Graham Johnson OBE is a British classical pianist and musicologist. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Music, Johnson began his career as an accompanist in the 1970s, where he founded The Songmakers' Almanac alongside notable singers including Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, and Anthony Rolfe Johnson, to explore neglected areas of music for voice and accompanying piano. Johnson has had a close relationship with the record label Hyperion since 1980, including devising the 37-CD project of the complete Lieder of Franz Schubert, for which he accompanied every album and wrote extensive liner notes. He has subsequently initiated the complete song cycles of Schumann and Brahms with the same company. Additionally, Johnson served as Senior Professor of Accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has written several books. In 2002, he was created Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He was granted Honorary Membership in the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2010. In 2018 Graham Johnson was awarded the Schubert Prize by the German Schubert Society for his life's work