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Anthony Poon

Violin

Position held: 

  • Royal Northern Sinfonia - Sub-Principal Second Violin (Oct 2023 - Present)

Professional Orchestral

  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - First Violin Principal No.4 - Trial (Feb 2023 – Feb 2024)
  • Sinfonia Viva - First Violin Co-Leader - Trial (Jan 2023 - Jul 2023)
  • Welsh National Opera - Second Violin Sub-Principal No.2 - Trial (Nov 2021 - May 2022)
  • Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Section Principal Second Violin - Trial (Nov 2021 - May 2023)
  • Manchester Camerata - First Violin Principal No.3 - Trial (Oct 2021 - Jan 2023)
  • English Touring Opera (Section Principal Second Violin) - (2021 - present)

Orchestral Training

  • Glyndebourne Pit Perfect Scheme (2022 - 2023)
  • London Symphony Orchestra String Experience Scheme (Violin) – (2019 - 2021)

Chamber Music

  • BigLake Chamber Music Festival (Aug 2023)
  • Kirkman Quartet (2018 - 2020)
  • Winner of the St Peter’s Prize at Eaton Square 2018-2019
  • Quartet in residence at the Wye Valley Chamber Music festival in March 2019
  • Play as a sextet for the opening of Strauss Capricciin Garsington Opera in 2018.

Solo

  • Scotland Tour for Perseus Duin January 2023 (6 concerts)
  • Finalist in the Tillett Trust Debut Scheme 2022
  • Winner of Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians Award 2021
  • Honarable Mention in the Musicus Young Artist Audition in Hong Kong 2021
  • 2nd Prize in the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition 2020
  • Invited tplay Brahms Violin Concertwith Stamford Chamber Orchestra in 2019
  • Performed 1st movement of LalSymphonie Espagnole with Hong Kong Philharmonic
  • Orchestra in their Charity Concert in 2017.

Education

  • Royal Academy of Music BMus (Hons), First Class 2015-2019, RAM Entrance Scholarship.
  • Royal Academy of Music (Master of Arts) (DipRAM) (LRAM), London 2019 - 2021, Music
  • Scholarship, supported by Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Award 2019-2021.

Professors

  • Jack Liebeck 2017 - 2021
  • Mateja Marinkovic 2015-2017

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Instruments
Violin