Robert Sharpe is well-known as an organ recitalist and for his work with the choirs of York Minster, where he is Director of Music, and Truro Cathedral where he was Director of Music from 2002-2008.

Described as “playing with authority and musical persuasion” [Organists’ Review], his programmes feature music from all periods, with a bias towards the 19th and 20th century French school as well as 20th century English repertoire and the works of J S Bach; there is always an emphasis on musical contrast and style for each concert.

He held positions at St Albans Abbey, Exeter College Oxford (from where he graduated with a degree in music) and Lichfield Cathedral where he was assistant organist before moving to Cornwall, and his teachers have included Roger Bryan, David Sanger and the late Nicholas Danby.

Sharpe has made numerous recordings in recent years both as organ soloist and with the choir of Truro Cathedral. These have all received critical acclaim, being described as “playing which is assured and musical… the crescendos are brilliantly managed” [Organists’ Review]; “my top billing among this year’s Christmas discs… Truro serves up one superb track after another” [Church Times] and “tending toward a vocal purity that is truly outstanding” [MusicWeb International].

Robert Sharpe was also Musical Director of Three Spires Singers and Orchestra in Truro. His performances with them have been admired by the critics, recently describing a concert as “an evening of virtuosity and opulence and a hard act to follow”.

His interests include the liturgy of the church and integrating music within it, interesting wines, entertaining, furniture, engravings, architecture and technology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2008, he received the Cornwhylen Cross from the Cornish Gorseth for an "outstanding contribution to religious music in Cornwall".

Robert Sharpe welcomes enquiries for organ concerts; please click here to send an email.