Murray McLachlan, Chair of EPTA UK (European Piano Teachers' Association), is Head of Keyboard at Chetham's School of Music and a Senior Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. McLachlan has made over 40 commercial recordings which have consistently received outstanding reviews, including 'key recording' and 'rosette' status in The Penguin Guide to classical recordings. He has performed on all five continents and also serves regularly on juries of international piano competitions.

McLachlan is Founder and Artistic Director of the Chetham's International Summer School and Festival for Pianists, Europe's largest summer school devoted exclusively to the piano. In 2007 McLachlan launched the first Manchester International Concerto Competition for Young Pianists, an event which was presented for the fifth time in August 2017.

McLachlan is also a well-known writer, and has contributed many articles on piano technique and music to magazines including International Piano and BBC Music Magazine. He was Editor of Piano Professional magazine from 2007 to 2014. He is currently Editor of Piano Journal. In June 2012 the University of Dundee awarded him an honorary Doctorate for outstanding services to music and education. His books for Faber – The Foundations of Technique, Piano Technique in Practice and The Psychology of Piano Technique – were issued in 2014, 2015 and 2017 to wide acclaim.