John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor, most famous for his interpretations of baroque music on period instruments. He formed the [a=The Monteverdi Choir] in 1964 and 4 years later [a1639402], with whose members he founded [a=The English Baroque Soloists] in 1978. In 1989, he formed a new period instrument orchestra to perform classical and romantic music, the [a=Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique], playing [a=Hector Berlioz], [a=Ludwig van Beethoven], [a=Johannes Brahms] among others. Married to violinist [a836744] from 1981 until their divorce in 1997. In 2001, he married [a3396182].