Guest Speakers
Among the guests who have spoken at meetings of Putney Music
(updated August 2025)
Larry AdlerJohn Graham HallNicholas Payne
| Dmitri Alexeev | Sir Peter Hall | Paco Peña |
| John Alldis | Louis Halsey | Murray Perahia |
| Sir Thomas Allen CBE | Marc-André Hamelin | Laurence Perkins |
| John Allison | Derek Hammond-Stroud | Ted Perry |
| John Amis | Thomas Hampson | Gervase de Peyer |
| Anda Anastasescu | Vernon Handley | Dr Robert Philip |
| Julian Anderson | Chloë Hanslip | David Pickard |
| Katya Apekisheva | Julian Hardwick | Trevor Pinnock |
| Benjamin Appl | Lord Harewood | William Pleeth |
| Felix Aprahamian | Heather Harper | Rosalind Plowright |
| Sheila Armstrong | Sheila Hayman | Anthony Pollard |
| Sir Malcolm Arnold | Charles Haynes | Jean-Bernard Pommier |
| Cecil Aronowitz | Robert Hayward | Robert Ponsonby |
| Peter Avis | Thomas Hemsley | Lucia Popp |
| Janet Baker DBE | Robert Henderson | Alberto Portugheis |
| Bryan Balkwill | Julian Herbage | David Pountney |
| Quintin Ballardie | John Heley | Lawrence Power |
| Lady Barbirolli | Raimund Herincx | Simon Preston |
| Andrew Barclay | Richard Hickox | André Previn |
| Clive Barda | Christopher Hogwood | Dame Margaret Price |
| Cheryl Barker | Robin Holloway | Sir John Pritchard |
| Jennifer Bate | Jascha Horenstein | Oleg Prokofiev |
| John Bate | Stephen Hough | Joy Puritz |
| Charles Beare | Leslie Howard | David Pyatt |
| Shirley Lady Beecham | Margaret Howard | Steve Race |
| David Bell | Gwynne Howell | Samuel Ramey |
| Dr Eduardo Benarroch | Neil Howlett | Priaulx Rainier |
| Heather Betts | Orwain Arwel Hughes | Alan Rawsthorne |
| Nicola Benedetti | Paul Hughes | Franz Reizenstein |
| George Benjamin | Stephanie Hughes | 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 |
| Alan Blyth | Alina Ibragimova | Joan Rodgers |
| Barbara Bonney | Sir Jeremy Isaacs | Pascal Rogé |
| Ian Bostridge | Annette Isserlis | Anthony Rolfe Johnson |
| Catherine Bott | Steven Isserlis | Michael Roll |
| Pierre Boulez | Carl Jackson | Amanda Roocroft |
| Thomas Bowes | Mariss Jansons | Anthony Rooley |
| James Bowman | Karl Jenkins | Carole Rosen |
| Martyn Brabbins | Stephen Johns | Charles Rosen |
| Susan Bradshaw | Graham Johnson | Harold Rosenthal |
| Eric Bravington | Geraint Jones | Jack Rothstein |
| Julian Bream | Vladimir Jurowski | Simon Rowland-Jones |
| Mike Brearley OBE | Gerald Kaufman MP | Roger Royle |
| Alfred Brendel | Brian Kay | Patricia Rozario |
| Christine Brewer | Andrew Keener | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky |
| Bryony Brind | Hans Keller | Vera Rozsa |
| John Bridcut | Michael Kennedy | Mikhail Rudy |
| Jack Brymer | Nigel Kennedy | Sir Donald Runnicles |
| Julian Budden | Yvonne Kenny | Sir John Rutter |
| Susan Bullock | Nicholas Kenyon | Dr Stanley Sadie |
| Iain Burnside | Robert King | Dr Eric Sams |
| Sandy Burnett | Gerald Kingsley | Tatiana Sarkissova |
| Anthony Burton | Emma Kirkby | Prunella Scales |
