‘Anna Tilbrook is an outstanding accompanist: discreet when necessary, but also able to make the simplest phrase or chordal progression tell without a touch of exaggeration.’
BBC Music Magazine
Anna is a favourite of LIMF audiences, having played at Leicester Museum on many occasions, including at festivals and in performances with her regular recital-partner, the tenor, James Gilchrist.
Born in Hertfordshire, Anna studied music at York University and at the Royal Academy of Music with Julius Drake, where she was awarded a Fellowship and in 2009 became an Associate. She has also won many major international accompaniment prizes, including the AESS Bluthner prize and the award for an outstanding woman musician from the ROSL.
In the course of her distinguished career, Anna has made a number of award-winning discs with James Gilchrist, whilst also accompanying other leading soloists such as Lucy Crowe, Sarah Tynan, Emma Bell, Barbara Hannigan, Willard White, Ashley Riches, Stephan Loges, Chris Maltman, Ian Bostridge, Barbara Bonney, Victoria Simmonds, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies, Natalie Clein, Nick Daniel, Philip Dukes, Guy Johnston, Louisa Tuck and Jack Liebeck. For Welsh National Opera she has accompanied Angela Gheorghiu, Jose Carreras and Bryn Terfel in televised concerts. Anna has also played with string quartets such as the Carducci, Fitzwilliam, Elias, Coull, Barbirolli and Sacconi.
