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 |
