Richard Egarr
Richard Egarr (born August 7, 1963 in Lincoln (Lincolnshire) ) is a British conductor and keyboard instrument player.
Career
Egarr received his early musical training as a choir singer at York Minster , and later at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester . Then he was organ student at Clare College of Cambridge University and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Encouraged by his fellow student Gustav Leonhardt , he became interested in historical performance practice from an early age . Egarr has the ability to play all kinds of keyboard instruments. He has mastered the musical repertoire of keyboard instruments from the beginning of the intabulation through Dussek , Chopin to Berg and Davies .
In 2006 he succeeded Christopher Hogwood as musical director at the Academy of Ancient Music .
Web links
- Richard Egarr at the artist agency Intermusica
- Internet presence of the Academy of Ancient Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Cullingford: Richard Egarr to step down at the Academy of Ancient Music. In: Gramophone. July 27, 2018, accessed on January 20, 2019 (eng).
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| SURNAME | Egarr, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British conductor and keyboard instrument player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th August 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lincoln (Lincolnshire) , England |