Worldwide Artists Ltd.

Established in 2005, Worldwide Artists Management presents a select roster of highly-esteemed international concert and recording artists. With offices in London and Trondheim, Norway, WA Management is headed by General Manager Alasdair Strange and Special Consultant Andrew Strange, who together have acquired considerable knowledge of the international music business over many years. Alasdair and Andrew's first-hand experience as professional performers themselves enables exceptional synergy between artists and company.

WA management is proud to represent such acclaimed artists as Marianne Thorsen, Martin Owen, Viv McLean, Dan Styffe and George Vass, and will be announcing several exciting additions to the roster over the coming months and strengthening further our relationships with international promoters, orchestras and venues worldwide.

Alasdair Strange

General Manager / Director

Alasdair studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. On completion of his studies in 1996, Alasdair was awarded the DipRAM, the Academy's highest award for performance, as well as the prestigious Carnegie Fellowship.

Alasdair's cello highlights include Penderecki's Cello Concerto No. 2 at the Barbican Hall London to great critical acclaim, which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Ligeti's Concerto for a gala performance at the Ligeti Festival, London, in the presence of the composer. Also solo appearances at the Kultur Kreis Festival, Hannover, the Southwark Festival, Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room on London's South Bank. As a chamber musician, Alasdair has performed alongside such luminary artists as Lynn Harrell, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Daniel Hope and Yuri Bashmet.

As well as representing such acclaimed artists as Marianne Thorsen, Viv McLean, Martin Owen, George Vass, Dan Styffe and Barbican Brass, Worldwide Artists Music Production has composed and produced scores for television and film for clients including FCB Paris, BBC, Lowe, Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey, Channel 4, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel and Gangway Films.

In May 2009, Worldwide Artists' session orchestra, the London Soundtrack Orchestra performed the world premiere of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' accompanied by live orchestral accompaniment in 'real time' for SKY Movies.

Alasdair currently performs as cellist in the the Thorsen-McLean-Strange Piano Trio with Marianne Thorsen (Leader, Nash Ensemble of London) and Viv McLean (First Prize, Barcelona International Piano Competition).

Alasdair is Artistic Consultant and concert artist at the Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden 2009 - 2012 in Røros, Norway, with performances broadcast on NRK, Norway's national television and radio.

Andrew Strange

Special Consultant

After completing his studies at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music in London, Andrew worked at IMG Artists Europe for many years in various capacities:

As Artist Manager, he looked after conductors and instrumentalists including Nicola Benedetti, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Zoltan Kocsis, Freddy Kempf, Guy Johnston, Barry Wordsworth, Jonathan Darlington and Jakub Hrusa.

As Manager of International Touring, he was responsible for the management of European tours for ensembles including the Pittsburgh and Dallas Symphony Orchestras, the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Symphony, and he was Tour Manager for concerts given by the Leipzig Gewandhaus, New World Symphony and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Before his appointment at Worldwide Artists, Andrew was Artist Manager at Harrison/Parrott Ltd, where his clients included Mikko Franck, Jonathan Nott, Leila Josefowicz, Sakari Oramo, Sayaka Shoji and Krzysztof Urbanski.

Andrew also performs regularly as a freelance violist with ensembles including the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, National Symphony and Brighton Philharmonic.