Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Director de Orquesta
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, a distinguished conductor, is internationally recognised as a dynamic and innovative figure at the forefront of historically informed musical performance.
A leading pioneer in the revival of early music and historically informed performance practice, he has founded renowned ensembles such as the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Springhead Constellation.
He regularly appears as a guest conductor with the world's leading orchestras, including the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
In the operatic world, Gardiner has conducted at prestigious venues such as La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, the Opéra-Comique and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
His extensive discography, which has earned him more Gramophone Awards than any other living artist, as well as two Grammy Awards, includes his acclaimed recordings of Bach's sacred cantatas.
