Philip Dukes

“Great Britain’s most outstanding solo viola player.” – The Times

As a concerto soloist, Philip Dukes has appeared with amongst others the BBC Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, London Mozart Players, Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of St John’s Smith Square, BBC Scottish Symphony and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Philip has recorded a wide range of chamber and solo albums, most notably the complete works for viola by Rebecca Clarke and the Triple Concerto by Sir Michael Tippett recorded live at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. The complete box set of Mozart Viola Quintets with the Nash Ensemble has also been released to critical acclaim.

In 2011 Philip celebrated the 20th anniversary of his London recital debut in 1991 with a gala concert at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre with Julian Lloyd Webber and Piers Lane, Classical Music/The Classical Source remarking that “everything Dukes produced, be it arabesques, dignified phrases, and a wide range of dynamics, and not forgetting silences, was of special quality”.

Philip is also Professor of Viola at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Artistic Director of Marlborough College.