Alex Veitch

Alex is a Bristol based pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher. He has played at venues including Glastonbury, Bristol Beacon, many jazz festivals across the UK as well as a current bimonthly residency upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s. Alex has extensive experience having performed at private events for over 15 years. He can perform as a solo musician, adding sensitively to the atmosphere as background music, or in a larger ensemble from duo to quintet. Other popular instrument choices include vocalist, double bass, trumpet, and saxophone. Get in touch to discuss your ideas! In addition to private events, Alex composes for his bands and plays prolifically as a side musician in no less than 8 projects based in Bristol and London. Alex started playing the piano aged 3, playing Mozart to packed local concerts aged 8 he was dubbed a “prodigy” in the local press. He completed his grade 8 aged 12 and went on to learn with Colin Stone at the Royal Academy of Music. He studied Mathematics at Cambridge University, graduating in 2013 ,where he played regularly with the Andy Bowie Quartet, and went on to study on the Jazz Piano Masters Program at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a scholarship, studying under musicians including Gareth Lockrane, Jason Rebello and Malcolm Edmonstone. In his spare time Alex enjoys active pursuits such as running and cycling: a county champion athlete and long distance cyclist from London to Barcelona in summer 2016. He also enjoys reading and taking photographs.