Anna Lapwood

Organist of London’s Royal Albert Hall, Anna Lapwood MBE is a driving force in the promotion of classical music to new and diverse audiences. As Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge (2016-25), she raised the status of choral singing there to new heights and founded the first Girls’ Choir in the institution’s 700-year history. In the spring of 2025, Anna was included in the annual Sunday Times Young Power List, celebrating the 30 most powerful people under 30 in the UK. A frequent concerto soloist with leading orchestras and conductors, among them  Sir Mark Elder and Sir Antonio Pappano, she will feature as Artist in Residence with The Hallé throughout the 2025-26 season. Anna’s pioneering partnerships include collaborations with Aurora, Alison Balsom, Bonobo, Jules Buckley and Benedict Cumberbatch. Recent and forthcoming engagements include performances at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Sydney Opera House and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
 

As a broadcaster, Anna made her TV presenting debut on BBC Young Musician, has hosted televised Proms, and is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio 3 and 4 and Classic FM. Anna’s growing online audience includes over two million social media followers. As a student she became the first female organ scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford since its foundation in 1458. In 2022 Anna was appointed Ambassador of the Cathedral Music Trust; she established the annual Cambridge Organ Experience for Girls and, in the same year, curated and edited Gregoriana for Stainer & Bell, an anthology of 12 new organ pieces by female composers that received Presto Music’s Publication of the Year award. Anna is an exclusive recording artist for Sony Classical.