Welcome

Welcome to Derek Warby Artist Management, home to some of the UK’s finest ensembles and musicians.

Derek Warby Artist Management was formed in the summer of 2007 to manage a range of ensembles and musicians. Active in professional music management since 1980, Derek Warby has worked with some of the world’s most established musicians and is now privileged to look after the Amstel Saxophone Quartet, the Auricle Ensemble, the Dante Quartet, Divertimenti, Fantasticus, Primavera Ensemble, Stenclmusic, the Visontay-Kym Duo and the Zimro Trio, as well as Dutch jazz/swing violinist Tim Kliphuis, the eminent jazz composer, pianist and bandleader Mike Westbrook and the comedy string quartet Graffiti Classics.

We are delighted to welcome DWAM's latest client, the violin/piano duo of Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay and Min-Jung Kym.

Latest News

Auricle Ensemble
The Auricle Ensemble has just given two performances of The City - a film from 1939 with live music by Aaron Copland. Here is the first review.

Dante Quartet
The Dante Quartet has just recorded the string quartets by Zoltán Kodály for Hyperion.

Divertimenti
Following a triumphant tour of northern Scotland in March 2012, the ensemble was immediately invited back for a second tour for concerts throughour northern England and Scotland in March 2014.
"The audience was totally enthralled with the intensity of the music and the ensemble’s commitment... . The ovation was one of the longest a Music Nairn audience has given, and deservedly so." Michael Barnett, Nairnshire Telegraph

Tim Kliphuis
Following a highly successful tour of workshops and concerts in Japan, Tim is turning his attention to several more touring periods in the UK, including his Fiddling on the Fells Tour, running and playing concerts over the highest Lake District hills. Read all about it here.

Mike Westbrook
Kate and Mike Westbrook are busy in preparation for a busy March, including concerts in London, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.

Zimro Trio
The Zimro Trio is delighted to have been accepted for the second time as a Featured Artist for Making Music's Concert Promoters' Group for the 2013-14 season.