Philip Francis Fowke studied at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) with Gordon Green, a pupil of Egon Petri.
[4] Fowke made his Proms debut in 1979 with a performance of John Ireland’s Piano Concerto in E-flat major, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle.
[6] His recitals of traditional repertoire often end with lighter pieces such as Adolf Schulz-Evler’s Arabesques on themes from "An der schönen blauen Donau".
[2] He has toured in many countries and has played under conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, David Atherton, Rudolf Barshai, Norman Del Mar, Sir Alexander Gibson, Sir Charles Groves, Vernon Handley, Neeme Järvi, Tadaaki Otaka, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Temirkanov, Klaus Tennstedt and Barry Wordsworth.
[7] Philip Fowke's discography includes concertos and other works by: Other composers in his repertoire include Richard Arnell, Bartók, Beethoven, Dohnányi, Gershwin, Grieg, John Ireland, Constant Lambert, Kenneth Leighton, Liszt, Poulenc, Alan Rawsthorne, Schumann, Richard Strauss, Tippett and Weber.