As a composer, trumpeter and pianist, Anthony studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy until he was 18. He completed his undergraduate degree in music at the University of Durham (1993-1996) specialising in composition, and continued his studies in orchestral conducting on a scholarship at the Royal College of Music, London (1997-1999). Anthony studied with John Carewe, Jorma Panula, Edwin Roxburgh, Gerhard Markson and Neil Thomson, and has worked as assistant conductor to Lorin Maazel, Daniele Gatti, Andrea Quinn and most recently to Martin André at Greek National Opera. After winning the August Manns prize for conducting two years consecutively, he became the first ever winner of the Norman Del Mar Conducting Prize in 1999 and was a Western European finalist of the Maazel/Vilar International Conducting Competition in February 2002.

Having been recognised as a conductor who is eager to step beyond traditional musical boundaries, Anthony frequently works in many diverse styles and genres. He collaborates with innovative musicians such as pianist Joanna MacGregor, singer songwriter David Byrne (Talking Heads), saxophonist Jean-Yves Fourmeau, jazz trumpeter Matthias Schriefl, bass player Greg Cohen, and the mischievous jazz composer Django Bates; a relationship which began in 2004 at the Traumzeit festival in Germany with the Duisburger Philharmoniker. During successful return visits to the Duisburger Philharmoniker recently, Anthony conducted the launch concert of the Ruhrtriennale festival (2006) and the grand finale of the Extraschicht festival (2009) and has been invited to continue his work with the orchestra. Anthony has also conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, New York City Ballet Orchestra, South Bank Sinfoni and the Santa Clarita Valley Symphony (Los Angeles); he has made several recordings and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, Lyric FM, West German Radio (WDR3) and Weave Records; and he is currently Musical Director for the Avenue A Ensemble, City University Symphony Orchestra, Colne Philharmonic Orchestra and the Portobello Orchestra, and in frequent demand as a guest conductor across the UK and Europe.

Anthony is co-founder of the innovative Avenue A Ensemble, for which he also writes, and has recently completed recording the ensemble’s debut album Rocking Horses, released to great acclaim earlier in 2009 (available from iTunes). In recent years, Anthony has also been a busy orchestrator of film & TV soundtracks, working with composers Michael Price and David Arnold, and his orchestrations can be heard in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Sean Connery), Wild Target (Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint), Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman) and The Mountain Within amongst others.

Teaching plays an important part of Anthony’s musical life; he holds a position at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy and is a frequent guest teacher of orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, London.