“我最大的音乐热情是莫扎特的安魂曲，”大提琴家托尼·伍拉德说。
“六年前，我改编了《Lacrimosa》。它在 YouTube 上很受欢迎，但一直没有时间完成整个编曲。当宣布封锁时……我立即开始在家编曲和录音。每首曲结束时录音当天，我会将音频文件和视频片段通过电子邮件发送给我最亲密的朋友兼制作人 Andrew Holdsworth，他会将 20 个大提琴部分混合在一起，并为每个乐章创建多屏幕视频。然后在四月，灾难降临了。呼吸困难的夜晚，我给医生打电话，几天后，Covid 19 检测呈阳性。我的童年哮喘病史使情况变得更加复杂。我用雾化器、吸入器和一本莫扎特的乐谱将自己限制在床上。事情让人感到绝望。很长一段时间我只能专注于呼吸。当我感觉有精力的时候，我会安排音乐，做呼吸练习，剩下的时间就睡觉。我有一份莫扎特的原始乐谱可供参考，莫扎特临终时被同样的乐谱包围的形象离我不远。幸运的是，我是幸运者之一。尽管几周来我感觉稍微好一点，然后又变得更糟，但我已经康复了，我非常感谢我的家人、朋友和 NHS。”
托尼在伦敦市政厅音乐学院跟随大卫·史密斯和拉斐尔·沃尔菲什学习大提琴。
后来他获得了瑞士政府奖学金，并在瑞士卢加诺跟随罗伯特·科恩（Rober Cohen）学习了四年。
作为室内乐音乐家，托尼曾与菲茨威廉弦乐四重奏（Fitzwilliam String Quartet）、阿尔伯尼四重奏（舒伯特五重奏）（Alberni quartet）合作，并在查尔斯顿庄园音乐节上与罗伯特·科恩合作。多年来，他一直是阿尔巴弦乐四重奏的成员，出现在许多著名的音乐节上，包括切尔滕纳姆、奇切斯特、伦敦金融城和都柏林。该四重奏组被选为南岸中心 Fresh 音乐节的成员，他们都是 Park Lane Group 的艺术家。他们在三一音乐学院获得奖学金，教授室内乐并举办音乐会。
作为独奏家，托尼于 2007 年 1 月在瑞士电台现场直播了罗伯特·萨克斯顿的独奏奏鸣曲的瑞士首演，并于 2009 年 3 月在新西兰首演。这场独奏会在新西兰电台现场直播。他的首张独奏 CD 《Cello Journey》 于 2010 年发行，收录了威廉·沃尔顿爵士失传的作品。
他演奏的是维奥拉·齐索（Viola Ziessow）制作的现代大提琴。
Mozart Requiem Arranged for Cello
Dedicated to the victims and families of Covid 19
Tony Woollard, cello
“My biggest musical passion is Mozart’s Requiem,” said cellist Tony Woollard. “Six years ago I made an arrangement of the Lacrimosa. It became popular on YouTube but there was never time to finish the whole arrangement. When the lockdown was announced…I immediately started arranging and recording at home. At the end of each recording day I would email audio files and video footage to my closest friend and producer, Andrew Holdsworth, who would mix the 20 cello parts together and create multi-screen videos for each movement. And then in April, disaster struck. After a particularly bad night of breathing difficulties I called my doctor and a few days later tested positive for Covid 19. This was complicated by my history of childhood asthma. I confined myself to bed with a nebulizer, inhalers and a copy of Mozart’s score. Things felt desperate. For a long time I could only focus on breathing in and out. I arranged music when I felt I had any energy and did breathing exercises and slept the rest of the time. I had a copy of Mozart’s original score to work from and the image of Mozart on his deathbed surrounded by the very same score was not far from my mind. Fortunately, I was one of the lucky ones. Despite weeks of feeling slightly better and then worse again, I’ve recovered and I’m incredibly grateful to my family, friends and the NHS.”
TONY STUDIED THE CELLO WITH DAVID SMITH AND RAPHAEL WALLFISCH AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN LONDON.
He later won a Swiss government scholarship and spent four years studying with Robert Cohen in Lugano, Switzerland.
As a chamber musician Tony has played with the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, the Alberni quartet (Schubert quintet) and with Robert Cohen at his Charleston Manor festival. For many years he was a member of the Alba string quartet, appearing in many prestigious festivals including Cheltenham, Chichester, City of London and Dublin. The quartet were selected for Fresh at the South Bank Centre and were Park Lane Group artists. They held a Fellowship at Trinity College of Music where they taught chamber music and gave concerts.
As a soloist Tony gave the Swiss premiere of Robert Saxton’s Solo Sonata live on Swiss radio in January 2007 and the New Zealand premiere in March 2009. This recital was broadcast live on New Zealand radio. His debut solo CD Cello Journey was released in 2010 and features a lost work by Sir William Walton.
He plays a modern cello made by Viola Ziessow.