Paul Hankinson

• Pianist • Arranger • Composer

“Music has always felt like my first language - and my favourite way to connect.”

Chances are you found me through my YouTube Channel, which has more than 33 million plays to-date and over 100,000 subscribers. I really love the kind and supportive community which is growing there and do my best to respond to all comments and requests - so please subscribe and be sure to let me know if you have a favourite song you are hoping I will cover.

I am also on Spotify with over 100,000 monthly listeners and appreciate every stream and follow! You can find me on Apple Music too.

I specialise in creating “Wedding Versions” - arrangements which interweave popular love songs such as Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” or Taylor Swift’s “Lover” together with timeless classical pieces such as Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”, Bach’s “Air on the G String” or Schubert’s “Ave Maria”. To find out which combinations are available and how you can commission me to create a Custom Wedding Version especially for you and your fiancé click here.

Sheet Music is available for many of my arrangements exclusively through Musicnotes and I’m honoured to be one of their Signature Artists. To view my complete catalogue of Sheet Music click here.

I have a separate channel for Tutorials (Synthesia) - enabling those who are unable to read Sheet Music to also learn my arrangements.

I love to encourage others to play the piano and some of my covers are also available to learn on the interactive piano learning app Flowkey.

I also compose and record original music for solo piano exclusively through the beautiful Berlin-based label - Traumton. To find out about my albums, “Echoes of a Winter Journey” and “Dear Emily” please click here.

I realised quite recently that a big part of why I love creating covers for my YouTube channel is that it all ties back to the way I made music as a child – that simple, shared pleasure of playing somebody’s favourite song for them – that realisation that a moment shared with music can bring happiness, empathy and peace. And then, of course, came the Brides. To read about “The Wedding Kid” click here.

 

Some covers you might enjoy