Christopher Hogwood

Christopher Hogwood

male, 68 years old
la scala, Berlin State Opera, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, classical literature, From Nottingham…Academy of Ancient Music, Early Music Consort, Academic of the Royal Academy of Music, Earlymusicperformer
Christopher Hogwood is one of the greatest proponents of the early music movement, as well as a renowned conductor of twentieth century works. This...
Emma Kirkby

Emma Kirkby

female
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander, Soprano, early music, Somerville College…Earlymusicperformer, performer
Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby DBE (b. February 26, 1949) is a soprano singer who is recognised as one of the world's greatest early music specialists....

Alan Curtis

male, 75 years old
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, Earlymusicperformer, Christian Zell, archlute, Goldberg Variations, chromatic
Alan Curtis (b. November 17, 1934 in Mason, Michigan) is a noted American harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor of baroque opera. After...
Christophe Rousset

Christophe Rousset

male, 48 years old
Earlymusicperformer, Conductor, French, Harpsichordist, baroque music, authentic performance
Christophe Rousset (born 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, specializing in the performance of baroque music on period instruments.

William Christie

male, 65 years old
Harvard University, Légion d'honneur, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris Conservatoire, Berlin Philharmonic, Les Arts Florissants…Music history of France, French Baroque music, baroque music, Earlymusicperformer
William Lincoln Christie is the founder and director of Les Arts Florissants. Christie studied art history at Harvard University (where he was...
David Munrow

David Munrow

male, deceased (1976)
Conductor, university of leicester, composer, pianist, early music, british council…Earlymusicperformer
David Munrow was a musician and early music historian.

René Jacobs

male, 63 years old
Herreweghe, Midem, St. Matthew Passion, haydn, Leonhardt, gramophone…Earlymusicperformer
René Jacobs is a Belgian (Flemish) musician. He came to fame as a countertenor but in recent years has become renowned as a conductor of Baroque a...
John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner

male, 66 years old
BBC, musical ensembles, Symphony No. 3, dramatisation, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Earlymusicperformer…early music
Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir (1966),...
Nicholas McGegan

Nicholas McGegan

male, 59 years old
English classical flautist, British harpsichordist, choral conductor, Royal College of Music, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra…early music, Earlymusicperformer
Nicholas McGegan is a British harpsichordist, flutist, conductor and early music expert. Educated at Cambridge and Oxford universities, McGegan...
Gustav Leonhardt

Gustav Leonhardt

male, 81 years old
Dutch harpsichordist, Classical music era, choral conductor, pipe organ, baroque, clavichord…Earlymusicperformer, performer
Gustav Leonhardt made his debut in as a harpsichordist in Vienna in 1950. After studying musicology there, he served as professor of harpsichord at...