ANTHONY MARWOOD enjoys a wide-ranging international career as soloist, director and chamber musician. In recent seasons he has performed as soloist with the Boston Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New World Symphony and Sydney Symphony, and has particularly close associations with Les Violons du Roy in Québec, St Louis Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Last season, invitations included the London Philharmonic at the Royal Festival Hall, Beethoven and Adès concertos with the Spanish National Orchestra in Madrid, and a multi-concert residency at the Adelaide Festival. Future highlights include his concerto debut in Budapest as part of the Beethoven Festival at the Liszt Academy, a play/direct project with the Tapiola Sinfonietta in Helsinki, and chamber music projects with Steven Isserlis and Aleksandar Madžar.

Many leading composers have written concertos for him, including Thomas Adès, Steven Mackey, Sally Beamish and Samuel Carl Adams. Anthony is a prolific recording artist, and his most recent release – his 50th on the Hyperion label – is a recording of Walton’s Violin Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins. The disc received wide critical acclaim, including a 5-star review in The Guardian, whilst the Sunday Times described him as “a thrilling, virtuosic soloist”.

Anthony was the violinist of the Florestan Trio for sixteen years and won the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist award in 2006.

Anthony is co-Artistic Director of the Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival in East Sussex. He performs annually at the Yellow Barn Festival in Vermont and enjoys a close association with the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne. He was appointed an MBE in the 2018 Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.