Michael Howell

Michael Howell Michael Howell Michael Howell

Michael Howell

Michael Howell Michael Howell Michael Howell

Composer and musician

Composer and musicianComposer and musicianComposer and musicianComposer and musician

Channel 4's The Piano finalist                    "A genius...The new Bach" Lang Lang

Composer and musician

Composer and musicianComposer and musicianComposer and musicianComposer and musician

Channel 4's The Piano finalist                    "A genius...The new Bach" Lang Lang

About

  

Described by world class pianist Lang Lang as ‘A genius...The new Bach’ during his performance on Channel 4’s popular and inspiring programme The Piano, Michael Howell is an extraordinary young artist composer, singer and pianist from west London, UK. Dealing with the twin challenges of autism and ADHD, Michael is a self-taught pianist (via an iPhone app) and composer who began producing his own unique and engaging works, some created using ‘Echolalian’ (abstract-vocalism), a language he invented to connect the listener to the music in a way that is purely musical and goes beyond linguistic understanding. 


Michael established his career with his original vocal and piano piece ‘Great is the Grief’, composed in 2014 and recorded in 2017. Described by BBC News as ‘The autistic musician who makes music with his mind’, Michael subsequently featured in the BBC Three mini-documentary series: ‘Amazing Humans’ in 2018, which focused on his creativity and challenges with autism. The first international recognition of Michael’s talents came with a Japanese television documentary in 2023 by WOWOW. The film, ‘Who I Am Life', was premiered at Yurakucho Asahi Hall, Tokyo, Japan with Michael invited as a special guest performer and speaker.


Michael’s eclectic compositional style has developed from baroque, romantic, jazz and gospel music, and throughout his musical journey he has transformed his artistry into a new dimension of music: unique, set-apart artistically and difficult to categorise, yet always beautiful, engaging and heartfelt. 


Michael holds a Music degree (with Honours) from Royal Holloway University.

The Piano Channel 4 Feature

News & Events

Latest release - Impromptu no.1 in d major

Michael's latest creative vision, also available on Youtube & Spotify

Music

Great is the Grief

Rise Again (Song)

Theme V (Iconic Theme Tune for Screen)

What's Going On

Video

Good Morning

Great is the Grief

The Missing

Photo Gallery

Press & Media Coverage

Channel 4's Piano article in Classic FM

Channel 4's Piano article in Classic FM

Channel 4's Piano article in Classic FM

VISIT ARTICLE

Japanese Press on Michael Howell

Channel 4's Piano article in Classic FM

Channel 4's Piano article in Classic FM

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BBC News Article

Channel 4's Piano article in Classic FM

Japanese Television feature

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Japanese Television feature

Channel 4's Piano article in The Sun

Japanese Television feature

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BBC Amazing Humans feature

Channel 4's Piano article in The Sun

Channel 4's Piano article in The Sun

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Channel 4's Piano article in The Sun

Channel 4's Piano article in The Sun

Channel 4's Piano article in The Sun

vISIT aRTICLE

Channel 4's Piano article in Metro

Channel 4's Piano article in WalesOnLine

Channel 4's Piano article in WalesOnLine

VISIT ARTCLE

Channel 4's Piano article in WalesOnLine

Channel 4's Piano article in WalesOnLine

Channel 4's Piano article in WalesOnLine

VISIT ARTICLE

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Biography & Hi-Res images available 

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For more information or to contact Michael, please contact...

michaeljhowellmusic@gmail.com

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