| Humphrey Burton | Ralph Kirshbaum | András Schiff |
| Piers Burton-Page | Oliver Knussen | Heinrich Schiff |
| Dr Geoffrey Bush | Pavel Kolesnikov | Andreas Schmidt |
| Teresa Cahill | Ralph Koltai | Christopher Seaman |
| David Cairns | Stephen Kovacevich | Humphrey Searle |
| Dan Cairns | Sholto Kynoch | Mátyás Seiber |
| Anthony Camden | Katia & Marielle Labèque | Tom Service |
| Jacqueline Caminer | Piers Lane | John Sessions |
| Hugh Canning | Michael Langdon | Constance Shacklock |
| Ray & Nick Carpenter | Philip Langridge | Joseph Shiner |
| Stephen Carpenter | Norman Lebrecht | John Shirley-Quirk |
| Peter Carter | Sergei Leiferkus | Antoinette Sibley |
| Michael Chance | Raymond Leppard | Charlie Siem |
| Andrew Charity | François Le Roux | Jeremy Siepmann |
| Levon Chilingirian | Richard Lester | Nigel Simeone |
| Sir George Christie | Jack Liebeck | Malcolm Simpson |
| Allan Clayton | John Lill | Robert Simpson |
| Robert Cohen | Tasmin Little | Oda Slobodskaya |
| Maggie Cole | Andrew Litton | Nicholas Snowman |
| Michael Collins | Robert Lloyd | Zeb Soanes |
| Peter Colman-Wright | David Lloyd-Jones | Oliver Soden |
| Elizabeth Connell | Julian Lloyd-Webber OBE | Elisabeth Söderström |
| Christopher Cook | Felicity Lott | Naresh Sohal |
| Imogen Cooper | Martin Lovett | Lady Solti |
| Joseph Cooper | Elisabeth Lutyens | Paul Spicer |
| Debra Craine | Benjamin Luxon | Peter Stadlen |
| Clement Crisp | William Lyne | John Steane |
| Paul Crossley | Sue MacGregor | Crispian Steele-Perkins |
| Martin Cullingford | Sir Charles Mackerras | Denis Stevens |
| John Culshaw | Catherine Mackintosh | Ronald Stevenson |
| Laurence Cummings | Judith Mackrell | Richard Stokes |
| Nicholas Danby | Ian Maclay | Kathryn Stott |
| Nicholas Daniel | Donald Macleod | Kathron Sturrock |
| Paul Daniel | James MacMillan | John Summers |
| Iestyn Davies | Lady MacMillan | Roderick Swanston |
| Ryland Davies | Stephen Maddock | David Syrus |
| Carl Davis | George Malcolm | Dobrinka Tabakova |
| Sir Colin Davis | David Markham | Melvyn Tan |
| Brett Dean | Noah Max | Jeffrey Tate |
| Robert Dean | Alicia Markova | Vilém Tausky |
| Winton Dean | Andrew Marriner | John Tavener |
| Norman Del Mar | Sir Neville Marriner | Matthew Taylor |
| Nikolai Demidenko | Wayne Marshall | André Tchaikowsky |
| John Denison | Malcolm Martineau | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa |
| Emmanuel Despax | Jean Martinon | Robert Tear |
| Jane Clark Dodgson | Anthony Marwood | Bryn Terfel |
| Stephen Dodgson | Monica Mason | Lillian Tertis |
| Peter Donohoe | Valerie Masterson | Maggie Teyte |
| Antál Doráti | Colin Matthews | Adrian Thompson |
| Nigel Douglas | David Matthews | Sir Michael Tippett |
| Sir Edward Downes | Nicholas Maw | Martino Tirimo |
| Patrick Doyle | Donald Maxwell | Susan Tomes |
| Julius Drake | Sir Peter Maxwell Davies | Sir John Tomlinson CBE |
| Derek Drescher | Sir Robert Mayer | Sir John Tooley |
