Oliver has an MA in organ performance studies from Cardiff University where he studied under the renowned Bach scholar Peter Williams. He also has a Premier Prix from the Conservatoire at Rueil Malmaison, Paris. Following his MA, Oliver worked at Classic FM Magazine for five years, before leaving in 2004 to become the editor of BBC Music Magazine.

He has broadcast on BBC Radios 3, 4 and the World Service, recently reporting from Siberia for From Our Own Correspondent, and has appeared twice on BBC One’s The One Show playing the organ and exploring the history of famous pieces of music. Oliver has given recitals around the UK as well as in France and Denmark, has played at the City of London Festival and appeared three times at the North Norfolk Music Festival. Oliver has toured the UK with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestras as the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s ‘Organ’ Symphony.