Alison Bury

Alison Bury (born 20 January 1954) is a British violinist who works as a soloist, orchestra leader and chamber musician, specialising in historically informed performances of Baroque music, especially works by J. S. Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. Her teachers include Francis Baines, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sándor Végh. She was the leader of the English Baroque Soloists (1983–2008) and a co-leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, of which she was a founding member in 1986, and was also a member of several other well-known period-music ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music (1975–90), the Taverner Players (1976–92) and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (1980–86).

Early life and education Bury was born 20 January 1954 in Woking, Surrey. She attended the Royal College of Music, where she was taught violin by Sylvia Rosenberg and Jaroslav Vanáček. There she studied Baroque performance practice with Francis Baines, with whom she also worked on the viol.

Recordings Her recordings as a soloist include Vivaldi's Four Seasons with both the Academy of Ancient Music and the Taverner Players, Bury directed Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 for a 1989 recording of the set with OAE, which Allan Kozinn, in a review for The New York Times, considers one of the more successful concertos of the set.