Oliver Wakeman

Oliver Wakeman carries a famous surname, and I respect that he never coasted on it. Stepping into the keyboard chair in Yes that his father Rick once held, and being the first band member born after Yes formed, is a quietly heavy thing to do. The easy path would have been imitation; instead he wrote and played as himself. That balance of reverence and independence is what draws me to him. I find performers who honor a legacy while insisting on their own voice more compelling than either rebels or copies, and Wakeman lands squarely in that rarer middle.

Name (English)

Oliver Wakeman

Name (Japanese)

オリバー・ウェイクマン

Reading

おりばー・うぇいくまん

Born

February 26, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

London, Roman Empire

Occupation

composer / pianist / session musician

• Official sitehttps://www.oliverwakeman.co.uk
• Xhttps://x.com/OliverWakeman
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Wakeman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945977

Tags

• composer
• pianist
• session musician

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.