At the age of 13, Adele Anthony was the youngest winner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporations Instrumental and Vocal Competition, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Here she offers a recording of a work she has lived with for over 20 years. She returns to her home city of Adelaide, Australia to make this recording with acclaimed Sibelian conductor Arvo Volmer.

A critic in the Chronicle Herald observed of Adele’s recent May 2011 performance of the Sibelius concerto with the Nova Scotia Symphony that her rhythm was ‘as sharp as a skyscraper’, with ‘her consistently full, even, warm tone impeccably tuned and maintained across every register, every range and every dynamic level.’

Of particular interest here is Ross Edward’s Violin Concerto, Maninyas. The original inspiration for Maninyas came from a Houston Ballet commission created by Stanton Welch. This recording is currently the only available commercial recording, and it is one of the great modern day violin concertos. This work enjoyed its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2010 under the baton of Vladimir Askenazy with the soloist Dene Olding. It had its US premiere in 2008 with soloist Ani Kavafi, conducted by William Boughton.

Ross Edward’s profile is on the ascent. His oboe concerto Bird Spirit Dreaming has been performed by the New York Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and is currently enjoying many of his works programmed in the 2011 City of London Festival.

‘Ross Edwards, arguably the most original, most recognizable of all Australian composers... Adele Anthony was the eloquent, deeply committed soloist.’ - The Advertiser, May 2009: concert review of Maninyas