 | Press ReleasesBBC Symphony Orchestra appoints new Leader |
The BBC Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Andrew Haveron as Leader, sharing the role with Stephen Bryant. His first concert will be on 17 July 2007 when he leads the BBC Proms concert conducted by David Robertson. The highest British prize-winner at the prestigious Paganini Competition for the last 50 years, Andrew Haveron is one of the UK's busiest violinists. Since 1999, he has been leader of the internationally-acclaimed Brodsky Quartet, and has also enjoyed frequent invitations to guest lead major symphony orchestras including the BBC orchestras, the LSO, RPO and Philharmonia. Born in 1975, Andrew took up the violin aged five and has studied at the Purcell School and London's Royal College of Music with Dr Felix Andrievsky. Since making his concerto debut aged 15, he has appeared with conductors such as Sir Roger Norrington, Kent Nagano, Stanislaw Skrowachewski, Raymond Leppard and John Wilson, performing a broad range of well known and less familiar repertoire. Andrew plays on a violin made for him in 2001 by the American luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz. Paul Hughes, General Manager of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, said: "An extensive search process lasting over two years drew to a close when Andrew Haveron accepted my invitation to join the BBC Symphony Orchestra as Leader, sharing the role with Stephen Bryant. "Working with a search panel from across the orchestra, together with Chief Conductor Jirà Belohlávek, we felt overwhelmingly that Andrew's superb musicianship and playing, the wide range and breadth of repertoire he explored as leader of the Brodsky Quartet (which reflected that of the BBC SO), and his natural leadership skills mark him out as the man for our job. "We look forward to exciting times ahead." Andrew Haveron said: "The BBC Symphony Orchestra has the right mix of challenging and new repertoire alongside the more familiar that has always inspired me in my musical life. "I have already experienced and enjoyed the power of this formidable ensemble and I can't wait to get stuck in!" VB | 
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