Harry Christophers

Harry Christophers

Harry Christophers is an English conductor, born on December 26, 1953 in Goudhurst, Kent. He cites as his childhood musical influences "The Rolling Stones", Brahms, Mahler, Stravinsky and Jethro Tull [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dp1pc Interview with Harry Christophers] , "The Choir"] . He attended the King's School, Canterbury, working as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under choirmaster Alan Wicks and playing clarinet in the school orchestra alongside Andrew Mariner. He became an Academical Clerk at Magdalen College, Oxford, studying Classics for two years before embarking on a musical career.

He then spent 6 years as as Lay Vicar at Westminster Abbey, and then time as a member of the Clerks of Oxenford and 3 years in the BBC Singers. He founded The Sixteen during this time, in 1977. As well as conducting The Sixteen he has conducted the English Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie. He has also been named Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society beginning in the 2009-2010 season.

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* [http://featured.earlymusicguide.com/HarryChristophers Interview with Paris Konstantinidis] , earlymusicguide.com (July 19, 2007)
* [http://www.the-sixteen.org.uk/ The Sixteen Web site]
* [http://www.kammerphilharmonie.com/ Deutsches Kammerphilharmonie Web site]


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