" ... firebreathing, having a ball... over the top pyrotechnics.

What a fiddler!"

Boston Globe 6 Feb 96

"...an extraordinary fusion of the player and the music in which Bowes seems to engage totally with the composer's emotions and intentions..." Oxford Times - Walton Concerto with Vernon Handley

* Tom makes his debut with the Halle Orchestra and Mark Elder in Elgar's monumental concerto June 15th in Lincoln. See Elgar violin Concerto for Tom's thoughts on the concerto. Click here to hear Tom play some Elgar.

* Ancient versus Modern. Hear Tom on the BBC's Today programme go head to head with Christian Tetzlaff about old and new violins.

* Tom records John Metcalf's concerto "Paradise Haunts..." Scheduled for release this September on the Signum classics label is a CD of the music of John Metcalf. Featured will be Tom's recording of the concerto "Paradise haunts...". Listen to John Metcalf talk about the work and hear an excerpt.