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John Eliot Gardiner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Acknowledged as a key figure in the early music revival, he is the founder and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Alongside the activities with his own ensembles, John appears regularly as guest conductor with the most important European symphony orchestras, including the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic orchestras and the London Symphony Orchestra.
In 1987 John received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Lyon, and in 1996 he was nominated Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1992 he became an Honorary Fellow of both King’s College, London, and the Royal Academy of Music.

He received a knighthood in the 1998 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. In April 2008 he was he was awarded Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation’s prestigious Bach Prize.

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