Julian Rowlands is a musician and writer. He is a composer and arranger as well as performing and recording on bandoneon, other free reeds, keys, and strings. TV and Radio appearances have included BBC Strictly, The One Show and Zingzillas, ITV’s Surprise Surprise, BBC Radio 4 Front Row, and Radio 3 Sound of Dance and In Tune.

Artists and ensembles with whom he has worked include the Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chamber Players, the soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the City of London Sinfonia, Chineke, the RTE Concert Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra (Dublin), The Desbande Quintet, Erwin Schrott, Fatma Said and Omar Puente.

Julian created the score for the Olivier-nominated Midnight Tango together with Ros Stephen and Jonathan Taylor of Tango Siempre, and appeared in its 480 performances in the west end and on tour, described by the Financial Times as “the tango, raw, intoxicating, speaking with its true voice”. Other composing and arranging credits include “Flying into daylight” by Emmy award winning writer Ron Hutchinson, Tangomotion and other Tango Siempre productions, and Violetta’s Last tango. He is also a production music composer for film and TV.

His solo performances of his own music in Flying into Daylight won the accolade “Tango Nirvana” from the Guardian. His recordings of Piazzolla with the Santiago String Quartet on the 2018 album “Language of the Heart” have attracted praise from artists including Sting, Bob Geldof and Tom Robinson.

Publications by Julian Rowlands in the Schott World Music series include “Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Piano”, “Russian Folk Tunes for Piano“, “Russian Folk Tunes for Accordion“, “Klezmer Piano” and “Klezmer Fiddle” (with Ros Stephen).