All you need to know about Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who will be conducting his two choirs at the pre-coronation concert <\/p>
On the 6 May, in a pre-coronation service concert at Westminster Abbey, Sir John Eliot Gardiner will be conducting the two choirs he founded: the Monteverdi Choir<\/a> and English Baroque Soloists<\/a>. <\/strong>But who is the eminent conductor who will be setting the scene and warming the audience up for the majestic occasion to follow?<\/p>\n John Eliot Gardiner is one of the world\u2019s greatest conductors and famous for his interpretations of Baroque<\/strong><\/a> music, in particular Bach<\/strong><\/a> and Monteverdi<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n John Eliot Gardiner was born on 20 April 1943 in Fontmell Magna, Dorset.<\/p>\n John Eliot Gardiner started studying conducting aged 15 and launched his career when he was an undergraduate at Cambridge with a performance of the Monteverdi Vespers<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. This performance led the young conductor to found the Monteverdi Choir in 1964. He also founded the English Baroque Soloists in 1978) and the Orchestre R\u00e9volutionnaire et Romantique<\/strong><\/a> in 1989.<\/p>\nWho is John Eliot Gardiner?<\/h2>\n
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