| Danny Driver | John McCabe | Yan Pascal Tortelier |
| Sir John Drummond | Nicholas McCarthy | Nigel Treherne |
| Jessica Duchen | Andrew McGregor | Robin Tritschler |
| Thomas Edur | David McVicar | Matthew Trusler |
| Sian Edwards | Dr Wilfred Mellers | Barry Tuckwell |
| Terry Edwards | David Mellor | Anthony Twiner |
| Thomas Eisner | June Mendoza | Mitsuko Uchida |
| Sir Mark Elder | Jeremy Menuhin | Dame Ninette de Valois |
| Osian Ellis | Mookie Lee-Menuhin | Stephen Varcoe |
| Sir Vernon Ellis | Vernon Midgley | Tamás Vásáry |
| Jacqueline Englert-Marchal | Rebecca Miller | Ursula Vaughan Williams |
| Dame Anne Evans | Hamish Milne | Graham Vick |
| Sir Geraint Evans | Rodney Milnes | Roger Vignoles |
| Dr Eric Fenby | Yvonne Minton | Lars Vogt |
| Christopher Fifield | Donald Mitchell | Michael Vyner |
| Simon Foster | Gerald Moore | Kathryn Wade |
| Peter Frankl | Jerrold Northrop Moore | David Walker |
| Amelia Freedman | Bryce Morrison | Norman Walker |
| Jonathan Freeman-Attwood | Lord Moser | Sarah Walker |
| Stewart French | Elijah Moshinsky | Timothy Walker |
| Peter Racine Fricker | Thea Musgrave | Elizabeth Wallfisch |
| Stephen Frost | The Navarra Quartet | Raphael Wallfisch |
| Christopher Gable | Alice Neary | Stephen Walsh |
| Elizabeth Gale | Martin Neary | John Warrack |
| Sir John Eliot Gardiner | Andrew Neill | Ashley Wass |
| Edward Gardner | Andrew Nethsingha | William Waterhouse |
| John Gardner | Richard Nettle | Paul Wee |
| Lesley Garrett | Ivor Newton | Gillian Weir |
| Barrie Gavin | Jessye Norman | Judith Weir |
| Peter Gellhorn | Sir Roger Norrington | Franz Welser-Möst |
| John Georgiadis | Christopher Nourse | Moray Welsh |
| Ulrich Gerhartz | Chi-Chi Nwanoku | Timothy West |
| James Gibb | Ruth & Ross Nye | Natalie Wheen |
| John Gilhooly | Agnes Oakes | Paul Whelan |
| Boris Giltburg | James O’Donnell | David Whelton |
| Dame Evelyn Glennie | Noriko Ogawa | Dr Jill White |
| Sir William Glock | Kevin O'Hare | Douglas Whittaker |
| Jane Glover | Siva Oke | Mark Wigglesworth |
| Alexander Goehr | Michael Oliver | Sir David Willcocks |
| Walter Goehr | Cristina Ortiz | John Williams |
| Rivka Golani | Steven Osborne OBE | Roderick Williams |
| Jill Gomez | Anne Sofie von Otter | Malcolm Williamson |
| Noel Goodwin | Cécile Ousset | Elizabeth Wilson |
| Leon Goossens | Charles Owen | John Wilson |
| Marius Goring | David Owen Norris | David Wilson-Johnson |
| Andrew Gourlay | Elaine Padmore | Debbie Wiseman OBE |
| Stephen Goss | Mark Padmore | Hugh Wood |
| Michael Grade | Felicity Palmer | William Wordsworth |
| Colin Graham | Tony Palmer | Brian Wright |
| Linda Esther Gray | Sir Andrzej Panufnik | Roger Wright |
| Edward Greenfield | Jasper Parrott | Trevor Wye |
| Dame Beryl Grey | Geoffrey Parsons | Catherine Wyn-Rogers |
| Sir Charles Groves | Ian Partridge | Sophie Wyss |
| Jonathan Groves | Jennifer Partridge | Krystian Zimerman |
| Sally Groves | György Pauk | |
| Alexei Grynyuk | Anthony Payne |
