The Avison Ensemble

Welcome to the Avison Ensemble
The Avison Ensemble  is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison and other classical composers.

Listen to a sound clip from The Avison Ensemble - 12 Concerti after Geminiani (for sale in the shop).

You can read reviews of our CDs. You can also read the latest Early Music News review of this marvellous recording by "one of the finest baroque ensembles now in existence" here as well as the new International Record review of this recording by Robert Levett.



300 years on - Avison makes the front cover! 

read the Journal Culture edition (external site)..


Tercentenary Events and Concerts



A Geordie Genius: The Tercentenary Lectures


The Avison Ensemble Young Musicians’ Awards 2008-09



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quote “...a sense of enjoyment so strong you can almost touch it.” Early Music Today