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Anthony Hewitt's career highlights to date include orchestral engagements with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, the National Symphony and Princeton Symphony Orchestras in the USA, the Lodz Philharmonic in Poland, the Kaliningrad and Saratov Orchestras in Russia, as well as the Northern Sinfonia, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Welsh Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia Viva in the UK. Anthony has given four recitals at Wigmore Hall, appeared across the USA including at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, toured South America and Japan, as well as performing chamber music at festivals in Europe including the Chelsea and Chichester Festivals, Bastad in Sweden, Ars Antonina in France, Mecklenburg in Germany, and Stift in Holland.

His discography includes 'Protégé' (Divine Art Records), the first coupling on CD of the Liszt and Reubke Sonatas. This unique recording was described in International Record Review as "magisterial", and received a Gramophone recommendation. Most recently a recording with Sarah-Jane Bradley of East European viola music was released on Naxos, as well as a live recording from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC with violinist Tamaki Kawakubo on Avex. Future recording plans include with Dimension Trio on the Champs Hill label, and a solo disc of Schumann's early works on Quartz.

An avid chamber musician, he recently joined Dimension Trio - winner of the prestigious Parkhouse award - who are a frequent visitor to festivals and orchestras across Europe. His regular duo partners have included clarinetist Emma Johnson, cellists Thomas Carroll, Alexander Chaushian and Natalie Clein, violist Sarah-Jane Bradley, violinist Chloe Hanslip, pianists Martin Roscoe and Kathryn Stott, and Japanese violinist Narimichi Kawabata with whom he has toured major concert halls in the Far East.

Highlights of upcoming engagements include an appearance with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, Beethoven's Triple concerto with the Brighton Philharmonic, and a solo recital in Wigmore Hall's series.

A project in May 2012 sees him celebrating a special year for sport in Britain by cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats and giving a concert at the end of each day to raise money for charity. He has secured over thirty engagements – both solo and orchestral - including with the Manchester Camerata, and at the Newbury and Swaledale festivals. He will also perform outdoors in market squares on a specially adapted van which he has coined 'Van BeethoVan'