Harry Baker is an award-winning British pianist, arranger and educator active at the highest levels of both jazz and classical music. As a jazz musician, he has worked with Jamie Cullum, Misha Mullov-Abbado and others at venues including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and King’s Place. As a classical pianist, collaborations with sopranos Fatma Said (Warner Classics), Danielle de Niese (Metropolitan Opera) and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason have led to performances at Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall and the Verbier Festival. Recent international touring highlights include the Edinburgh International Festival, Lucerne Festival and Konzerthaus Berlin.
Harry is a College Lecturer at Pembroke College, and he tutors Techniques of Composition, Stylistic Composition and Composition modules to undergraduate students across the university. He also gives the Jazz lectures for FHS Stylistic Composition.
A versatile and high-profile arranger, Harry has written for Aurora Orchestra, National Youth Choirs, The King’s Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Jess Gillam Ensemble. In 2024, Harry made his BBC Proms debut with an hour-long programme of his arrangements of classical, jazz and pop music for Fantasia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Harry’s arrangements have been recorded on Decca Classics and BBC Radio 3 and published by ABRSM.
