Edward Picton-Turbervill is a prize-winning composer, pianist and organist, and is due to release the first recording of his compositions with Delphian in 2025. He has premiered works written for him by Michael Finnissy, Nico Muhly, Francis Pott, Daniel Saleeb and Alex Groves, and his own composition, It is Here, won first prize at the inaugural UK songSLAM. He was a Leeds Lieder Young Artist in 2023, and is both a Britten Pears Young Artist 24-25 (as a Viola Tunnard Scholar) and a 2024 City Music Foundation Artist. Edward’s first book, Talking Through Trees, was published in 2017 by the Old Stile Press. He is the founder of Pipit, a company which exists to bring song recitals back into people’s homes, and can be heard regularly performing on Radio 3. 

Alongside his performing and composition, he is committed to music education and outreach: from 2018-2021, he was Head of Music at Atlantic College, where he oversaw a major refurbishment of the music buildings and steered the department through the pandemic. He taught for many years on the Rodolfus Foundation Choral Courses, and now works as organist at St John the Divine, Kennington, assisting with the church’s renowned youth programme.

In June 2023, Edward completed a master’s in piano accompaniment at the Guildhall, receiving a distinction and the Concert Recital Diploma (for exceptional performance). He stayed at the Guildhall for another year as a junior fellow, continuing to study with Caroline Palmer. From 2012-15 he was the organ scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he read music, graduating with a first and releasing three highly-regarded CDs with the choir. Following his undergraduate studies, he earned a master’s in environmental policy from Cambridge, and then spent a further year as an exchange student at the University of Heidelberg.