Alasdair Malloy

Alasdair's main activity resides in devising special programmes for children and families, which have made him extremely popular with young and new audiences. Whether it relates to bugs, carnivals, fantastic creatures, mathematics or sports, Alasdair has introduced music to thousands of people both in the UK and abroad.

Alasdair is a regular guest with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and has presented concerts for their highly successful Phil Power series, which was Reason Number One, according to Julian Lloyd Webber, to be optimistic about the future of classical music in the UK. He has also devised and presented original programmes for successive years with The Hallé, Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Opera North, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, RTE Orchestra in Dublin and London Mozart Players. Alasdair was the Artistic Director of the Adventure Concerts for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for eight years.

Abroad, Alasdair has appeared with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra since 2002 and is now invited every year to present educational concerts with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In China, Alasdair's premiere of his highly acclaimed programme 'Bugs!!' under the umbrella of Shanghai Sunspirit Cultural Development organisation won the National Silver award for the best national performance for children in 2005. He has continued to broaden his Asian connections and has worked with both the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and toured China with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in October 2010. In France, he has established strong relationships with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, and 2010 saw Alasdair make his USA debut with the Charlotte Symphony to great acclaim.

As a Glass Harmonica specialist, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Mozart and the 300th of the birth of Benjamin Franklin who invented the instrument, Alasdair performed the programme 'At Home with Mr Mozart' at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Aldeburgh festival (Snape Proms), St John's Smith Square in London and St George's in Bristol. He will be the guest soloist at Kings Place in October 2011, where he will interpret Mozart's works for Glass Harmonica. Alasdair premiered both David Horne's Vapours and Fireflies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra respectively. One can also hear its magical sound on a number of tracks including two of Harry Potter films and Icelandic pop star Björk's recordings.

Alasdair has worked with the BBC Philharmonic for the Blue Peter children's PROMS at the Royal Albert Hall under the baton of Yan-Pascal Tortelier and appears annually for Raymond Gubbay in Christmas concerts at both the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. He is a presenter and performer with Sinfonia Viva for concerts especially designed for children as young as a few months! His festival appearances include Bury St Edmunds, Chester, Henley, Arundel, Lichfield and Risør in Norway.

Last but not least, Alasdair is principal percussionist of the BBC Concert Orchestra with whom he frequently appears as a soloist and for special projects such as the 'BBC Family Prom in the Park' concert series in Hyde Park as part of the BBC Proms.