Felix Gerald Swinstead (25 June 1880 – 14 August 1959) was an English pianist and composer.
Swinstead was born in Stoke Newington, London and studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music with Tobias Matthay and composition with Frederick Corder.
[1] After many recitals in London, the UK and abroad during the 1900s[2] Swinstead was appointed professor at the academy in 1910, becoming a Fellow in 1919.
[4] Swinstead also travelled widely as an examiner, to Canada, South Africa and the West Indies, touring Australia and New Zealand in 1938.
[8] A Cello Sonata, thought to be a late work composed not long before his death, was found among the possessions of his friends the pianists Vivian Langrish (1894-1980) and his wife Ruth Harte.