Anna Lapwood

About

Anna Lapwood MBE (born 1995) is a British organist, conductor, and broadcaster, named by the New York Times as "the world's most visible organist". She was the first woman in Magdalen College Oxford's 560-year history to hold an organ scholarship, and at 21 became the youngest director of music at an Oxbridge college. In May 2025 she was appointed the inaugural official organist of the Royal Albert Hall - the first person to hold that title in the venue's 155-year history.

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free organ concert attendees, Sydney, July 2025

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2026-06
Anna Lapwood announced her first-ever UK arena tour for November 2026, with dates in Cardiff, Glasgow, and Manchester.
2026-03
Lapwood released Arise Shine, a choral album with the Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, on Sony Classical.
2026-03
Lapwood performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House as part of an Australian tour.
2025-08
Lapwood curated and performed in an all-night BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on 8 August 2025, marking the end of her decade as Director of Music at Pembroke College.
2025-05
Lapwood was named the inaugural official organist of the Royal Albert Hall and appeared on the Sunday Times Young Power List of the 30 most powerful people under 30 in the UK.