Adrian Anantawan (Canada) – The Concert 2022

Adrian Anantawan’s emotive violin playing has taken him places, from the White House to the Winter Olympics, and he has performed for luminaries such as former US president George W Bush, Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama. So moved was the Dalai Lama that he held Adrian’s hands in his own and the two men touched foreheads for a couple of seconds in an age-old gesture of connection and closeness.

Adrian graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and Yale University with a major in Music Performance and founded the non-profit organization, Music Inclusion Program, where he inculcates the importance of an accessible and inclusive orchestral learning environment.