Martin James Bartlett was born in Hornchurch, Essex. He began learning the piano at the age of six and bassoon and recorder from the age of eight. By the time he was 12 he had achieved Grade 8 Distinction on all three instruments. A finalist in the piano section of the BBC Young Musician 2012. Martin Bartlett is an accomplished pianist, studying at the Royal College of Music and the Purcell School.
Martin Bartlett has performed in many competitions and festivals, where he has also enjoyed considerable success. For several years running he has been a prizewinner in the Jaques Samuels Intercollegiate Piano Competition, which has resulted in a series of Wigmore Hall solo performance opportunities for him. In October 2012, he was awarded First Prize in The Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra Young Musician Competition. In July 2012, Martin Bartlett was awarded first prize in the Royal College of Music’s Senior Piano Competition, the Teresa Carreno Competition, as a result of which Martin Bartlett gave a solo recital in Bolivar Hall, London earlier this year. He was one of only five pianists chosen nationally to perform in the Keyboard Final of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2012, which was held in the Dora Stoutker Hall in Cardiff, the live performance of which was broadcast on BBC4.
