Exeter resident Alex Wilson was born and raised in Gloucestershire. He 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 around the country, in venues including Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall, and has performed in France, Spain and at the Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow.

Alex was awarded 3rd prize at the British Contemporary Piano Competition 2010. He is a Park Lane Group Young Artist 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 2011, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 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 Radio 3's 'Late Junction' and Stuart Maconie's 'Freak Zone' on BBC Radio 6 Music as a champion of contemporary music.

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 contemporary music ensemble the 'Dr K. Sextet'. He also curated a contemporary 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.

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A musician with experience in a variety of disciplines, Alex is equally at home as soloist, chamber/orchestral musician, accompanist or 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 Cantragrill in venues across England and France. Alex also ran the 'W10 warblers': a choir for the over 50's in North Kensington, 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.