About us - Worldwide Artists Ltd. UK

Director

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.

Alasdair Strange

Managing Director

Cellist and composer / producer, Alasdair Strange, studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. On completion of his studies, 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 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.

Alasdair heads Worldwide Artists Music Prodution and has composed and produced many 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. He also manages Worldwide Artists' session orchestra, the London Soundtrack Orchestra. In May 2009, the orchestra performed the world premiere of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' accompanied by live orchestral accompaniment for SKY Movies.

As well as running Worldwide Artists, Alasdair continues to enjoy performing, and can be heard in the Thorsen-McLean-Strange Piano Trio.

Alasdair is Artistic Consultant and concert artist at the Vinterfestspill i Bergstaden 2009/10 in Røros, Norway, with performances broadcast on Norway's national classical radio, NRK Klassisk.