DIRECTOR / VIOLIN
Violinist Anthony Marwood will return to Adelaide Festival in 2026 as part of their Artist-in-Residence series. Known for his “boundless energy, intellectual curiosity and creative wizardry” (BBC Music Magazine), Marwood will appear across three performances at Elder Hall from 2–4 March. The residency opens with Shadow & Light (2 March), featuring Marwood with the Adelaide…Read more ›
It’s a busy start to the 2025/26 season for British violinist Anthony Marwood with a four-stop tour across Australia and New Zealand. Recently named the new custodian of the c.1709 ‘Scotta’ Stradivari violin, held in trust by UKARIA Cultural Centre, Anthony fittingly began the tour in Adelaide with a concert at UKARIA. On Sunday 14 September, audiences were…Read more ›
Earlier this year, the ‘Scotta’ Stradivari was given to UKARIA by a generous Australian patron. Crafted at the height of Stradivari’s Golden Period, the violin has had a remarkable life in the hands of renowned musicians – a legacy that continues as violinist Anthony Marwood becomes its new player. Crafted in 1709, the ‘Scotta’ violin…Read more ›
This summer JBM artists will be performing at festivals across the globe. 19 July – 11 August: Bregenz Festival, Austria Enrique Mazzola conducts the Vienna Symphony for Weber’s Der Freischütz. Find out more. 20 July: Virtuoso and Belcanto Festival, Italy Viviane Hagner and pianist Till Fellner perform a programme of Mozart, Ligeti, and Brahms…Read more ›
It’s been a busy start to the 2023/24 season for Anthony Marwood. At the end of September Anthony chaired the jury of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in which the Canadian, Rilian Trio secured the top prize. This was followed by a visit to Quebec City and Montreal to direct Les Violons Du Roy…Read more ›
Anthony Marwood is in Australia and New Zealand for a month, working with Sydney Conservatorium, the Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne Recital Centre (a recital with pianist Stefan Cassomenos) and on the jury of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Queenstown and Auckland, New Zealand. Andrew Litton heads to Adelaide this week for a Rachmaninoff…Read more ›
Anthony Marwood returns to Madrid tonight to perform Thomas Adès’ Märchentänze for violin and orchestra with the Orquesta Nacional de España. Conducted by the composer, the final performance of the week on Sunday March 12 will be broadcast live from the Auditiorio Nacional de Música on Radio Clásica. The four Märchentänze (‘Dances from Fairytale’) were originally written…Read more ›
Anthony Marwood will perform the Ligeti Violin Concerto at Tanglewood on 26th July 2021. The performance, with the Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra, will be conducted by Thomas Adès. One of the premier summer music festivals in the world and summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, Tanglewood is located in the beautiful Berkshire…Read more ›
Anthony Marwood returns to Adès’ violin concerto “Concentric Paths” in November with performances in Finland and Spain. In Finland he will appear with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and Ryan Bancroft in the Tapiola Hall at the Espoo Cultural Centre. In Spain, he will appear with the Orquesta Nacional de España, conducted by the composer, for three…Read more ›