Andrew Maddick

Violin / Viola / Electric Guitar

Andrew completed a Masters degree in music performance from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2004 and moved to the UK to further his studies with Marianne Thorsen and Pete Lale. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Dartington Summer School on Baroque violin in 2005 and in 2008 the Freiburg Academy on both baroque and modern violin. He is a member of the Orchestra of the Swan and performs regular chamber recitals including guest string quartet aboard the MV Minerva. In 2008 he played violin and viola in the National Theatre's production of Revenger's Tragedy and in '09 the Sam Mendes production of The Cherry Orchard at the Old Vic. He has performed with Smokey Robinson, George Benson, Kathryn Jenkins and Paolo Nutini, whose album Sunny Side Up he also plays on. Andrew performed on Sting's DVD A Winter's Tale and toured the show to Paris and Germany.