Alex Hughes read Music at Canterbury Christ Church University before subsequently completing postgraduate studies at both the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and the Royal Northern College of Music. 

Festival appearances include the Canterbury Festival, RepCo Festival, North Wales International Music Festival, Lagrasse Piano Festival and the RNCM Day of Song. He has participated in masterclasses given by Pascal Rogé, John Irving, Julius Drake, Brian Hughes, James Baillieu and David Owen Norris. 

Alex is a Visiting Teacher of Piano at Warwick School, Brighton College and New College School, having previously held teaching positions at Christ’s Hospital School and Repton School.