Described by Wynton Marsalis as “The High Priest of Bach” and by Time Magazine as “The High Priest of the Harpsichord,” Anthony Newman has maintained a 40-year career as a renowned organist, harpsichordist and Bach specialist. He has recorded more than 170 CDs on such labels as CBS, Sony, Deutsche Grammaphon and Vox Masterworks. In 1989, Stereo Review voted his original instrument recording of Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto as Record of the Year. His collaboration with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis on Sony’s “In Gabriel’s Garden” was the best selling classical CD for 1997. As keyboard artist, he has performed more than 60 times at Lincoln Center in New York City and has collaborated with many of music greats including Kathleen Battle, Itzhak Perlman, Eugenia Zukerman, John Nelson, Jean-Pierre Rampal, James Levine, Lorin Mazel and Leonard Bernstein.

Also a conductor, Anthony has worked with the St. Paul, Los Angeles, Budapest, Scottish and 92nd St. Y chamber orchestras. He has also served as conductor for larger symphonic groups including the Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Calgary, Denver and New York philharmonic orchestras.

A prolific composer with works heard in Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Warsaw, New York and London, Anthony has written four symphonies, four concerti, three large choral works, three CDs of piano music, an opera entitled “Nicole and The Trial of the Century” and a large assortment of chamber, organ and guitar works. His complete works have been published by Ellis Press. Anthony has received 26 consecutive composer’s awards from ASCAP.

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