Amiri Harewood, piano

A postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music under the tutelage of Danny Driver, pianist Amiri Harewood has performed at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall (as part of the Steinway Young Artist series), St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall.

After being selected as a Grand Prize winner of the Young Classical Artist Trust and Concert Artists Guild International Auditions in May 2024, Amiri has since been named a Classic FM Rising Star for 2025 and has performed throughout the UK including at St George’s Hanover Square, Brunton Theatre near Edinburgh and Harrogate International Festival Sunday Series. His appearances further afield included recitals at the Conservatorio in Venice, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Kissingen KlavierOlymp, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam and the Mozart Music Festival in Forli, Italy. He was selected as one of the participants in the 2025 Lieven Piano Festival, attending masterclasses with Arie Vardi, Andreas Staier and Eldar Nebolsin. 

Over the 2025/26 season Amiri’s career shows no signs of slowing down as he makes his debut at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Berlin Konzerthaus, returns to Wigmore Hall and makes his North American debut with a tour including recitals in Chicago and New York.

Amiri’s Royal Festival Hall concerto debut with Chineke! Orchestra was universally acclaimed, described as a “...Royal Festival Hall debut of considerable panache…” (Geoff Brown, The Times) as he brought “...confidence and a touch of grandiloquence to Grieg’s Piano Concerto…” (Richard Fairman, The Financial Times).

Amiri uses his versatile experiences to inspire his playing. He has sought to help the next generation of musicians develop their passion and talent, performing youth outreach work with Music Masters and as one of the first Tabor Piano Ambassadors of the Leeds International Piano Competition representing the Royal College of Music.