Alan Cuckston

Who is Alan Cuckston?

Alan George Cuckston is an English harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and lecturer.

Alan Cuckston was born near Leeds and studied music with Fanny Waterman and Lamar Crowson and at Kings College, Cambridge, 1959–63. He successfully auditioned for the BBC, and has given frequent broadcasts as keyboard and harpsichord soloist. Cuckston also and joined the staff of the Music Department at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham. In 1968 he played the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, the reportoire of which included: the Monteverdi Choir, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, the English Chamber Orchestra, Vespro della Beata Vergine, and conductor John Eliot Gardiner.

As a freelance player "of international repute" and specialising in early keyboard instruments, Cuckston has given concerts in many parts of Europe and North America and has toured as harpsichordist with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and as organist with Pro Cantione Antiqua. He also lectures in classical music

Cuckston has produced an extensive repertoire of recordings, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day. He has released music by Handel, Rameau and Couperin and the complete piano music of Alan Rawsthorne. Alan is also featured in The Creel