Bury St Edmunds pianist and composer to make his debut at The Apex

Twenty-year-old pianist and composer from Bury St Edmunds, Oscar Lyons (pictured above) is to make his debut on town’s Apex stage next month.

Oscar began playing the piano at the age of five and was a member of the Aldeburgh Young Musicians programme, based at Snape Maltings.

He is a two-time National Youth Jazz Collective alumnus and is currently studying jazz at the Royal Academy of Music, working with some of the most innovative musicians on the scene.

Oscar has been described by UK Jazz News as “hugely talented”, by jazz pianist Chris Ingham as “a once-in-a-generation talent”, and by director of the Watford Jazz Junction, Chris Newstead, as “extraordinary… a future star of European jazz”. 

He has already established himself as a composer and improviser and has developed a distinctive voice; in addition to the jazz tradition, he draws from Latin American styles, English folk music and hymnal music.

Lyons has played as part of the London-based concert series Jazz in the Round.

He has been featured at Ronnie Scott’s in the show “Future Movers”, which showcases some of the UK’s finest young jazz musicians, and he has played twice at the Watford Jazz Junction, supporting Emma Rawicz and Mark Kavuma.

Following a sell-out performance at Bury’s Hunter Club in 2024, he returns to Bury St Edmunds with a group of contemporaries from the London jazz scene to perform his original and vibrant music.

Oscar Lyons is at The Apex on Friday, January 16, at 7.30pm.

See www.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for more details and to book tickets.