Thomas Bowes

Thomas Bowes is one of the UK’s most versatile and accomplished violinists, performing as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and artistic director. Thomas is very active in the realm of cinema, and millions have heard him on over 200 film soundtracks. Most recently, he was featured as the solo violinist in Alexandre Desplat’s score for Guillermo del Toro’s award-winning stop-motion Pinocchio.

Between 1988 and 1993, Bowes was the founding leader of the Maggini String Quartet, and together with his wife, composer and pianist Eleanor Alberga OBE, he formed the duo Double Exposure in 1995. The duo toured extensively with concerts and broadcasts in the United States, Europe, and Asia. A constant advocate of Alberga’s music, Thomas has premiered and made recordings of many of her works, including her two violin concertos. Between 2003 and 2015, Thomas was the Artistic Director of the Langvad Chamber Music Jamboree in Denmark. In 2010, with Alberga, he founded the music festival Arcadia in north Herefordshire, England. He is privileged to own and play a splendid 1659 Nicolo Amati violin.