Anneke Scott

Anneke Scott is internationally recognised as one of the leading performers and scholars of the historical horn, with a career spanning repertoire from the late seventeenth century to the present day. As principal horn with many of the world’s foremost period instrument ensembles—including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and English Baroque Soloists, Raphaël Pichon’s Pygmalion, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, the Dunedin Consort and the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra—she is equally at home as orchestral leader, chamber musician and soloist. Her acclaimed recordings encompass three centuries of horn repertoire, from Baroque obbligato arias to nineteenth-century virtuoso works.

Alongside her performing career, Anneke is a dedicated educator and researcher. She teaches at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague/ Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal Conservatoire Scotland and Trinity Laban and is also regularly invited to give masterclasses and lectures internationally. Her research into nineteenth-century natural horn performance practice in France culminated in a PhD from the University of Birmingham, focusing on timbre and portamento in French natural horn playing.

Anneke’s contributions to the field have been recognised with several distinguished honours, including Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music, the International Horn Society Punto Award and, most recently, the 2026 Christopher Monk Award from the Historic Brass Society, presented in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the study and performance of historic brass. She continues to combine performance, research and teaching in a career dedicated to bringing historical brass traditions vividly to life for modern audiences.