Markus Sadler

Markus Sadler is a British-German pianist and harpsichordist studying at the Royal College of Music as an undergraduate scholar, supported by the South Square Trust Award. He studies piano with Gordon Fergus-Thompson and harpsichord with Jane Chapman.

In 2025, Markus won the RCM Concerto Competition and was also awarded both the Hopkinson Gold Medal and Esther Fisher Prize for the best undergraduate performance in the RCM Chappell Medal Competition. In October 2026, he will perform Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the RCM.

Equally active as a soloist and chamber musician Markus has worked in masterclasses with Sir Stephen Hough, Noriko Ogawa, Peter Donohoe and Ulrich Koella. Chamber highlights include performances at the Ticino Musica Festival in Lugano in 2024 and 2025, as well as appearances with the Sacconi Quartet. He was recently awarded the Robert Turnbull Foundation Award to work at the 2026 Oxenfoord International Vocal Summer School.

As a solo harpsichordist and continuo player, Markus has performed in masterclasses with Skip Sempé, Steven Devine and Sophie Yates. Later this year, he will give a complete performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations as part of the Music at St Peter’s series in Dorchester.

Before entering the RCM, he studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, where he won prizes for solo and concerto playing. He also studied trumpet with Philip Bainbridge and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain’s trumpet section in 2022 and 2023.

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