Christopher Elton

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Christopher Elton is a British piano teacher, former Head of the Keyboard department of the Royal Academy of Music in London and a professor emeritus of the University of London. [1] [2] [3]

Biography

Christopher Elton was born in Edinburgh and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he achieved the unusual distinction of gaining the Academy's Dip.RAM, both on piano and cello. After his formal studies he continued his studies with Maria Curcio and was a prizewinner in several British and international piano competitions, and performed both as a soloist and chamber musician. He also freelanced with the major London orchestras playing cello. [4] [2] [3]

Mr Elton has long served as a professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music, and later as Head of the Keyboard Department. Christopher Elton's students have won international awards, the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, the Montreal International Music Competition, the Van Cliburn and London "World" International Piano Competitions as well as in Jaen, Newport and Dudley. His students include José Feghali [5] , Orit Wolf [6] , Joanna MacGregor [7] , Jayson Gillham [8] , Freddy Kempf [9] , Amandine Savary [10] , Yevgeny Sudbin [9] , Rustem Hayroudinoff [11] , Mei Yi Foo [12] , Ashley Wass [9] , Jose Manuel Martinez [13] , Helena Ha-Young Sul [14] , Michael Csányi-Wills [15] , Benjamin Grosvenor [16] , and Julian Trevelyan [17] .

He currently resides with his wife, fellow piano teacher Hilary Coates. [18]

References

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  6. https://humanities.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CV-ORIT-WOLF-August-2023-Non-T.pdf
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  8. "Jayson Gillham - Classical Music Daily". www.classicalmusicdaily.com. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 https://www.ram.ac.uk/people/christopher-elton
  10. "Salieca Piano Trio | Percius Management". www.percius.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  11. "Rustem Hayroudinoff Teaching". mysite. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  12. "Mei Yi Foo". The Keyboard Charitable Trust. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  13. "Christopher Elton - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia". Alchetron.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  14. "BIO". Helena Ha-Young Sul (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  15. https://eclassical.textalk.se/shop/17115/art35/4970035-da642c-5060113443298.pdf
  16. "Christopher Elton - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia". Alchetron.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  17. "Julian Trevelyan | concert pianist, composer and musician". JULIAN TREVELYAN. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  18. "Hilary Coates - Page 2". www.hilarycoates.com. Retrieved 16 August 2025.