Alexander Norton has performed and toured with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 2006, when he participated in the Fellowship program. He was appointed a permanent member of the Orchestra’s First Violins in 2011.
Alexander grew up on a farm near Orange in regional NSW, and began learning the violin at the age of ten with John Gould at the Orange Regional Conservatorium. He holds a Master's degree from the Australian Institute of Music, where he studied with Peter Zhang and Alice Waten, and in 2005 he studied at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) with Mark Mogeilevski, also performing in masterclasses with Kolja Blacher, Oleh Krysa and Felix Andrievsky.
As soloist Alex has performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Vivaldi’s Concerto for 4 violins with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven's Romance No.1 with the Sydney Sinfonia conducted by Richard Gill. In recent years he has appeared as soloist with orchestras across Sydney, performing the Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian and Dvořák violin concertos and Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.
He has given recitals in the South Melbourne Town Hall and the Art Gallery of NSW, and has played with the Sydney String Quartet and Sydney Piano Trio, as well as performing with Omega Ensemble and contemporary ensemble Halcyon.
Alex has played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Australian Youth Orchestra, with whom he has toured internationally. He has also been concertmaster of the Ryde Hunters Hill Symphony Orchestra, Orange Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Youth Orchestra. In addition, he has recorded numerous movie soundtracks and appeared as a Ned Kelly fiddler in the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.