Archie Bonham

Archie Bonham is a sought-after collaborative pianist specialising in chamber music and vocal repertoire. He has performed as a song and chamber recitalist at Wigmore Hall, the Royal Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, and Salle Cortot in Paris. He has been a young artist at Britten Pears Arts, and Shipston Song Festival, and was official pianist for the Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange led by Dame Felicity Lott. He was the New Horizons Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School, playing for the vocal studios of Renée Fleming, Carol Vaness, and Dr. Stephen King. He was a Fellow at the Oxenfoord International Vocal Summer School, and joined the Samling Artist programme in 2026. With the chamber music collective EMPOWER he has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. For the 2026/2027 season, he joins the Oxford Song Young Artist Programme with regular duo partner Maryam Wocial. 

Archie won the pianist prize at the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards at Wigmore Hall, and pianist and best duo prizes at the Ashburnham English Song Awards with duo partner Ellen Pearson. During his studies at the Royal College of Music he was awarded all the major prizes for vocal collaboration. He regularly appears in recital series’ across the country both with singers and instrumentalists. 

Archie is on the faculties of the New Virtuosi International Violin Mastercourse in Oxford, Oxenfoord International Vocal Summer School in St Andrews, and the Tosti International Singing Academy in Folkestone. Alongside freelance performing, he is a staff pianist at the Royal College of Music in London, and teaches at Westminster School. From 2024-26 he was the Adami Fellow in Collaborative Piano at the RCM. After undergraduate studies at the University of York, he completed a Master’s degree in Piano and an Artist Diploma in Collaborative Piano at the RCM, studying with Simon Lepper, Roger Vignoles, and Danny Driver. His studies were generously supported by the Needley Family Scholarship and the Viola Tunnard Trust.