Biography

Alexander Ffinch studied at the Royal College of Music, and was later organ scholar of Keble College, Oxford where he subsequently became a pupil of Thomas Trotter. He was resident organist at Lancaster Town Hall where he gave over 100 recitals in the 1990’s and gained recognition in the St Albans Interpretation Competition in 1999. He performs extensively in UK, Europe, USA and has also appeared in Asia.

He was appointed College Organist of Cheltenham College in 2004, after a three year tenure as Director of Music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and is responsible for the daily organ playing in the College Chapel as well as accompanying the Choirs. Throughout his time at Cheltenham, he has continued to give recitals regularly and has featured in The Cheltenham International Music Festival and on BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcasts as organist.

In 2017, Alexander oversaw the second complete rebuild of the College organ by Harrison and Harrison, and he continues to promote opportunities for both the College organ pupils as well as visiting recitalists. Throughout 2020/21, Alexander was fortunate to be able to perform online regularly. He gave the monthly Cheltenham College Lunchtime Live Organ Recital and played for many livestream events during this time.

2019 saw the release of the album Transformations which includes a critically acclaimed recording of Liszt’s ‘Ad nos’ and the world premiere recording of The Dancing Pipes by Jonathan Dove.

2024 sees the release of Parallels, a compilation album which places another commercially unrecorded work alongside more familiar and popular repertoire. Featuring on BBC R3 In Concert, Essential Classics and Breakfast shows, as well as Pipedreams and WRR101FM in USA, the album has been well received.