Llewelyn Blezard-Greenwell

Llewelyn Blezard-Greenwell is an organist, harpist, and pianist. He lives in the North East of England in County Durham, and has been studying music since the age of four, when he started learning the piano. He started playing the organ at the age of ten when a local parish church (St Mary’s, Gainford) was offering an apprenticeship for a young person who wished to learn the instrument.

Since that point he went on to win the organ scholarship of Yarm Parish church, during which time he studied with Andrew Reid at Durham Cathedral.  He also was appointed Associate Organist at Gainford at the time.

In 2023, he won the Senior Organ Scholarship at Ripon Cathedral, where he was mentored by Dr. Ronny Krippner. His time in Ripon culminated in him achieving a mark of 142/150 in his Grade 8 organ exam. He was the Organ Scholar of St. Davids Cathedral (Wales) for the 2025/26 academic year, in addition to his positions in England. During this scholarship year, he had the privilege of performing in the St. Davids Cathedral Music Festival, alongside regularly playing for other Cathedrals across Wales.

He has had the honour of playing recitals both nationally and internationally, particularly worthy of note are Licheń Basilica (Poland), Aberdeen Cathedral, Halifax Minster, Ripon Cathedral, St Mary Redcliffe, Lund Cathedral (Sweden), St. Bees Priory, Confolens Parish Church (France), St. Peters Church Vienna (Austria), and Wilhering Abbey (Austria). In his 2026/27 concert series, he is performing in Sweden, Austria, Denmark, England, Scotland, Latvia, Gibraltar and Menorca. He has won awards in competitions from an early age, most notably receiving the highest mark in his Grade 3 piano examination in the country for that year, when he was 8 years old. He was a Grand Finalist in the Young Musician of Wales competition 2026, where he placed 3rd.

He has toured as a choral singer, singing in locations such as Westminster Abbey, Regensburg Cathedral (Germany), and Waldsassen Basilica (Germany). As well as this, he has been featured by the BBC nationally on radio, television, and in written broadcasts. 

Currently Assistant Organist of Beverley Minster, he began his tenure in September 2026 as the youngest principle organist in the history of Britains largest parish church. He is the accompanies of the Minster's three renowned choirs, and regularly performs recitals on the historic instrument as well.