ALEXANDER FFINCH

Alexander Ffinch studied at the Royal College of Music and, later, was organ scholar at Keble College, Oxford, where he subsequently became a pupil of Thomas Trotter. He was resident organist at Lancaster Town Hall, giving over 100 recitals there during the 1990's. He also won recognition in the St Albans Interpretation Competition in 1999. He has performed regularly in the UK, Europe, and the USA, and is a well-known international recitalist. His career has led to numerous engagements including: York Minster; Kings College, Cambridge; St John's College, Cambridge; St Johns, Smith Square; Birmingham Town Hall; the Cambridge Summer Music Festival, and Westminster Cathedral. Engagements abroad have included Lambertikirche Munster; Bavokirk, Haarlem; St Nlkolaskirk, Amsterdam; Wiesenkirche, Soest; DreiKonigskirche, Frankfurt; and Christ Church, Christiana Hundred, USA, in 2003, 2005, and 2007. Alexander was appointed College Organist of Cheltenham College in 2004, after a three-year tenure as Director of Music at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He continues to give recitals regularly and future engagements include concerts in Switzerland, Germany, and Hong Kong during 2008, and in the USA in 2009.