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

Quickly emerging as a leading young American composer, Miles’ works for orchestra, chamber forces, and voice have been commissioned and performed in the USA, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Japan, and Australia.

His Fantasy for piano solo (2024), a three-movement, 25-minute work commissioned by the Venice Biennale for Bertrand Chamayou and later nominated for the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco’s Tremplin Musical, was 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’ music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Rai Radio 3, and has been commissioned and performed by (among others) the London Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Sinfonia, Aspen Chamber Symphony, New York Virtuoso Singers, Merz Trio, Linos Trio, Yale Percussion Group, and members of the Hallé Orchestra. He has received recognition from BMI and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and held residencies and fellowships in composition from Classeek (Switzerland), Aspen Music Festival (USA), Biennale di Venezia College Musica (IT), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (FR), Britten Pears Arts (UK), and the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland).

Equally capable as a performer, Miles appears regularly in the US and Europe, performing in venues including the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw, Kaufman Center, DiMenna Center, and Carnegie Hall. A dedicated new-musician, he has premiered over fifty new pieces, and has worked with Aaron Jay Kernis, Georg Friedrich Haas, Martin Bresnick, Marcos Balter, Chaya Czernowin, and Unsuk Chin on performances of their music. An avid chamber musician, he participates in IMS Prussia Cove and plays in a duo with Catherina Lee, recently added to Kirckman Concerts’ 2026/27 roster.

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.