Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis is a pianist and music educator from the UK. He is the South & East Asia Regional Consultant for ABRSM, with a role to help develop their work and support teachers across the region. Ryan graduated from King’s College London with first class honours and studied piano with Daniel-Ben Pienaar at the Royal Academy of Music. He also studied composition and piano at the University of Toronto, Canada, having been awarded the university’s highest
entrance scholarship and sponsored to attend an educational conference for performers in Rome, Italy.
Ryan holds a FRSM diploma in piano performance and has adjudicated for numerous regional and international piano, strings, and choral competitions. He is also a graded music examiner and presenter for ABRSM, having conducted seminars across India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Ryan also completed a Master’s degree affiliated through the Institute of Education, University College London, passing with distinction and awarded the University of London Academic Achievement Prize. His research focussed on developing learning communities among instrumental music teachers and he has since presented workshops and conference papers on this topic across Southeast Asia.
Prior to his role with ABRSM, Ryan spent three years leading various music education projects in India, including curriculum development, teacher training, and outreach programmes, working in affiliation with the British Council, Goethe-Institut, and The Academy of Carnegie Hall, New York. Ryan helped with the launch of several music schools across the city as well as leading and training a large team of music teachers. In preparation for this extensive project, he trained in piano and Kodály pedagogy from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Ryan was also a trustee of the Worldwide Appreciation of Music Foundation, London, in which he governed a volunteer music teaching programme throughout India.
entrance scholarship and sponsored to attend an educational conference for performers in Rome, Italy.
Ryan holds a FRSM diploma in piano performance and has adjudicated for numerous regional and international piano, strings, and choral competitions. He is also a graded music examiner and presenter for ABRSM, having conducted seminars across India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Ryan also completed a Master’s degree affiliated through the Institute of Education, University College London, passing with distinction and awarded the University of London Academic Achievement Prize. His research focussed on developing learning communities among instrumental music teachers and he has since presented workshops and conference papers on this topic across Southeast Asia.
Prior to his role with ABRSM, Ryan spent three years leading various music education projects in India, including curriculum development, teacher training, and outreach programmes, working in affiliation with the British Council, Goethe-Institut, and The Academy of Carnegie Hall, New York. Ryan helped with the launch of several music schools across the city as well as leading and training a large team of music teachers. In preparation for this extensive project, he trained in piano and Kodály pedagogy from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Ryan was also a trustee of the Worldwide Appreciation of Music Foundation, London, in which he governed a volunteer music teaching programme throughout India.