camdenmusique

Pianist, singer and composer Camden Luke Bonsu-Stewart, known professionally as camdenmusique, was born in London on 6 June 2004. He was first introduced to music at six months of age by his mother who played classical music on speakers around the house, sowing the seeds for his adventurous musical career. He joined the Libera Choir at the age of six and gained extensive performance experience through television appearances such as Angels Sing: Libera in America, Star King and Songs of Praise. At the age of seven, he began weekly private lessons with Ingrida Dremaine and completed his Grade 8 ABRSM Piano exam in 2021.

He was offered a place on the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Young Artist's Programme and began studying operatic tenor singing with Rachel Sherry, before settling down with Professor Marilyn Rees from 2017-2022. During this time he also studied piano with Zoë Mather. In 2021, his talents won him first prize in the annual Junior Guildhall singing competition. He progressed to Senior Guildhall on a full scholarship but left in his second year to pursue his solo artist career full-time.

In 2022, Bonsu-Stewart began uploading original piano arrangements of popular covers, performed at public pianos to the social media platform TikTok, amassing 1.5 million followers within a year. He then focused on composing original contemporary classical solo piano pieces and releasing them independently. Since 2024, he has experimented with a unique blend of operatic tenor vocals and piano, incorporating elements of classical, opera, jazz, new age and ambient genres.

As a result of Bonsu-Stewart’s online success, he is a Young Ambassador for the Lang Lang International Music Foundation and an alumnus of the Guildhall Young Artists Programme. He has performed at various events in London, including the Loro Piana Bale Awards and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Burlington Arcade Christmas Lights.

Bonsu-Stewart is drawn to public pianos because he believes that "music is a universal language and should be made available to all for healing and enrichment". His original works transcend time and space and his live performances captivate and transport listeners to another dimension. He is dedicated to sharing music as a unifying force, especially for those who have endured hardship. 

He is currently working on his second album which will be a development from his previous EP ‘Lost’. He aims to create a theme of spiritual evolution and enlightenment within this body of work, as well as exploring the fusion of operatic vocals and ambient piano.