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Popular As | John Gardiner |
Occupation | Conductor |
Age | 80 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | April 20, 1943 (England) |
Birthday | April 20 |
Town/City | England |
Nationality | England |
John Gardiner’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
John Gardiner was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Known for his work at Covent Garden, The English National Opera, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and the Opéra National de Lyon, this renowned conductor also founded a music group called the Monteverdi Orchestra (the group was later renamed the English Baroque Soloists).
After earning a degree in history from Cambridge University, he studied music at King's College London.
He specialized in conducting early Baroque works performed on instruments that were popular during the period in which the pieces were composed.
His nearly twenty-year-long marriage to violinist Elizabeth Wilcock resulted in three daughters. He later married Isabella de Sabata, a direct descendent of Italian composer and conductor Victor de Sabata.
A Johann Sebastian Bach scholar and enthusiast, he led the Bach-Archiv Leipzig society and wrote and published a 2013 work titled Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven.