Anthony Friend
Clarinettist. Sometime organiser of events and writer on music.
Artistic Director @wimbledonimf
Founder @spotlightchamberconcerts
👀 @ensemble_mi

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

Anthony Friend - Clarinet / WIMF Artistic Director
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Assistant: @ciaraninns
Studio: @sunsetstudioslondon
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#clarinet #ArtisticDirector #classicalmuscian #portrait

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

We sold out Fabric! Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by Ensemble Mi, followed by improvised reflections by Jon Hopkins, Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams - played to a packed house. Thanks to everyone who came to see us, and especially thank you to @through_t_noise for an incredible night.
Ensemble Mi:
@antoineami clarinet
@agatadaraskaite violin
@peterissok cello
James Cheung piano
@mrjonhopkins piano
@maddieashman vocals, cello and laptop
@leoabrahams guitar and laptop
Photos 1-8 @eli.meadow and 9-10 BTS phone shots

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

LONGING AND LIGHT • Sacconi Quartet and Anthony Friend performing Ravel, Brahms and a new commission by Richard Blackford on Monday 3 November • Captured by photographer Matthew Johnson

Did you catch Artistic Director @antoineami live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune on Monday? He played live in the studio with harpist @oliverwassharp and spoke to presenter @petroc_trelawny about the upcoming 17th Wimbledon International Music Festival. If you missed it, you can listen on BBC Sounds. Playing and interviews are spread over the first 80 minutes.
Anthony plays with the @sacconi_quartet on Monday 3 November. Oliver plays at two Cellar Sounds events on 10 and 12 November. The festival begins with @bgiltburg on Saturday 1 November.
Book now at wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk
Did you catch Artistic Director @antoineami live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune on Monday? He played live in the studio with harpist @oliverwassharp and spoke to presenter @petroc_trelawny about the upcoming 17th Wimbledon International Music Festival. If you missed it, you can listen on BBC Sounds. Playing and interviews are spread over the first 80 minutes.
Anthony plays with the @sacconi_quartet on Monday 3 November. Oliver plays at two Cellar Sounds events on 10 and 12 November. The festival begins with @bgiltburg on Saturday 1 November.
Book now at wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk

Monday 27 October • Artistic Director, clarinettist Anthony Friend will be on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune from 17:00-19:00 playing duos with harpist Oliver Wass and talking about this year’s Wimbledon International Music Festival
Announcing a very special show this December 1st at Fabric.
Info and tickets at throughthenoise.co.uk.
Featuring:
@ensemble_mi
@antoineami
@agatadaraskaite
@peterissok
James Cheung
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Improv by
@leoabrahams
@mrjonhopkins
@maddieashman

Meet Anthony Friend, the newly-appointed Artistic Director of the Wimbledon International Music Festival (1-22 November) stepping into the role with fresh vision and world-class talent in tow.
From major names like the Philharmonia Orchestra, Boris Giltburg & Laura van der Heijden, to intimate gigs in a wine shop — this year’s festival blends tradition with bold new energy.
“Don’t prejudge what you think you’ll like, take a risk, come with open ears, and be blown away,” he says. 🎷
Tap the link in bio to read the full interview — and find out why this year’s WIMF is not to be missed. 👀🎵
📸 Matthew Johnson
#WIMF #WimbledonMusicFestival #ClassicalMusic #AnthonyFriend #LondonEvents #LiveMusicLondon #CultureOnYourDoorstep
LONGING AND LIGHT • The Sacconi Quartet with Festival Artistic Director Anthony Friend • Ravel String Quartet, a world premiere by Richard Blackford, and Brahms’ deeply expressive Clarinet Quintet
3 November, 19:30
Tickets at link in bio
Video: 1. Anthony Friend and Solem Quartet live at Conway Hall 2. Sacconi Quartet live at Wigmore Hall
Photos by Matthew Johnson

Wimbledon International Music Festival is featured in the October issue of @timeandleisure, SW London’s luxury lifestyle magazine! Artistic Director Anthony Friend’s interview is the cover story. Read the full interview in print and online from today.

Wimbledon International Music Festival is featured in the October issue of @timeandleisure, SW London’s luxury lifestyle magazine! Artistic Director Anthony Friend’s interview is the cover story. Read the full interview in print and online from today.
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