pianist / composer / teacher

Decorative shelf with potted plants, a ceramic mug, a bust sculpture, candle, metronome, and sheet music in front of a framed picture.

“The most instantly engaging tune was […] composed by and performed by Richard Jones on a slightly beat up piano. This sounded like Ben Folds improvising on a theme of Vince Guaraldi (i.e. Charlie Brown music). I would happily listen to that again and again.” – Kevin Lindegaard, aaron-copland.com

I am an award winning classical pianist and composer based in Somerset and Bristol.

I compose contemporary classical music in all its pomp and glory: symphonies, sonatas, partitas, string quartets, masses. As a pianist, I champion the music of fellow contemporary composers as well as my own. I also showcase gems from the canon of Western piano music, from Bach to Prokofiev. Last but not least, I teach piano and composition (with music theory and songwriting) one-to-one.

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To me, performing, writing and teaching all benefit from one another, their proximity facilitating spontaneous cross-pollination and continual re-examination of what we know and do.