Duncan Anderson

Viola

Current Position

- English National Opera – Co-Principal (No.2) Viola, since November 2020

Commercial

- Chamber Orchestra of London (COOL) Ltd sessions

- Dream Town Orchestra/Andrew Cottee sessions

Freelance Orchestral Work

-    Royal Opera House – Principal and No.2
-    BBC Concert Orchestra – Principal
-    Welsh National Opera – Principal
-    Philharmonia Orchestra – Principal
-    BBC Philharmonic – Principal
-    Birmingham Royal Ballet – Trial for Principal, 2019
-    Ulster Orchestra – Trial for No. 2, incl. sitting principal, 2017 - 2020
-    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Trial for No. 4, 2019
-    BBC Concert Orchestra – Trial for No. 2, 2018
-    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Trial for Tutti, 2018
-    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
-    Hallé Orchestra
-    RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
-    Royal Northern Sinfonia
-    Orchestra of St. John’s
-    London Concert Orchestra – incl. principal
-    Southbank Sinfonia 2015

Chamber

-    Palmer Ensemble – chamber music performances in Reading and Thames Valley area 2016 - 2018
-    Southwell Festival Chamber Soloists – 2016 - 2018
-    Cowbridge Music Festival: Chamber Music Seminar – September 2017
-    Leben String Quartet - regular performances 2010 - 2016, including at Cadogan Hall in 2012
-    Chamber performances incl. Flute & Harp Trio, String Quintet/Sextet, Piano Quartet/Quintet, Clarinet & Piano trio.

Solo

-    Howells Elegie for solo viola and strings – St. Endellion Festival, 2019
-    Walton Viola Concerto - Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, 2013
-    Mozart Sinfonia Concertante – Chester Chamber Orchestra 2016, and Chobham Festival 2022
-    Vaughan Williams Flos Campi – Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, 2009
-    Hindemith Trauermusik – Vale Royal String Orchestra 2015, and Chester Chamber Orchestra 2016
-    Hoffmeister’s Viola concerto in D major – as winner of Imperial College Concerto Competition in 2009

- Solo recitals at Arts Imperial, Chester Federation of Arts, Greygarth Hall Series, St. Botolph’s Aldgate, and in Citta’
della Pieve, Italy

Education and Outreach Work

-    Ulster Orchestra: ‘Come and Play’ side-by-side sessions with Grade 3-4 standard players.
-    Southbank Sinfonia: Side-by-side performances with Marlborough, Thomas’ Day, and Cardinal Vaughan schools.
-    Baby and Toddler Concerts with Palmer Ensemble
-    Weekly children’s workshops in Whipps Cross Hospital during 2013.
-    Teacher of Grade 5 and Advanced Level music theory group classes at Imperial College London.

Education and Qualifications

-    Guildhall Artists Fellowship 2013 - 2014
-    Guildhall School of Music & Drama: MMus Artists Masters Programme: Orchestral Training, 2012 - 2013.
      o    Scholarships: Worshipful Company of Drapers, Musicians Benevolent Fund Postgraduate Performance Award
-    Royal College of Music and Imperial College London
      o    BSc (Hons) ‘Physics with Musical Performance’. Completed June 2012, classification: 2:1.
-    Professors: Mark Knight, Ian Jewel, Adrian Levine and David Vernon.

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Instruments
Viola