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A stunningly versatile Pianist, specialising in Jazz & Classical Covers. Performing Nationwide with signature Baby Grand Piano Shell!
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Chichester
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With over 12 years of experience in the wedding and events industry, I’ve had the privilege of performing at hundreds of weddings, private celebrations, and corporate events throughout the UK and internationally. My versatile repertoire spans Classical, Jazz, Pop, and Rock, allowing me to bring a sense of elegance, sophistication, and atmosphere to every occasion. I understand the important role music plays in creating unforgettable moments. Whether you have a carefully curated playlist in mind or would prefer to leave the musical direction to me, I work closely with every client to create the perfect soundtrack for their day. As a trusted pianist for couples, wedding planners, and event professionals alike, I provide support from our first conversation through to the final note on the day itself. My aim is to ensure every musical moment is seamless, stress-free, and perfectly timed. From intimate family ceremonies to large-scale weddings and corporate events, I tailor my performance to suit each occasion. Previous venues include the Corinthia London, Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire, The Savoy, Home House, Coworth Park, Cliveden House and Goodwood Estate, among many others. Previous clients have included members of the Royal Family, world leaders, and global brands such as Adidas, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi. Based in London and the South East, I regularly travel throughout the UK and internationally for weddings, private events, and corporate engagements. If you're looking to add a touch of elegance and timeless charm to your wedding day, I'd love to help. Get in touch and together we can create the perfect musical backdrop for your celebration.

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Christian's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Olivia W
1 month ago
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5 out of 5

We used Christian for our ceremony and music through the meal etc- he was brilliant- professional, helpful from start to finish. The music was lovely- would definitely recommend

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Bertie H
7 months ago
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5 out of 5

Christian was fantastic! Really quick, clear and helpful communication before the event. Was very flexible to accommodate our ever changing event requests and was a pleasure to deal with on the evening itself. Highly recommended!

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Emily W
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

Christian was so brilliant and made our ceremony feel so special! Great communication throughout and made us feel at ease. Thank you Christian!

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Anisa M
1 year ago
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5 out of 5

Christian was incredibly responsive and helpful with answering any questions we had. The performance was for my wedding where Christian had learnt 4 bollywood songs of our choice. Considering they were completely new to him, they were performed perfectly. Thank you Christian for making our day so special, would 100% recommend:)

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Suzy W
6 years ago, for a Bar / Club / Venue event in 13 St Pancras
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5 out of 5

Christian now has a regular spot in our restaurant Woodies. He delivers piano perfection with cool jazz vibes, complimenting the atmosphere of the restaurant beautifully. I strongly recommend taking time to check him out. I’m pretty sure he‘d be a hit with all types of audiences. On top of his piano talent Christian is also an extremely nice guy. Would highly recommend.

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Ash B
7 years ago, for a Christmas party in Colerne
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5 out of 5

Great performance at our Christmas Ball. He played a great mixture of current and classic songs and received several rounds of applause during dinner. Would definitely recommend him.

