Lucas King
British composer and pianist who has written over 1,000 compositions and gained a following of more than 230,000 subscribers on his self-titled YouTube channel. He's become known for posting his original music and covers of songs from films, video games, and anime. Lucas was born in Margate, England and raised in London. He has four brothers and four sisters.
He is a completely self-taught pianist and composer. He played both bass and guitar for various bands in college. He studied English literature, history, music and piano performance at University.
He opened his YouTube channel in June of 2012 with the video "Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come Piano (End Credits)." Some of his most popular YouTube videos, including "Sad Piano Music - Isolation (Original Composition)" and "Disney Collection | Piano & Orchestra | Vol. 1", have earned more than 1 million views.
Studied at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, Piano Performance USA
Pianist in BW conservatory Jazz band conducted by 2013 grammy nominee Saxophonist Greg Banaszak
Privately tutored by first-prize winner of the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition 2007 (Dr Sungeun Kim)
Studied Music Composition & Performance York University
Studied at North Lindsey College BTEC National Diploma in Music Performance
Pianist/Synth/Bass player in Ska/Motown bands
Guitarist in College bands
Pianist in Piano Rock/Ballad bands
Piano Arrangements for Singers and Schools
Pianist in various Ballet recitals and practices
Composer and Pianist for University Musicals (Sweeney Todd, Beauty & The Beast)
Original composition 'Last Leaf Falls' used in Polish Presidential campaign
Original composition 'Isolation' has over 1,000,000 views on YouTube and has been used for many commercials and films.
Video game composer (Oasis Games, Unity Games, Orbe.)
over 900 recordings on YouTube
Over 10,000,000 views on YouTube and 40,000+ subscribers
Original compositions regularly promoted on YouTube by ThePrimeCronus (200,000+ subscribers) and Epic MusicVn (200,000+ subscribers) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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