Anthony Marwood
{{short description|English classical violinist (born 1965)}}
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| occupation = Violinist
| years_active = 1987–present
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Anthony Marwood (born 6 July 1965) {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} is a British solo violinist.
Early life
He was born 6 July 1965 to Michael Travers Marwood and Anne née Chevallier. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford.{{Cite web|title=Marwood, Anthony, (born 6 July 1965), violinist|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-119924|access-date=2021-07-06|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U119924|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}} He then studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His teachers included Emanuel Hurwitz and David Takeno.{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/anthony-marwood-the-magic-violinist-6101928.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/anthony-marwood-the-magic-violinist-6101928.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Anthony Marwood: The magic violinist | work=The Independent | author=Michael Church | date=2006-05-04 | accessdate=2019-03-30}}{{cbignore}}
Career
From 1995 to 2012, Marwood was a member of the Florestan Trio with Susan Tomes and Richard Lester.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/13/classicalmusicandopera1 | title='Stravinsky would have loved it' | work=The Guardian | author=Erica Jeal | date=2005-06-13 | accessdate=2019-03-30}} He was Artistic Director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra from 2006 to 2011. He was Principal Artistic Partner with Les Violons du Roy from 2015 to 2019, and Artist in Residence at the Det Norske Kammerorkester in 2016/17. In the summer of 2021 Marwood performed the Ligeti Violin Concerto in the Koussevitsky Shed at Tanglewood Music Festival under the baton of Thomas Adès.
Marwood has performed contemporary violin concertos by Samuel Adams , Sally Beamish, and Steven Mackey. Thomas Adès] composed his violin concerto "Concentric Paths" for Marwood.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jan/13/classicalmusicandopera | title=Classical CD releases | work=The Observer | author=Anthony Holden | date=2008-01-13 | accessdate=2019-03-30}} He has recorded commercially over 50 CD recordings for such labels as Hyperion{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/04/classicalmusicandopera.shopping4 | title=Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto; Somervell: Violin Concerto, Marwood/ BBC Scottish SO/ Brabbins | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2005-03-03 | accessdate=2019-03-30}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/11/classicalmusicandopera.art1 | title=Weill/ Vasks: Violin Concertos, Marwood/ Academy of St Martin in the Fields | work=The Guardian | author=Tim Ashley | date=2005-11-10 | accessdate=2019-03-31}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/02/britten-violin-concerto-double-concerto-review | title=Britten: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto; Lachrymae – review | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2012-02-02 | accessdate=2019-03-31}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/09/walton-violin-concerto-hindemith-variations-partita-review-anthony-marwood-bbc-scottish-brabbins | title=Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita and Hindemith Variations CD review – an exhilarating disc | work=The Observer | author=Fiona Maddocks|authorlink=Fiona Maddocks | date=2017-07-09 | accessdate=2019-03-30}} and EMI Classics.
Honours and awards
In 2006, Marwood won the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year Award. In the Queen's New Year's Honours for 2018, he was made an MBE.
References
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External links
- [http://anthonymarwood.com/ Official website of Anthony Marwood]
- [http://www.colbertartists.com/anthony-marwood Colbert Artists Management Inc. agency page on Anthony Marwood]
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Category:English classical violinists
Category:People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:21st-century British classical violinists
Category:21st-century English male musicians
Category:English male classical violinists
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