Edward Lloyd is a twenty-two-year-old British pianist from Woodplumpton, Lancashire. At the age of eleven he chose to study the piano and at fifteen entered the European Piano Teacher’s Association Competition held at Chetham’s School of Music winning first prize in the 2017 ‘Advanced One’ class. Edward then studied at Cheetham's under Simon Bottomley, Jeremy Young and Murray Mclachlan.

He now continues his Undergraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music under Graham Scott. In 2021 Edward was awarded the first prize in the RNCM Beethoven Competition and went on to be awarded the second prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Senior Intercollegiate Competition where he represented the RNCM.

In his third year of Undergraduate studies, Edward was selected to be a member of the RNCM Songsters and was awarded the Alexander Young Prize for best accompanist. Following this, Edward appeared on the main stage of the Bridgewater Hall where he performed with RNCM Songsters. After performing Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto in the RNCM Concerto Competition in 2023, Edward was given the opportunity to perform his debut with the Oxford Festival Orchestra conducted by Felix Kirkby. In 2023 Edward was awarded the Dorothy Richardson Accompanist Prize.