Few, Evan

Evan Few

Evan Few has established himself as a leader in his generation of historical performance specialists, having studied and performed repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Gershwin on period instruments. An assertive, collaborative instrumentalist, he is equally adept as music director, orchestral musician, and chamber soloist and has performed on stages across the globe with some of its most esteemed early music ensembles, including Anima Eterna Brugge, Bach Collegium Japan, and the Taverner Consort. Evan is a core member of the Carmel Bach Festival, Associate Concertmaster of Atlanta Baroque, Principal Second Violin of Philharmonie Austin, and co-founder of Filament.

Evan received his principal training at Oberlin College as a pupil of Marilyn McDonald, and pursued further studies in string quartet performance at Rice University and in baroque violin at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. He has played on numerous records from Accent, CPO, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Zig-Zag Territoires, among others, as well as Filament’s forthcoming complete Buxtehude opera prima. His violin was built for him in 2010 by Matthieu Besseling of Amsterdam; he plays with baroque bows by Luis Emilio Rodriguez Carrington (2011) and Thomas Pitt (2016).

Evan lives in Philadelphia and is a devoted home cook, plant dad, and yogi.