Real name: Anthony Vincent Benedictus Collins

Effective period / Period of releases: 1950 - 1990

British violist, conductor, arranger and composer. Born 3 September 1893 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK - Died 11 December 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aged 17, he joined up with the Hastings Municipal Orchestra. He studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music, London. In 1926, he began his musical career performing as Principal Viola in The London Symphony Orchestra. For ten years he performed in that orchestra and also in the Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He resigned these positions in 1936. He moved to the United States in 1939 to conduct orchestras in Los Angeles and New York City as well as composing film music. That same year, he founded the Mozart London Orchestra. He returned to England in 1945, continuing to conduct the major British orchestras and also compose for British film studios. He retired at the end of the 1950s, returning to Los Angeles, where he died at the age of 70.