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Sir John Eliot Gardiner: who is the conductor and what are his most famous recordings?
When was Sir John Eliot Gardiner born?
Sir John Eliot Gardiner was born on 20 April 1943 in Fontmell Magna, Dorset.
He cut his teeth singing in his local church choir and playing the violin, before he took up conducting aged 15.
After winning a place to study history at King’s College, Cambridge, the young maestro launched his career with a performance of the MonteverdiVespers, which led him to found the famed Monteverdi Choir in 1964.
He also studied for a time in Paris under Nadia Boulanger, the great pedagogue who also taught Leonard Bernstein and Daniel Barenboim.
What is Sir John Eliot Gardiner best known for?
Gardiner is best known for establishing the Monteverdi Choir, with whom he made his London conducting debut in 1966 at Wigmore Hall, and later the English Baroque Soloists in 1978.
Both ensembles have become renowned for their interpretations of Baroque music on period in John eliot gardiner bach cantatas.