Martyn Parkes

Martyn was born and educated in Yorkshire, before moving across the Pennines to Manchester in 1994, to take up a Postgraduate place on the Piano Accompaniment course at The Royal Northern College of Music. He was appointed as a staff accompanist there in 1997.

His busy career to date has featured numerous highlights. He has worked in Manchester with both the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Halle Orchestra. He has also worked for Granada TV (The Forsyte Saga), Carlton TV ( Britains Brilliant Prodigies), BBC Radio 4 (You and Yours) and BBC TV ( Young Musicians and Classical Star.)

Martyn has accompanied recitals at many International venues, including The Wigmore Hall in London, The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Llangollen Pavilion in Wales, The Nordic House in Reykjavik and St Johns Church on the South Bank in Melbourne, Australia.

Martyn has recently recorded a CD “Salt of the Earth” with Tuba Virtuoso,Les Neish, which has received much acclaim and has won three awards in the Brass Band World, much to his delight! Since April 2006, Martyn has held the position of Full Time Accompanist at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.