Conductor

Anthony’s versatility as a conductor has taken him across the world to many different orchestras, where he has helped create new audiences, strengthen connections with communities, and form lasting relationships with solo artists, frequently returning as a guest conductor. Here are some recent highlights:

Working together for the first time since winning a Golden Globe for the Best Original Score for The Theory of Everything, in February 2015 Anthony conducted Jóhann Jóhannsson ’s score to Sicario (a Lionsgate film starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin directed by Denis Villeneuve), recording at East Connection Studios in Budapest with the Budapest Art Orchestra. Sicario was been officially selected for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and is currently playing in cinemas worldwide.

December 2014 saw Anthony return to conduct the Heritage Orchestra in a concert with Mercury Prize nominated singer and guitarist Anna Calvi. The concert, held in St John at Hackney Church, London, was sold out and received a rave 5 star review from The Times. Anthony and the Heritage Orchestra orchestra have worked together on many projects previously, including an extraordinary performance with Antony & the Johnsons at the Givenchy 2014 Autumn/Winter Womenswear fashion show in Paris.

In August 2014, Anthony created and presented a programme for a huge collaborative project with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, jazz singer Barb Jungr, folk band Head of Snakes and a community choir from Corby, Northamptonshire. Anthony conducted the performance with repertoire ranging from Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky and Mosolov to brand new folk rock songs written by Barb Jungr and members of her band, orchestrated by Anthony.

Following several projects with the Grammy award winning Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands over the last few years, Anthony’s relationship with the orchestra continues to evolve in 2015 with an action-packed film music project. Programme to be announced.

Anthony has been involved in the bringing together of an exciting new chamber orchestra - Cantia Quorum - now orchestra-in-residence at the University of Kent. He conducted the orchestra’s debut performance in the historic city of Canterbury with Stravinsky’s The Soldier's Tale and Walton’s Façade, in November 2014.

A spectacular performance of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite in December 2014 was conducted by Anthony to a capacity audience at the Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music with the Junior Academy Sinfonia, followed by a highly praised performance of Debussy’s Nocturnes and excerpts from Wagner’s Lohengrin in March 2015. This summer they will be performing together Mahler’s Totenfeier (an early version of the 1st movement from Symphony no. 2).

An incredibly successful performance in November 2013 with Anthony’s longtime collaborator jazz musician Django Bates and the South Denmark Philharmonic, Anthony’s debut with the Danish orchestra which included several world premieres, has been followed up with a return invitation to work with the orchestra; this time for an innovative project with one of London’s most prolific Drum n Bass Dj's, DJ Scanner, in a fascinating re-working of Nielson’s 6th Symphony.

Anthony toured with Antony & the Johnsons in 2012 conducting orchestras across the world from Moscow to Melbourne via many of Europe’s finest music festivals and venues.

Download Anthony's current repertoire list.