Kit Downes is a Mercury Prize nominated pianist, who balances international touring with work as a Recording Artist for ECM Records. He has toured the world playing piano, church organ and harmonium with his own bands (ENEMY, Troyka and Elt) as well as with artists such as Squarepusher, Empirical, Benny Greb and Chris Montague, who’s Warmer Than Blood he appeared on in 2020. He has written commissions for Cheltenham Music Festival, London Contemporary Orchestra, Ensemble Klang, the Scottish Ensemble, Cologne Philharmonie and the Wellcome Trust.

Kit performs solo pipe organ and solo piano concerts – and also plays in collaborations with saxophonist Tom Challenger, cellist Lucy Railton, composer Shiva Feshareki and with the band ENEMY. He is also currently working with violinist Aidan O’Rourke, composer Max de Wardener and in an organ trio with Reinier Baas and Jonas Burgwinkel. He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he himself studied and now holds a Fellowship.