ANTHONY ALBRECHT
cello, production
With an international performance and production career, Anthony Albrecht has developed a reputation as an impresario of world-class events characterised by generosity, outreach and connection to issues of social justice, conservation and sustainability. He is co-founder and CEO of the Bowerbird Collective, an organisation devoted to forging stronger connections to the natural world through the arts. With Bowerbird, Anthony has co-produced numerous award-winning multimedia productions, described as "spectacular" by Limelight Magazine, and self-presented and performed in hundreds of events throughout regional Australia. In 2021 and 2022, their albums of endangered bird and frog calls, 'Songs of Disappearance', beat ABBA, Ed Sheeran and Adele on the ARIA charts.
A musician known for his “dramatic flair” and “fluent and virtuosic” performances (Seen and Heard International, Sydney Morning Herald), he has frequently appeared with Pinchgut Opera, Van Diemen's Band, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, il Pomo d’Oro and New Vintage Baroque (NYC). Solo engagements include an appearance in the woods of East Sussex as a guest of Sam Lee’s ‘Singing with Nightingales’ project, a recital at the Handel and Hendrix House in London, a performance of Haydn’s Concerto in D at the Newcastle Music Festival, and as concerto soloist with Adelaide Baroque.
Committed to musical outreach, Anthony self-produced a solo tour of over 80 concerts in regional Australia called ‘Bach to the Bush’. He is founder and director of three regional festivals, the Lapwing Music Festival in the UK, the Moonbird Festival on King Island, TAS, and the Lyrebird Festival in the Megalong Valley, NSW.
Anthony was the first Australian graduate of The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program, earning a Master of Music on full scholarship in 2014. To develop his arts business and management skills, he earned an MBA in 2022.
Bach Akademie Australia
Crossroads Festival of Chamber Music
Sunday, 10.09.23 | 11.30am, St Mary’s Chapel Gosford | TICKETS
Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival
Life on Land's Edge | Sunday, 17.09.23, 3pm | TICKETS
CDU Theatre, Orange 3, Darwin NT
In association with the Arafura Music Collective
Kaurna Yerta - The Seasons (World Premiere)
Nature Festival of South Australia
Saturday, 14.10.23, 7pm | TICKETS
The Lyrebird Festival
Megalong Valley, NSW
23-26.11.23 | TICKETS
The Australian Haydn Ensemble
Haydn's Times of Day
14-15.12.23 | TICKETS
"Fluent and virtuosic" - Sydney Morning Herald
"Fresh and vitalising... reverent showmanship" - CutCommon
"Impeccable playing" - BroadwayWorld