Miles Walter is an American composer and pianist, working on both sides of the Atlantic.

American composer and pianist Miles Walter’s Fantasy for piano solo (2024), a three-movement, 25-minute work commissioned by the Venice Biennale for Bertrand Chamayou, was recently hailed as “evoking the young Messiaen” (Classica) and as “one of the most refreshing piano compositions one has heard in recent times…. Don't forget this name” (Scherzo).

Miles’s music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and RAI Radio 3, and has been commissioned and performed by institutions and ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Sinfonia (UK), Aspen Chamber Symphony, Classeek, Argento Ensemble, Lontano Ensemble, New York Virtuoso Singers, Merz Trio, Linos Trio, and Yale Percussion Group. He has additionally received recognition from BMI, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Classeek Ambassador Programme, who selected him as their 2024/2025 composer from an open call. Miles has been granted residencies and fellowships in composition at the Aspen Music Festival (USA), the Biennale di Venezia College Musica (IT), and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (FR).

As a pianist, Miles performs fluently and joyfully in numerous styles in and out of the concert hall. Committed to an eclectic and wide-ranging performance practice, he has premiered over fifty works by his peers, students, and mentors alike. Particularly devoted to chamber music, Miles is a participant in Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove.

Twice graduated from Yale (BA, MM), Miles also holds a piano degree from the Musik-Akademie Basel, where he studied with Claudio Martínez Mehner. In composition, Miles is presently a doctoral student of Sir George Benjamin.