Harry Baker is an award-winning improvising pianist and composer active at the highest levels of both jazz and classical performance.

As a jazz musician, Harry has worked with top jazz performers at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, King’s Place and the Jazz Cafe. As a classical pianist, collaborations with artists including singers Fatma Said (Warner Classics), Danielle de Niese (Metropolitan Opera) and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason have led to performances at Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, the Verbier Festival and the Konzerthaus Dortmund, in addition to media performances on BBC1&2, BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3.

Upcoming international touring highlights include the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland in Summer 2024, alongside a series of European performances with Kanneh-Mason in late 2024. The pair will showcase their unique collection of classical, jazz and folk at the Konzerthaus Berlin and in Haarlem, Netherlands, featuring music from their collaboration on Kanneh-Mason’s album, ‘Song’ (Decca).

In early 2020, Harry released his debut album, ‘The Floating Boy’, a suite for big band and voices performed by the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra and vocal group The Oxford Gargoyles. The album launch was accompanied by a feature interview in London Jazz News and was played on Jazz FM, leading presenter Helen Mayhew to comment that “the future of British jazz is in very capable hands.”

Harry is in-demand as a session musician, and has performed on BBC Radio 2&3 and BBC 1&2 with Gareth Malone and Zak Abel. He is also a passionate advocate for music education: recent work includes lectures on ‘How to Practise’ and ‘How to Perform’ for the David Ross Education Trust, and performances at Cadogan Hall and in the Olympic Park as Musician-in-Residence at Bobby Moore Academy.