Alan Parmenter

Alan Parmenter was born in London, the son of an artist and a novelist. Here he has developed his reputation as a soloist and chamber musician with performances at the Wigmore Hall, the Wathen Hall, St John's Smith Square, Kneller Hall, the National Gallery, Trinity House, the Tower of London, the V&A, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Ballet School, Chelsea Hospital and the Manoukian Cultural Centre.

For four years at the Royal College of Music he studied with Professor Rodney Friend, the celebrated soloist and ex-leader of the London Philharmonic, London Symphony and New York Philharmonic orchestras. Professor Dona Lee Croft, also at the RCM, taught Alan for eight years.

Alan has benefited from many awards, from the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, the EMI Sound Foundation and the Musicas Fund, including Geoffrey Shaw, Robert Lewin and Sydney Perry memorial awards.