Pianist Nicolas Hodges is an important specialist in contemporary music, having collaborated closely with composers, including Wolfgang Rihm and Harrison Birtwistle. He is also a noted educator.
Hodges was born in London in 1970. His mother was a member of the BBC Singers, his father a BBC studio manager and amateur musician. He attended Christ Church Cathedral School in Oxford, where he made his performing debut as a boy treble in the Christ Church Cathedral Choir. He went on to Winchester College and then to Cambridge and Bristol Universities. His teachers included Susan Br...