Alan Rowlands

Alan Rowlands (1 March 1929 – 2 January 2012) was an English pianist (though born in Swansea, Wales) who made notable contributions to British musical life both as a teacher and as a performer. He obtained a degree in chemistry at Jesus College, Oxford, before winning a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music (RCM).A particular preoccupation of his was the oeuvre of John Ireland.He studied much of Ireland’s piano output with the composer himself, who recommended him to undertake a recording of the complete Ireland piano music. For much of his life Rowlands taught at the RCM, from which he retired in 1999.