 He studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London and was Organ Scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Organ Scholar at St John's College, Cambridge.As a solo pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and organist, he has performed at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, the BBC Proms, the Royal Opera House, and in the US, Japan, South Africa, and across Europe.Farrington played the piano at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics with Rowan Atkinson (as Mr Bean), the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle (and appeared as a runner in Mr Bean's dream sequence) He has made two solo piano recordings featuring his own compositions and arrangements, "Fiesta!"