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Robin Walker was born in Lancashire in 1975, and began his musical
training as a Chorister at Ripon Cathedral. He later spent a
year as organ scholar at Blackburn Cathedral before moving to
study at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Whilst at the Academy
Robin won the Organ Recital Award, and prizes for choral conducting
and church music. Robin studied with David Titterington and
Patrick Russill, and improvisation with Naji Hakim. He graduated
from the Academy with DipRAM, the Academy’s Gold medal.
Robin has given recitals at St Paul’s, Southwark, Blackburn
and Westminster Cathedrals, Westminster Abbey, St John’s
Smith Square, in Wisbech, Cambridge, Athens (Greece) and Bergen
(Norway). He has performed Saint-Saens ‘Organ’ Symphony
at St John’s, Smith Square, and appeared on BBC and independent
radio and television. As accompanist he has performed in Rouen
Cathedral, Bonn Basilica, the Matthias church in Budapest, and
many other British and European venues. Future recitals include
a tour to Bergen and recitals on the newly restored organ of
St Giles-in-the-Fields in November 2007, and a recording of
17th- to early 19th-Century music on the same restored organ
for release in autumn of this year.
Alongside his work as organist Robin is director of Cantate,
a chamber choir based in Tonbridge, and of Vivace!, a period
instrument ensemble he formed in 2005. He performs on the harpsichord
and chamber organ and also teaches organ in London and in St
Albans for the New School of Organ Studies. Robin is Director
of Music of St Mary’s RC church in Hampstead and Organist
to the Icelandic Church in London.
Robin performed at St
Dominic's Priory on 6th October 2007:
and performed at St
John the Evangelist Islington on 20th October 2007:
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