“Imaginative, open-minded and a brilliant musician, the organist and conductor Anna Lapwood is the dream ambassador for classical music.” - Gramophone

“She is much more than a gifted organist, choral conductor and social media sensation… she’s a star on a mission” - The Sunday Times

“She had rightly become “the world’s most visible organist”” - New York Times

 

Hans Zimmer∣Chevaliers de Sangreal

Philip Glass Mad Rush

Bach/Gounod∣Ave Maria

Hans Zimmer∣Cornfield Chase

Ludovico Einaudi∣Experience

Eugène Gigout∣10 Pièces pour orgue: IV. Toccata

Howard Shore (Arr. Lapwood) ∣ Suite from The Lord of the Rings

 

- Intermission -

 

John Williams (Arr. Lapwood) ∣Duel of the Fates from Star Wars

Rachel Portman∣Flight

Olivia Belli∣Limina Luminis

Hans Zimmer∣Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean

 

*program is subject to change

 

 

 

As a recitalist, Anna has carved out a niche combining performances of more traditional organ repertoire with film and orchestral music, often in her own arrangements. Her recent touring programmes have placed the music of Duruflé, Gigout and Britten alongside large-scale transcriptions of music from Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lord of the Rings. Recent recital venues include Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, the Sydney Opera House, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall and Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. A successful collaboration with AEG Presents has resulted to two sold-out UK tours with a third scheduled for June 2026 featuring her new bespoke touring instrument from Content Organs. In 2025 she also opens for Ludovico Einaudi – whose ‘Experience’ she recorded for the 2023 album LUNA – at London’s O2 Arena. Aside from recitals, her recent concert highlights include performances of Jongen’s Symphonie concertante with the Hallé, Poulenc’s Organ Concerto with both the Hallé and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ’ Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Antonio Pappano.

 

A keen collaborator, Anna is an Artist in Association with the BBC Singers and Featured Artist with the Hallé. Her relationship Royal Albert Hall has resulted in some of her most memorable pop collaborations. There she has accompanied artists including AURORA, Bonobo, Florence + the Machine, and Raye, as well as actor Benedict Cumberbatch for Letters Live. Her close relationship with the Hall has also led to the launch of a new annual Organ Scholar Programme, which offers an emerging musician the chance to hone their craft on the Hall’s famous Henry Willis organ, as well as to shadow and perform with Anna in concert.