Huw Watkins

Huw Thomas Watkins (born 13 July 1976) 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. He is Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal College of Music. He is married to fellow composer Helen Grime.

Reflection - 2026-02-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Watkins: Chamber Music and Works for String Orchestra - 2024-04-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Shadow Dances - 2023-05-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Lachrymae (Works by Franck, Britten and Elgar) - 2022-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Echo - 2022-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Causton: La terra impareggiabile - 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Legacy (A Tribute to Dennis Brain) - 2021-05-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Behold The Stars - 2021-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8 - 2020-06-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Huw Watkins: Flute Concerto, Violin Concerto & Symphony - 2018-09-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Bohemia - 2017-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Oliver Davis: Dance - 2016-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Paul & Huw Watkins Play American Works for Cello and Piano - 2015-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Huw Watkins: Works for Violin & Piano by Hahn and Szymanowski - 2015-09-18T00:00:00.000000Z

British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 4 - 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 3 - 2014-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

1917: Works for Violin & Piano by Debussy, Respighi, Sibelius and Elgar - 2014-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Bowen: Cello Sonata - Bax: Cello Sonata - Ireland: Cello Sonata - 2013-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Orchestra in D Minor - 2013-09-02T00:00:00.000000Z

An American in Paris - 2013-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Paul Watkins Plays British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 - 2012-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tansy Davies: Spine - 2012-09-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Smetana, Ravel & Watkins: Piano Trios (Live) - 2012-07-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Variations concertantes & Lied ohne Worte - 2011-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Fierce Tears - Contemporary Oboe Music - 2011-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z