Composer, Pianist & Educator
Edward Tait is a London-based composer, whose music has been performed across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, by ensembles like the London Sinfonietta, Carducci Quartet and Orion Orchestra. He is currently collaborating with the Arquia Duo on recording his song cycle Vectis, based on poems by Mollie Mardel. In November, he will receive his debut broadcast on BBC Radio 3, following success in the NCEM Young Composer Award.
Edward studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Gareth Moorcraft and Louise Drewett, and he is artistic director of the MetroLand Music Festival.
Download CVEdward’s cello octet Ecstasio, performed in a workshop by the Royal Academy of Music.
Premiere of Fleeting Manhattan at St John’s Smith Square, conducted by Nicholas Daniel.
2 October 2026 • United Reformed Church, Potter's Bar
Programme of Chopin, Grieg & Ravel
23 October 2026 • St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch
Programme of Chopin, Ravel & Scriabin
27 October 2026 • Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
9 November 2026 • All Saints Church, High Wycombe
18 November 2026 • Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music
13 December 2026 • Lamb and Flag, Oxford
23 January 2027 • St Christopher School, Letchworth
Solo repertoire:
Beethoven – Bagatelle Op. 119 No. 1
Brahms – Intermezzo Op. 116 No. 6
Brahms – Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata
Chopin – Ballade No. 1
Debussy – Children's Corner
Grieg – Humoresque Op. 6 No. 2
Liszt – ‘Orage’ from Années de pèlerinage
Ravel – Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel – Sonatine
D. Scarlatti – Sonata K. 443
R. Schumann – ‘Herberge’ from Waldszenen
Satie – Vexations
Scriabin – Piano Sonata No. 4
Peter Sculthorpe – Snow, Moon and Flowers
Edward Tait – Cloches I, II and V
Tchaikovsky – Dumka
Chamber repertoire:
Elgar – Violin Sonata
Faure – Elegy
Mozart – Violin Sonata No. 24
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 1
Concerto/orchestral repertoire:
Copland – Appalachian Spring
Finzi – Eclogue
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Organ repertoire:
Elgar – Vesper Voluntary No. 1
Elgar – Vesper Voluntary No. 2
Purcell – Ground in C minor ZD 221
Purcell – Lillibulero
Edward Tait – Vectis Tableau I
For commissions, collaborations or performance enquiries:
Publisher: NoteWelder Music
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