Anthony Brown

saxophone

Described by The Times on his debut Purcell Room performance as an ‘outstanding young saxophonist’, multi-award winning, Manchester based saxophonist, Anthony Brown graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with an International Artist Diploma in chamber music and a First Class Honours degree, attaining full marks in his final recital. He has won awards from The Worshipful Company of Musicians, the Tillett Trust, Park Lane Group, Making Music and the Hattori Foundation, as well as first prize in the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition and the Bromsgrove International Young Musicians’ Platform. Anthony has performed extensively throughout the UK, including solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank Centre. He has performed with orchestras including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé, Opera North, Royal Northern Sinfonia and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He features on a CD with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and has performed live and recorded broadcasts as a soloist at the BBC Proms and also with Beats and Pieces Big Band on BBC Radio 3. Anthony is a member of the Ferio Saxophone Quartet. They have recorded two albums together, one with pianist Timothy End (Evoke), and another with the Corvus Consort (Revoiced – music for saxophones and voices), two exciting projects that explore a varied range of repertoire and styles.