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Christian's Song list

Pop
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Mamma Mia – ABBA
Money, Money, Money – ABBA
SOS – ABBA
The Winner Takes It All – ABBA
Chasing Pavements – Adele
Easy on Me – Adele
Hello – Adele
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
Skyfall – Adele
Someone Like You – Adele
When We Were Young – Adele
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Ordinary – Alex Warren
Faded – Alan Walker
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys
Wake Me Up – Avicii
Everybody – Backstreet Boys
Stand by Me – Ben E. King
Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
Crazy in Love – Beyoncé
Halo – Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy – Beyoncé
Texas Hold ’Em – Beyoncé
Many of Horror – Biffy Clyro
Birds of a Feather – Billie Eilish
Lovely – Billie Eilish
Ocean Eyes – Billie Eilish
What Was I Made For? – Billie Eilish
When the Party’s Over – Billie Eilish
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Piano Man – Billy Joel
She’s Always a Woman – Billy Joel
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
I Threw It All Away – Bob Dylan
I Want You – Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
Mr. Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
Living on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
Never Fall in Love Again – Burt Bacharach
...Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Toxic – Britney Spears
Havana – Camila Cabello
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & the Papas
Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
Casual – Chappell Roan
Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
HOT TO GO! – Chappell Roan
Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Symphony – Clean Bandit
A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay
Clocks – Coldplay
Everglow – Coldplay
Fix You – Coldplay
The Scientist – Coldplay
Yellow – Coldplay
Forget You – CeeLo Green
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Bad Day – Daniel Powter
Changes – David Bowie
Heroes – David Bowie
Let’s Dance – David Bowie
Life on Mars? – David Bowie
Modern Love – David Bowie
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Starman – David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie
Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
Levitating – Dua Lipa
One Kiss – Dua Lipa
Bad Habits – Ed Sheeran
Castle on the Hill – Ed Sheeran
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Photograph – Ed Sheeran
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
Bennie and the Jets – Elton John
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
I’m Still Standing – Elton John
Rocket Man – Elton John
Your Song – Elton John
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
Evil Woman – ELO
Mr. Blue Sky – ELO
American Boy – Estelle
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
From Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
Budapest – George Ezra
Casio – George Ezra
Careless Whisper – George Michael
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
I Love You, I’m Sorry – Gracie Abrams
Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman
Rewrite the Stars – The Greatest Showman
Tightrope – The Greatest Showman
Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates
Adore You – Harry Styles
Aperture – Harry Styles
As It Was – Harry Styles
Late Night Talking – Harry Styles
Music for a Sushi Restaurant – Harry Styles
Sign of the Times – Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
Take Me to Church – Hozier
Believer – Imagine Dragons
High Hopes – Imagine Dragons
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
I Feel Good – James Brown
Hold Back the River – James Bay
You’re Beautiful – James Blunt
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
All of Me – John Legend
Ordinary People – John Legend
Imagine – John Lennon
Instant Karma! – John Lennon
Jealous Guy – John Lennon
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
Give It Up – KC and the Sunshine Band
Human – The Killers
Mr. Brightside – The Killers
Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey
Video Games – Lana Del Rey
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Someone Like You – Lewis Capaldi
One Thing – Lola Young
Messy – Lola Young
I Wan’na Be Like You – Louis Prima
7 Years – Lukas Graham
It Must Be Love – Madness
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Comin’ Home Baby – Mel Tormé
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Come as You Are – Nirvana
Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
The Great Divide – Noah Kahan
Willing and Able – Noah Kahan
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Half the World Away – Oasis
Wonderwall – Oasis
Fade Into You – Olivia Dean
Man I Need – Olivia Dean
Nice to Each Other – Olivia Dean
Rein Me In – Olivia Dean
So Easy to Fall in Love – Olivia Dean
Counting Stars – OneRepublic
I Ain’t Worried – OneRepublic
Hey Ya! – Outkast
High Hopes – Panic! at the Disco
Let Her Go – Passenger
Happy – Pharrell Williams
You Can’t Hurry Love – Phil Collins
Where Is My Mind? – Pixies
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Killer Queen – Queen
Somebody to Love – Queen
Creep – Radiohead
Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles
Angels – Robbie Williams
She’s the One – Robbie Williams
Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter
Taste – Sabrina Carpenter
17 Going Under – Sam Fender
People Watching – Sam Fender
Spit of You – Sam Fender
Stay With Me – Sam Smith
You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
Don’t Kill My Vibe – Sigrid
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Stuck in the Middle With You – Stealers Wheel
For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Golden Brown – The Stranglers
Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
August – Taylor Swift
Blank Space – Taylor Swift
Cardigan – Taylor Swift
Enchanted – Taylor Swift
Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Lover – Taylor Swift
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Mad World – Tears for Fears
About You – The 1975
Chocolate – The 1975
I’m in Love With You – The 1975
Somebody Else – The 1975
The Sound – The 1975
Across the Universe – The Beatles
All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
And I Love Her – The Beatles
Blackbird – The Beatles
Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
Come Together – The Beatles
Got to Get You Into My Life – The Beatles
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere – The Beatles
Hey Jude – The Beatles
In My Life – The Beatles
Let It Be – The Beatles
Something – The Beatles
The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles
Two of Us – The Beatles
With a Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
Yesterday – The Beatles
Boys Don’t Cry – The Cure
Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
In-Between Days – The Cure
Just Like Heaven – The Cure
Dreams – The Cranberries
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Temptations
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Starboy – The Weeknd
Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
I Feel It Coming – The Weeknd
Simply the Best – Tina Turner
Another Love – Tom Odell
Dancing in the Moonlight – Toploader
Riptide – Vance Joy
A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
Jazz - Standards
Feeling Good
L.O.V.E
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Misty
Autumn Leaves
Ain't Misbehavin
You’re Just In Love
Beyond The Sea
My Favourite Things
At Last
I Can’t Escape From You
All Of You
I’ll Remember April
Oleo
What a Difference a Day Made
After you’ve gone
Just Friends
Alice In Wonderland
Almost Like Being In Love
All The Things You Are
Alone Together
Peace Piece
Waltz For Debby
Moanin
Minnie The Moocher
Charleston
Take Five
Take The A Train
Almost Like Being In Love
Satin Doll
Footprints
I've Found a New Baby
Blue Bossa
What a Wonderful World
All Blues
Blue In Green
Four
So What
My Way
My Baby Just Cares Piano
Autumn In New York
Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
Mack The Knife
Moonlight In Vermont
Blue Moon
Have You Met Miss Jones
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Summertime
Blue Train
I Fall In Love Too Easily
Cantaloupe Island
Blue Skies
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Caravan
Cheek To Cheek
Fly Me To The Moon
I Love You
It Could Happen To You
Foggy Day
It Don't Mean a Thing
Lullaby Of Birdland
The Man I love
My Funny Valentine
Exactly Like You
Sweet Georgia Brown
Georgia
Girl From Ipanema
Honey Suckle Rose
How High The Moon
I Got Rhythm
Round Midnight
Moon River
Classical
Prelude in C – Bach
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven
Carmen - Bizet
Nocturne in E Flat - Chopin
Clair De Lune - Debussy
Deux Arabesques - Debussy
I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi
Nuvole Bianche – Einaudi
Prima Vera - Einaudi
Fantasy in D Minor - Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
La Boheme - Puccini
Gymnopedie 1 - Erik Satie
Trois Gossiennes - Erik Satie
The Beautiful Blue Danube - Strauss
Morning Mood – Vivaldi
River Flows in You - Yiruma

