Pianist, Chamber Musician & Teacher

Marcus has been teaching the piano for over 20 years. He teaches at home at Mereworth Studio and also at Highgate School, City of London School for Girls and City Junior School. Previously he has taught at Walthamstow Hall, Blackheath Conservatoire, Charterhouse and Townley Grammar. He has also tutored on the Kent International Piano Courses for many years. Marcus has examined for the ABRSM since 2014.

Please follow the link above to Mereworth Studio to read more about his teaching.

Marcus Andrews has performed as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician across the UK, Europe and the USA. He enjoys presenting recitals that feature a mix of well- and lesser-known repertoire to audiences with spoken introductions. His debut CD featured music by Beethoven and Nicholas Medtner and both composers have been a major interest throughout is career.

As a concerto soloist Marcus recently played Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 with the Makris Symphony Orchestra in Belgrade, Serbia and has performed all the Beethoven concerti with St Paul's Sinfonia.

Marcus has recorded a number of CDs and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune with Matthew Trusler. He has also recorded for Finnish radio station YLE 1. 

Marcus studied with Yvonne Dinwiddy, with Simon Young at Trinity Laban and with Neal Larrabee at the University of Connecticut. In June 2001 he studied intensively with John O'Conor at the Beethoven Course in Positano, Italy, run by the Fondazione Culturale Wilhelm Kenpff and has several times been a bursary student at Dartington International Summer School.

Marcus began playing chamber music with friends at school and has been in demand as an accompanist ever since. He was Graduate Assistant Accompanist at the University of Connecticut and has been a Staff Accompanist at Trinity Laban since 2001. He is a staff accompanist for the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition, having won their accompanist prize in 2000 and works regularly for the GSMD Wind Department. Recently he was staff accompanist for the Classic Winds Competition in Dubai, UAE.