Guest Speakers
Among the guests who have spoken at meetings of Putney Music
(updated August 2026)
| Dmitri Alexeev | Marc-André Hamelin | Paco Peña |
| John Alldis | Derek Hammond-Stroud | Murray Perahia |
| Sir Thomas Allen CBE | Thomas Hampson | Laurence Perkins |
| John Allison | Vernon Handley | Ted Perry |
| John Amis | Chloë Hanslip | Gervase de Peyer |
| Anda Anastasescu | Julian Hardwick | Dr Robert Philip |
| Julian Anderson | Lord Harewood | David Pickard |
| Katya Apekisheva | Heather Harper | Trevor Pinnock |
| Benjamin Appl | Mike Hatch | William Pleeth |
| Felix Aprahamian | Sheila Hayman | Rosalind Plowright |
| Sheila Armstrong | Charles Haynes | Anthony Pollard |
| Sir Malcolm Arnold | Robert Hayward | Jean-Bernard Pommier |
| Cecil Aronowitz | Thomas Hemsley | Robert Ponsonby |
| Peter Avis | Robert Henderson | Lucia Popp |
| Janet Baker DBE | Julian Herbage | Alberto Portugheis |
| Bryan Balkwill | John Heley | David Pountney |
| Quintin Ballardie | Raimund Herincx | Lawrence Power |
| Lady Barbirolli | Richard Hickox | Simon Preston |
| Andrew Barclay | Christopher Hogwood | André Previn |
| Clive Barda | Robin Holloway | Dame Margaret Price |
| Cheryl Barker | Jascha Horenstein | Sir John Pritchard |
| Jennifer Bate | Stephen Hough | Oleg Prokofiev |
| John Bate | Leslie Howard | Joy Puritz |
| Charles Beare | Margaret Howard | David Pyatt |
| Shirley Lady Beecham | Gwynne Howell | Steve Race |
| David Bell | Neil Howlett | Samuel Ramey |
| Dr Eduardo Benarroch | Orwain Arwel Hughes | Priaulx Rainier |
| Heather Betts | Paul Hughes | Alan Rawsthorne |
| Nicola Benedetti | Stephanie Hughes | Franz Reizenstein |
| George Benjamin | Thomas Hull | Arthur Reynolds |
| Sir Richard Rodney Bennett | Sir Ian Hunter | James Rhodes |
| William Bennett | John Huntley | Christine Rice |
| Sir Lennox Berkeley | Peter Hurford | Ben Rich |
| Michael Berkeley | Emanuel Hurwitz | Timothy Ridout |
| Sir Harrison Birtwistle | Michael Hurwitz | Jean Rigby |
| Christopher Bishop | Gerhard Hüsch | Dame Janet Ritterman |
| Neil Black | Tom Hutchinson | Stephen Roberts |
| Sir Arthur Bliss | Christopher Hyde-Smith | Marisa Robles |
| Jonathan Bloxham | Alina Ibragimova | Joan Rodgers |
| Alan Blyth | Sir Jeremy Isaacs | Pascal Rogé |
| Barbara Bonney | Annette Isserlis | Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
| Ian Bostridge | Steven Isserlis | Michael Roll |
| Catherine Bott | Carl Jackson | Amanda Roocroft |
| Pierre Boulez | Mariss Jansons | Anthony Rooley |
| Thomas Bowes | Karl Jenkins | Carole Rosen |
| James Bowman | Gareth Brynmor John | Charles Rosen |
| Martyn Brabbins | Stephen Johns | Harold Rosenthal |
| Susan Bradshaw | Graham Johnson | Jack Rothstein |
| Eric Bravington | Geraint Jones | Simon Rowland-Jones |
| Julian Bream | Vladimir Jurowski | Roger Royle |
| Mike Brearley OBE | Gerald Kaufman MP | Patricia Rozario |
| Alfred Brendel | Brian Kay | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky |
| Christine Brewer | Andrew Keener | Vera Rozsa |
| Bryony Brind | Hans Keller | Mikhail Rudy |
| John Bridcut | Michael Kennedy | Sir Donald Runnicles |
| Jack Brymer | Nigel Kennedy | Sir John Rutter |
| Julian Budden | Yvonne Kenny | Dr Stanley Sadie |
| Susan Bullock | Nicholas Kenyon | Dr Eric Sams |
| Iain Burnside | Robert King | Tatiana Sarkissova |
| Sandy Burnett | Gerald Kingsley | Prunella Scales |
| Anthony Burton | Emma Kirkby | András Schiff |
| Humphrey Burton | Ralph Kirshbaum | Heinrich Schiff |
| Piers Burton-Page | Oliver Knussen | Andreas Schmidt |
| Dr Geoffrey Bush | Pavel Kolesnikov | Christopher Seaman |
| Teresa Cahill | Ralph Koltai | Humphrey Searle |
| David Cairns | Stephen Kovacevich | Mátyás Seiber |
| Dan Cairns | Sholto Kynoch | Tom Service |
| Anthony Camden | Katia & Marielle Labèque | John Sessions |
| Jacqueline Caminer | Piers Lane | Constance Shacklock |
| Hugh Canning | Michael Langdon | Joseph Shiner |
| Ray & Nick Carpenter | Philip Langridge | John Shirley-Quirk |
| Stephen Carpenter | Norman Lebrecht | Antoinette Sibley |
| Peter Carter | Sergei Leiferkus | Charlie Siem |
| Michael Chance | Raymond Leppard | Jeremy Siepmann |
| Andrew Charity | François Le Roux | Nigel Simeone |
| Levon Chilingirian | Richard Lester | Malcolm Simpson |
| Sir George Christie | Jack Liebeck | Robert Simpson |
| Allan Clayton | John Lill | Oda Slobodskaya |
| Robert Cohen | Tasmin Little | Nicholas Snowman |
| Maggie Cole | Andrew Litton | Zeb Soanes |
| Michael Collins | Robert Lloyd | Oliver Soden |
| Peter Colman-Wright | David Lloyd-Jones | Elisabeth Söderström |
| Elizabeth Connell | Julian Lloyd-Webber OBE | Naresh Sohal |
| Christopher Cook | Felicity Lott | Lady Solti |
| Imogen Cooper | Martin Lovett | Paul Spicer |
| Joseph Cooper | Elisabeth Lutyens | Peter Stadlen |
| Debra Craine | Benjamin Luxon | John Steane |
| Clement Crisp | William Lyne | Crispian Steele-Perkins |
| Paul Crossley | Sue MacGregor | Denis Stevens |
| Martin Cullingford | Sir Charles Mackerras | Ronald Stevenson |
| John Culshaw | Catherine Mackintosh | Richard Stokes |
| Laurence Cummings | Judith Mackrell | Kathryn Stott |
| Nicholas Danby | Ian Maclay | Kathron Sturrock |
| Nicholas Daniel | Donald Macleod | John Summers |
| Paul Daniel | James MacMillan | Roderick Swanston |
| Iestyn Davies | Lady MacMillan | David Syrus |
| Ryland Davies | Stephen Maddock | Dobrinka Tabakova |
| Carl Davis | Fiona Maddocks | Melvyn Tan |
| Sir Colin Davis | George Malcolm | Jeffrey Tate |
| Brett Dean | David Markham | Vilém Tausky |
| Robert Dean | Noah Max | John Tavener |
| Winton Dean | Alicia Markova | Matthew Taylor |
| Norman Del Mar | Andrew Marriner | André Tchaikowsky |
| Nikolai Demidenko | Sir Neville Marriner | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa |
| John Denison | Wayne Marshall | Robert Tear |
| Emmanuel Despax | Malcolm Martineau | Bryn Terfel |
| Jane Clark Dodgson | Jean Martinon | Lillian Tertis |
| Stephen Dodgson | Anthony Marwood | Maggie Teyte |
| Peter Donohoe | Monica Mason | Adrian Thompson |
| Antál Doráti | Valerie Masterson | Sir Michael Tippett |
| Nigel Douglas | Colin Matthews | Martino Tirimo |
| Sir Edward Downes | David Matthews | Susan Tomes |
| Patrick Doyle | Nicholas Maw | Sir John Tomlinson CBE |
| Julius Drake | Donald Maxwell | Sir John Tooley |
| Derek Drescher | Sir Peter Maxwell Davies | Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| Danny Driver | Sir Robert Mayer | Nigel Treherne |
| Sir John Drummond | John McCabe | Robin Tritschler |
| Jessica Duchen | Nicholas McCarthy | Matthew Truscott |
| Thomas Edur | Andrew McGregor | Matthew Trusler |
| Sian Edwards | Stewart McIlwham | Barry Tuckwell |
| Terry Edwards | David McVicar | Anthony Twiner |
| Thomas Eisner | Dr Wilfred Mellers | Mitsuko Uchida |
| Sir Mark Elder | David Mellor | Dame Ninette de Valois |
| Osian Ellis | June Mendoza | Stephen Varcoe |
| Sir Vernon Ellis | Jeremy Menuhin | Tamás Vásáry |
| Jacqueline Englert-Marchal | Mookie Lee-Menuhin | Ursula Vaughan Williams |
| Dame Anne Evans | Vernon Midgley | Graham Vick |
| Sir Geraint Evans | Rebecca Miller | Roger Vignoles |
| Dr Eric Fenby | Hamish Milne | Lars Vogt |
| Christopher Fifield | Rodney Milnes | Michael Vyner |
| Simon Foster | Yvonne Minton | Kathryn Wade |
| Peter Frankl | Donald Mitchell | David Walker |
| Amelia Freedman | Gerald Moore | Norman Walker |
| Jonathan Freeman-Attwood | Jerrold Northrop Moore | Sarah Walker |
| Stewart French | Bryce Morrison | Timothy Walker |
| Peter Racine Fricker | Lord Moser | Elizabeth Wallfisch |
| Stephen Frost | Elijah Moshinsky | Raphael Wallfisch |
| Christopher Gable | Thea Musgrave | Stephen Walsh |
| Elizabeth Gale | The Navarra Quartet | John Warrack |
| Sir John Eliot Gardiner | Alice Neary | Ashley Wass |
| Edward Gardner | Martin Neary | William Waterhouse |
| John Gardner | Andrew Neill | Paul Wee |
| Lesley Garrett | Andrew Nethsingha | Gillian Weir |
| Barrie Gavin | Richard Nettle | Judith Weir |
| Peter Gellhorn | Ivor Newton | Franz Welser-Möst |
| John Georgiadis | Jessye Norman | Moray Welsh |
| Ulrich Gerhartz | Sir Roger Norrington | Timothy West |
| James Gibb | Christopher Nourse | Natalie Wheen |
| John Gilhooly | Chi-Chi Nwanoku | Paul Whelan |
| Boris Giltburg | Ruth & Ross Nye | David Whelton |
| Dame Evelyn Glennie | Agnes Oakes | Dr Jill White |
| Sir William Glock | James O’Donnell | Douglas Whittaker |
| Jane Glover | Noriko Ogawa | Mark Wigglesworth |
| Alexander Goehr | Kevin O'Hare | Anthony Wilkinson |
| Walter Goehr | Siva Oke | Sir David Willcocks |
| Rivka Golani | Michael Oliver | John Williams |
| Jill Gomez | Cristina Ortiz | Roderick Williams |
| Noel Goodwin | Steven Osborne OBE | Malcolm Williamson |
| Leon Goossens | Anne Sofie von Otter | Elizabeth Wilson |
| Marius Goring | Cécile Ousset | John Wilson |
| Andrew Gourlay | Charles Owen | David Wilson-Johnson |
| Stephen Goss | David Owen Norris | Debbie Wiseman OBE |
| Michael Grade | Elaine Padmore | Hugh Wood |
| Colin Graham | Mark Padmore | Kenneth Woods |
| Linda Esther Gray | Felicity Palmer | William Wordsworth |
| Edward Greenfield | Tony Palmer | Brian Wright |
| Dame Beryl Grey | Sir Andrzej Panufnik | Roger Wright |
| Sir Charles Groves | Jasper Parrott | Trevor Wye |
| Jonathan Groves | Geoffrey Parsons | Catherine Wyn-Rogers |
| Sally Groves | Ian Partridge | Sophie Wyss |
| Alexei Grynyuk | Jennifer Partridge | Krystian Zimerman |
| John Graham Hall | György Pauk | |
| Sir Peter Hall | Anthony Payne |
