Philip Edwards studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Alan Hacker. He has worked with the Wren Orchestra, Langham Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia 21. A firm advocate of British contemporary music, he has been involved in many first performancesas a soloist and with groups such as the Park Lane Music Players, MusicProjects/London, Circle, Gemini, the Composers Ensemble, the Orpheus Ensemble and Polyphiloi.

Composers whose solo works he has premiered include Michael Finnissy, Richard Rodney Bennett and Gary Carpenter. He has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Dutch, French and Greek radio, as well as appearing on television for BBC2, Channel 4 and German TV.