Pianist Tom Poster is a versatile figure whose talents include composition and ensemble leadership. He has a highly varied repertory, and he has devised unusual programs and composed an opera for puppets.
Poster was born in 1981. He was a prodigy who performed at age ten at the Kettle's Yard gallery at Cambridge University on a BBC World Service broadcast. At 13, he gave his first recital in London. At the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Poster studied with Joan Havill. He received the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in the keyboard section in 2000 and first prize a...