Christian's Prices

Last updated: 2025

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
DurationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£187.50
Up to 1 hour£250
Up to 2 hours£325
Up to 3 hours£406.25
Packages
Wedding ceremony1 hour
This includes music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave.
£250
Drinks reception2 hours
Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception
£315
Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception 2 hours
- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - 2 x 45 min performances at the drinks reception.
£445

Add-ons

Skype Consultation and 3 New Songs Learned
Free
Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

That's completely fine. So long as I have notice, I can change my arrangements to make sure the event runs as smoothly as possible.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Of course, a lot of people ask for this service. Just let me know if it is something you're interested in.

How much time do you need to set up?

It usually takes me between 30-45 minutes to set up. If I'm set up early I can provide a free playlist service to create the right atmosphere pre show.

If I have a piano at my venue, are you happy to perform on that?

Yes, of course - as long as the piano is in working order and in tune, then I'm happy to play on it.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Of course, I like to work with every booker to create the best playlist for their event! I have hundreds of songs in my setlist, but I am always happy to add special requests!

Are you able to bring your own piano or keyboard?

Yes, absolutely.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Of course, providing I get a week's notice then I will be able to learn your requests with no trouble at all!

What do your clients love most about your performances?

My clients love the jazz spin I put on piano covers. In my standard set you can expect to hear everything from Taylor Swift, to Nirvana jazzed up in a fun modern style. It's a real talking point for guests, and gets everyone involved, particularly when I take requests!

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Queens Hotel Portsmouth St Mary's Stadium Old Thorns Country Club and Hotel Victorious Festival Goodwood Revival Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire Marriot Hotel Portsmouth Town Hall Hotel Shoreditch Norfolk Hotel Arundel Knepp Castle Estate Horsham Harrow School and many more...

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

As a piano player I love the music of Scott Bradlee - his work with Post Modern Jukebox has been hugely inspiring for me.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

When I was younger I was in an originals band. We toured the UK quite often, however the most high profile gig we did was a tour of Germany and France. Personally as a soloist I have played at Premier League Stadiums, and have played at VIP private parties, however I can't disclose their name publicly !
Musicianship
Genres:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Christmas, Covers, Karaoke, Top 40, Motown, Tribute, Easy listening, Light music, Originals, Blues, Ragtime, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Pop rock, Indie, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical crossover, Garage, House, Swing, Acoustic, Ambient pop
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve
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Other skills:
Arranger, Audio engineer, Composer, Instrumental teaching, Composition teaching, Theory teaching, Fluent improviser, Lyricist, Producer, Orchestrator
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