He began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department, where he won the senior piano prize.

He gave his first London recital at the age of fifteen and toured extensively throughout Britain as solo recitalist and concerto soloist.

Duncan Honeybourne's discography on the EM Records, Divine Art and Prima Facie labels includes the complete solo piano music of E.J.

Moeran, Andrew Downes and John Joubert, and premiere recordings of works by Walford Davies and Gurney alongside music by Stanford, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Bax, Howells, Pitfield and Fleischmann.

His CD "A Forgotten English Romantic", exploring the piano music of composer, poet and priest Greville Cooke, was a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year in 2014.