Edward Gardner (conductor)
- Edward Gardner (conductor)
Edward Gardner (born 1974, Gloucester [cite news | author=Christopher Morley | title=From opera pit to podium of the CBSO | url=http://icwolverhampton.icnetwork.co.uk/tm_headline=from-opera-pit-to-podium-of-the-cbso&method=full&objectid=20110400&siteid=50002-name_page.html | work=Wolverhampton AdNews | date=2007-11-15 | accessdate=2007-12-08] ) is a British conductor. He sang as a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral. He attended the King's School, Gloucester and Eton. At the University of Cambridge, he continued as a music student, was a Choral Scholar in King's College Choir. He had begun choral conducting at Eton, and continued conducting at Cambridge. [cite news | author=Neil Fisher | title=Gladiator at the Coliseum | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1804154.ece | work=The Times | date=2007-05-18 | accessdate=2008-05-16] He also studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 2000.
From 1997 until 2002, Gardner was Musical Director of Wokingham Choral Society, a post previously held by Graeme Jenkins, Paul Daniel, and Stephen Layton.
In 1999, whilst still a student at the Royal Academy, Gardner became a repetiteur at the Salzburg Festival at the invitation of Michael Gielen, after another repetiteur had become ill and Gielen needed a substitute.[cite news | author=Charlotte Higgins | title=Enter the young pretender | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2060694,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=2007-04-19 | accessdate=2007-12-08] Gardner subsequently served as an assistant conductor to Mark Elder at The Hallé Orchestra for 3 years. [cite news | author=Neil Fisher | title=The good terrorists? | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article554187.ece | work=The Times | date=2005-08-12 | accessdate=2008-05-16] In 2003, Gardner was named music director of Glyndebourne on Tour and formally took up the post in 2004. [cite news | author=Louise Jury | title=Rising star of British music becomes ENO director at age of 31 | url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/news/article349898.ece | work=The Independent | date=2006-03-08 | accessdate=2007-12-08] He relinquished this post in 2007. ]In 2005, Gardner was a winner of the Young Artist prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society. [cite news | author=Emma Love | title=Rising star: Edward Gardner, conductor | url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1762447,00.html | work=The Observer | date=2006-04-30 | accessdate=2007-12-08] In March 2006, he was appointed music director of English National Opera. [cite news | author=Richard Morrison | title=Young star takes baton in gamble to revive ENO | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article738561.ece | work=The Times | date=2006-03-08 | accessdate=2007-12-08] [cite news | author=Charlotte Higgins | title=Troubled opera company picks young conductor | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1726027,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=2006-03-08 | accessdate=2007-12-08] He formally took up the post in May 2007, with an initial contract of 3 years. [cite news | author=Rupert Christiansen | title=ENO needs a fresh beginning | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/09/20/bmgardner120.xml | work=Telegraph | date=2007-09-20 | accessdate=2008-07-04]
References
External links
* [http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=256 IMG Artists agency biography of Edward Gardner]
* [http://www.wokingham-choral-society.org.uk Wokingham Choral Society home page, "Get to Know Wokingham Choral Society"]
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