BOWEN, York – All Classical Research

Born in London, Feb 22, 1884
Died in London, Nov 23, 1961

York Bowen was a composer and pianist whose particular talent for the keyboard instrument was recognized at an early age.
Starting at age 14, Bowen studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won all the piano and composition prizes. In his mid-twenties, he became a professor at the institution.
Bowen pursued both composition and piano performance professionally. As a pianist, he was known for his technical and artistic excellence.
- As a composer, Bowen wrote over 160 works. Like many of his English contemporaries, Bowen preferred the Romanticism of the previous century to the Avant-Garde movement emerging in the 20th.
Fun fact – Saint-Saëns thought that Bowen was the “finest of English composers.”¹

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