Jeremy Filsell is one of only a few virtuoso performers as both pianist and organist. He has appeared as a solo pianist in Russia, Scandinavia, New Zealand and Australia and throughout the USA and UK. His concerto repertoire encompasses Bach, Mozart and Beethoven through to Shostakovich, John Ireland, Constant Lambert and the Rachmaninov cycle, and he is on the international roster of Steinway Piano Artists. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, USA, and Scandinavian radio networks in solo and concerto roles, and his discography comprises more than 35 solo recordings. Recent releases have included Rachmaninov’s solo piano music, the first and second Concertos, the piano music of Francis Pott (Acis), and the Clavier-Übung III of J. S Bach.
Jeremy has taught at universities and summer schools in both the UK and US and has served on international competition juries in England, Switzerland and the US. Solo engagements have taken him across this country, the UK and to Germany, France, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Australia and New Zealand in recent years. In North America, he concertizes under the auspices of Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. He studied at Oxford before completing graduate studies in piano performance at the Royal College of Music in London. A PhD, from Birmingham City University focused on aesthetic and interpretative issues in the music of Marcel Dupré. Before moving permanently to the US in 2008, Jeremy held Academic and Performance lectureships at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Since residing in the US, he has combined an international recital and teaching career with being Artist-in-Residence at Washington National Cathedral, Professor of Organ at Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore), Director of Music at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York (2018-25), and Director of Music at Christ Episcopal Church in Bradenton since last year.