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I'm a composer, songwriter and arranger. I write for theatre, dance, opera, the screen and the concert stage. 

All this variety calls for a flexible, open-minded and collaborative approach to composition and an enthusiasm for music in all styles. 

I have composed dance, opera and theatre scores for The Royal Opera House, The English National Ballet, The Polka Theatre, W11 Opera, The Unicorn Theatre and The Petersham Playhouse. My chamber opera "Dr Quimpugh's Compendium of Peculiar Afflictions" was nominated for a Fringe First award at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival. My ballet "Pinocchio" was filmed and broadcast by the BBC in 2006. My dance theatre work "The Wind in the Willows" transferred to the West End in December 2013 and won an Olivier Award in 2014.
The Polka Theatre adaptation of "Peter Pan", for which I wrote the music, won an Off-West End Award in 2015.

I am represented by Berlin Associates and published by Faber Music.

Reviews:

For The Wind in the Willows 2013: "The terrific ensemble sing, dance and use puppetry to take the audience on the most unforgettable journey. I sat in utter awe of Martin Ward's music which is just a dream. The detail within the score is phenomenal and the band are beyond incredible. I would happily listen to the music for the rest of time." West End Frame

For Skitterbang Island 2010: "If you thought that opera was only for grown-ups, think again. This 45-minute, sung-through opera by librettist Phil Porter and composer Martin Ward combines music, singing and puppetry to terrific effect... This show is delightful in every way... and the piece has genuine emotional muscle, underlined by a score that is musically playful, and which slyly slips in every operatic convention, from arias to trios." Guardian

For Dr Quimpugh 2012: "...a soaring collection of songs, composed by the supremely talented Martin Ward, each one detailing the bizarre story of a patient the doctor has helped overcome a surreal medical condition. The crazy logic that underpins each story is turned into genuinely moving mini-dramas that find emotion in the unlikeliest of places." Scotsman

For Pinocchio 2007: "Martin Ward's score is an apt blend of different styles: yearning, klezmer-style rhapsodies, off-kilter folk tunes, cheery organ-grinder harmonies, portentously jangling strings." Guardian

Anna Ovsyanikova is a classical violinist regularly performing as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.

As a recitalist and chamber musicians she has performed in venues including Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Room, Embassy of Russia in the UK, Birmingham Symphony and Birmingham Town Hall.

Anna has led orchestras conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, Andris Nelson and Martyn Brabbins amongst others. She has co-led under Semyon Bychkov, Leif Segerstam and accompanied instrumental soloists including Mitsuko Uchida, Martha Argerich and Natalia Gutman.

As a member of London Contemporary Orchestra she recorded tracks and performed with artists including Thom Yorke, Beck, Frank Ocean, Goldfrapp, Donovan, Jimmy Page and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead.

Originally from Russia, at the age of 16 Anna Ovsyanikova made her international debut in Germany and went on to study in the UK, completing her studies at the Royal Academy of Music for Masters where she graduated from the Masters programme with distinction and DipRAM - the highest possible award. She is also an alumna of Birmingham Conservatoire and Rimsky-Korsakov Pre Conservatory of Music in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Anna has established a reputation as a soloist, having won several concerto competitions and performing concertos with Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the City, Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra, Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic in Romania amongst many others. Dedicated orchestral leader, she has led all Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal Academy Symphony orchestras as well as CBSO Youth, Cheltenham Festival Orchestra, YMSO and Bombay Chamber Orchestra (India). She has had a year with LPO as their Foyle Future Firsts violinist. Presently she appears as a freelance player with different London orchestras including the orchestra of the Royal Opera House. At the Royal Opera House she had to privilege to work with such opera singers as Jonas Kaufmann, Elina Garanča, Bryn Terfel, Ludovic Tézier amongst others.

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