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 , with whose members he founded [a=The English Baroque Soloists] in 1978. In 1989, he formed a new period instrument orchestra to perform the classical and romantic repertoire, the [a=Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique].
Gardiner was married to violinist from 1981 until 1997. In 2001, he married .
In 2024, Gardiner stepped down as leader and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra (which includes the choir, the English Baroque Soloists, and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique).