Guest Speakers
Among the guests who have spoken at meetings of Putney Music
(updated 14 August 2023)
Larry Adler | Jonathan Groves | Ian Partridge |
Dmitri Alexeev | Sally Groves | Jennifer Partridge |
John Alldis | Alexei Grynyuk | György Pauk |
Sir Thomas Allen CBE | John Graham Hall | Anthony Payne |
John Allison | Sir Peter Hall | Nicholas Payne |
John Amis | Louis Halsey | Paco Peña |
Anda Anastasescu | Marc-André Hamelin | Murray Perahia |
Julian Anderson | Derek Hammond-Stroud | Ted Perry |
Katya Apekisheva | Thomas Hampson | Gervase de Peyer |
Benjamin Appl | Vernon Handley | Dr Robert Philip |
Felix Aprahamian | Chloë Hanslip | David Pickard |
Sheila Armstrong | Lord Harewood | Trevor Pinnock |
Sir Malcolm Arnold | Heather Harper | William Pleeth |
Cecil Aronowitz | Sheila Hayman | Rosalind Plowright |
Peter Avis | Charles Haynes | Anthony Pollard |
Janet Baker DBE | Robert Hayward | Jean-Bernard Pommier |
Bryan Balkwill | Thomas Hemsley | Robert Ponsonby |
Quintin Ballardie | Robert Henderson | Lucia Popp |
Lady Barbirolli | Julian Herbage | Alberto Portugheis |
Andrew Barclay | John Heley | David Pountney |
Clive Barda | Raimund Herincx | Lawrence Power |
Cheryl Barker | Richard Hickox | Simon Preston |
Jennifer Bate | Christopher Hogwood | André Previn |
John Bate | Robin Holloway | Dame Margaret Price |
Charles Beare | Jascha Horenstein | Sir John Pritchard |
Shirley Lady Beecham | Stephen Hough | Oleg Prokofiev |
David Bell | Leslie Howard | Joy Puritz |
Dr Eduardo Benarroch | Margaret Howard | David Pyatt |
Heather Betts | Gwynne Howell | Steve Race |
Nicola Benedetti | Neil Howlett | Samuel Ramey |
George Benjamin | Orwain Arwel Hughes | Priaulx Rainier |
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett | Stephanie Hughes | Alan Rawsthorne |
William Bennett | Sir Ian Hunter | Franz Reizenstein |
Sir Lennox Berkeley | John Huntley | Arthur Reynolds |
Michael Berkeley | Peter Hurford | James Rhodes |
Sir Harrison Birtwistle | Emanuel Hurwitz | Ben Rich |
Christopher Bishop | Michael Hurwitz | Timothy Ridout |
Neil Black | Gerhard Hüsch | Jean Rigby |
Sir Arthur Bliss | Tom Hutchinson | Dame Janet Ritterman |
Alan Blyth | Christopher Hyde-Smith | Stephen Roberts |
Barbara Bonney | Alina Ibragimova | Marisa Robles |
Ian Bostridge | Sir Jeremy Isaacs | Joan Rodgers |
Catherine Bott | Annette Isserlis | Pascal Rogé |
Pierre Boulez | Steven Isserlis | Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
Thomas Bowes | Carl Jackson | Michael Roll |
James Bowman | Mariss Jansons | Amanda Roocroft |
Martyn Brabbins | Karl Jenkins | Anthony Rooley |
Susan Bradshaw | Stephen Johns | Carole Rosen |
Eric Bravington | Graham Johnson | Charles Rosen |
Julian Bream | Geraint Jones | Harold Rosenthal |
Alfred Brendel | Vladimir Jurowski | Jack Rothstein |
Christine Brewer | Gerald Kaufman MP | Simon Rowland-Jones |
Bryony Brind | Brian Kay | Roger Royle |
John Bridcut | Andrew Keener | Patricia Rozario |
Jack Brymer | Hans Keller | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky |
Julian Budden | Michael Kennedy | Vera Rozsa |
Iain Burnside | Nigel Kennedy | Mikhail Rudy |
Sandy Burnett | Yvonne Kenny | Sir Donald Runnicles |
Anthony Burton | Nicholas Kenyon | John Rutter |
Humphrey Burton | Robert King | Dr Stanley Sadie |
Piers Burton-Page | Emma Kirkby | Dr Eric Sams |
Dr Geoffrey Bush | Ralph Kirshbaum | Tatiana Sarkissova |
Teresa Cahill | Oliver Knussen | Prunella Scales |
David Cairns | Pavel Kolesnikov | András Schiff |
Dan Cairns | Ralph Koltai | Heinrich Schiff |
Anthony Camden | Stephen Kovacevich | Andreas Schmidt |
Jacqueline Caminer | Sholto Kynoch | Christopher Seaman |
Hugh Canning | Katia & Marielle Labèque | Humphrey Searle |
Ray & Nick Carpenter | Piers Lane | Mátyás Seiber |
Stephen Carpenter | Michael Langdon | Tom Service |
Peter Carter | Philip Langridge | John Sessions |
Michael Chance | Norman Lebrecht | Constance Shacklock |
Andrew Charity | Sergei Leiferkus | Joseph Shiner |
Levon Chilingirian | Raymond Leppard | John Shirley-Quirk |
Sir George Christie | François Le Roux | Antoinette Sibley |
Allan Clayton | Richard Lester | Jeremy Siepmann |
Robert Cohen | John Lill | Malcolm Simpson |
Maggie Cole | Tasmin Little | Robert Simpson |
Michael Collins | Andrew Litton | Oda Slobodskaya |
Peter Colman-Wright | Robert Lloyd | Nicholas Snowman |
Elizabeth Connell | David Lloyd-Jones | Zeb Soanes |
Christopher Cook | Julian Lloyd-Webber | Oliver Soden |
Imogen Cooper | Felicity Lott | Elisabeth Söderström |
Joseph Cooper | Martin Lovett | Naresh Sohal |
Debra Craine | Elisabeth Lutyens | Lady Solti |
Clement Crisp | Benjamin Luxon | Peter Stadlen |
Paul Crossley | William Lyne | John Steane |
John Culshaw | Sue MacGregor | Crispian Steele-Perkins |
Laurence Cummings | Sir Charles Mackerras | Denis Stevens |
Nicholas Danby | Catherine Mackintosh | Ronald Stevenson |
Nicholas Daniel | Judith Mackrell | Richard Stokes |
Paul Daniel | Ian Maclay | Kathryn Stott |
Iestyn Davies | Donald Macleod | Kathron Sturrock |
Ryland Davies | James MacMillan | John Summers |
Carl Davis | Lady MacMillan | Roderick Swanston |
Sir Colin Davis | Stephen Maddock | David Syrus |
Brett Dean | George Malcolm | Dobrinka Tabakova |
Robert Dean | David Markham | Melvyn Tan |
Winton Dean | Noah Max | Jeffrey Tate |
Norman Del Mar | Alicia Markova | Vilém Tausky |
Nikolai Demidenko | Andrew Marriner | John Tavener |
John Denison | Sir Neville Marriner | André Tchaikowsky |
Emmanuel Despax | Wayne Marshall | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa |
Jane Clark Dodgson | Malcolm Martineau | Robert Tear |
Stephen Dodgson | Jean Martinon | Bryn Terfel |
Peter Donohoe | Anthony Marwood | Lillian Tertis |
Antál Doráti | Monica Mason | Maggie Teyte |
Nigel Douglas | Valerie Masterson | Adrian Thompson |
Sir Edward Downes | Colin Matthews | Sir Michael Tippett |
Patrick Doyle | David Matthews | Martino Tirimo |
Julius Drake | Nicholas Maw | Susan Tomes |
Derek Drescher | Donald Maxwell | John Tomlinson |
Danny Driver | Sir Peter Maxwell Davies | Sir John Tooley |
Sir John Drummond | Sir Robert Mayer | Yan Pascal Tortelier |
Jessica Duchen | John McCabe | Matthew Trusler |
Thomas Edur | Nicholas McCarthy | Barry Tuckwell |
Sian Edwards | Andrew McGregor | Anthony Twiner |
Terry Edwards | David McVicar | Mitsuko Uchida |
Thomas Eisner | Dr Wilfred Mellers | Dame Ninette de Valois |
Sir Mark Elder | David Mellor | Stephen Varcoe |
Osian Ellis | June Mendoza | Tamás Vásáry |
Sir Vernon Ellis | Jeremy Menuhin | Ursula Vaughan Williams |
Jacqueline Englert-Marchal | Mookie Lee-Menuhin | Graham Vick |
Dame Anne Evans | Vernon Midgley | Roger Vignoles |
Sir Geraint Evans | Rebecca Miller | Lars Vogt |
Dr Eric Fenby | Hamish Milne | Michael Vyner |
Christopher Fifield | Rodney Milnes | Kathryn Wade |
Simon Foster | Yvonne Minton | David Walker |
Peter Frankl | Donald Mitchell | Norman Walker |
Amelia Freedman | Gerald Moore | Sarah Walker |
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood | Jerrold Northrop Moore | Timothy Walker |
Stewart French | Bryce Morrison | Elizabeth Wallfisch |
Peter Racine Fricker | Lord Moser | Raphael Wallfisch |
Stephen Frost | Elijah Moshinsky | Stephen Walsh |
Christopher Gable | Thea Musgrave | John Warrack |
Elizabeth Gale | The Navarra Quartet | Ashley Wass |
Sir John Eliot Gardiner | Alice Neary | William Waterhouse |
Edward Gardner | Martin Neary | Paul Wee |
John Gardner | Andrew Neill | Gillian Weir |
Lesley Garrett | Richard Nettle | Judith Weir |
Barrie Gavin | Ivor Newton | Franz Welser-Möst |
Peter Gellhorn | Jessye Norman | Moray Welsh |
John Georgiadis | Sir Roger Norrington | Timothy West |
Ulrich Gerhartz | Christopher Nourse | Natalie Wheen |
James Gibb | Chi-Chi Nwanoku | Paul Whelan |
John Gilhooly | 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 | Sir David Willcocks |
Walter Goehr | Siva Oke | John Williams |
Rivka Golani | Michael Oliver | Roderick Williams |
Jill Gomez | Cristina Ortiz | Malcolm Williamson |
Noel Goodwin | Anne Sofie von Otter | Elizabeth Wilson |
Leon Goossens | Cécile Ousset | John Wilson |
Marius Goring | Charles Owen | David Wilson-Johnson |
Andrew Gourlay | David Owen Norris | Hugh Wood |
Stephen Goss | Elaine Padmore | William Wordsworth |
Michael Grade | Mark Padmore | Brian Wright |
Colin Graham | Felicity Palmer | Roger Wright |
Linda Esther Gray | Tony Palmer | Trevor Wye |
Edward Greenfield | Sir Andrzej Panufnik | Catherine Wyn-Rogers |
Dame Beryl Grey | Jasper Parrott | Sophie Wyss |
Sir Charles Groves | Geoffrey Parsons | Krystian Zimerman |