Hugh Rowlands is an organist, pianist and conductor based in Oxford, where he is Assistant Organist at New College, Oxford.
As a solo organist and pianist, he has performed at major venues across the UK and internationally, including Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, at the St Alban’s International Organ Festival, the National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing, and Shanghai Symphony Hall.
Hugh is a member of the James McVinnie ensemble. Recent engagements included a performances at the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, Saffron Hall, and at Bold Tendencies, Peckham.
He frequently collaborates with choirs and ensembles. He has recorded on the SOMM and Albion labels with the Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and appeared as soloist alongside the early music ensemble, Alamire, at the Tage Alter Musik Festival, Regensburg. He has appeared with the London Contemporary Orchestra at London’s Union Chapel, and the Icelandic duo Jònsi and Alex, with the LCO, at London’s Barbican Centre and the Paris Philharmonie.
Hugh is a graduate of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was Organ Scholar and Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. He was Deputy Director of Music at Haileybury College from 2021 – 2024, leading the Chamber Choir on tours to Australia, Malaysia and Italy. He continues his studies as a Collaborative Pianist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.