the Month by Gramophone Magazine in August 2017. Teaching and Masterclasses Owen is a Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and a Visiting Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. In 2016, he was appointed Steinway & Sons UK Ambassador, a role which includes regular masterclasses at Steinway Hall and visits to many of the UK's leading independent schools including Eton College, Winchester College & Westminster School, among others. London Piano Festival Owen is the co-Artistic Director of the London Piano Festival, an annual celebration of the piano held at Kings Place, with his regular duo partner Katya Apekisheva. The duo created the Festival in 2016 and have commissioned piano works from composers Nico Muhly and Elena Langer as part of the Festival. Discography Brahms, Late Piano Music Op 76/79/116-119 (Avie Records, 2018) Rachmaninov, The Two Piano Suites & Six Morceaux, Op11 - Katya Apekishava (Avie Records, 2017) Jonathan Dove, In Damascus, Piano Quintet – Sacconi Quartet, Mark Padmore (Signum Classics, 2017) Stravinsky, Piano Ballets – Petrushka & The Rite of Spring - Katya Apekisheva (Quartz, 2016) J. S. Bach, The Six Keyboard Partitas (Avie, 2016) Fauré, The Complete Barcarolles (Avie, 2011) Fauré, The Complete Nocturnes (Avie, 2008) Rachmaninov & Chopin, Cello Sonatas - Natalie Clein (EMI, 2006) Brahms & Schubert, Cello Sonatas - Natalie Clein (Classics for Pleasure/ EMI, 2004) Poulenc, Piano Music (Somm, 2003) Janáček, Piano Music (Somm, 2002) References External links London Piano Festival Official Website 1971 births Living people People from Cambridge Musicians from Hampshire Musicians from Worcestershire English classical pianists Male classical pianists Academics of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Artistic directors (music) 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century British male musicians