Andrew Eales

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Andrew Eales is a classical pianist, electronic musician, composer, author and teacher. His private practice Keyquest Music is based in Milton Keynes, UK. Andrew was born in Surrey in 1966. His talent for music was recognised early, and he won a scholarship to Oakham School. He later completed his schooling at Bedford Modern School and as a Junior Exhibitioner at the Guildhall School of Music in London. By the age of 15 he had achieved a “distinction” in Grade 8 piano, Grade 8 flute and Grade 8 music theory. He made his concerto debut performing the Schumann piano concerto aged 17, by which time he had also played solo piano music by Liszt on BBC Radio. Andrew read music at the University of Birmingham, where he gained his honours B.Mus degree and won the University’s esteemed Roland Gregory Music Prize. As a postgraduate he completed his professional training at the Royal College of Music, London, gaining his ARCM diploma and winning the Raymond Russell Harpsichord Prize in 1998. Andrew studied with some of the most distinguished teachers in the UK, including Ian Lake, Frank Wibaut and Joseph Weingarten (piano), David Ponsford and Robert Wooley (harpsichord), and Nicholas Danby (chamber organ). Having taught music since he was 16, Andrew launched his teaching career full time in the early 1990s. His reputation quickly grew, and he was approached by the Milton Keynes Music Service for whom he taught and led the Keyboard Faculty for several years, before concentrating on

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