Mark Elder歌手资料

中文名 : Mark Elder

国籍 : 英国

出生地 : 赫克瑟姆

生日 : 1947-06-02

Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist.[1] He played the bassoon when in primary school, and at Bryanston School, Dorset, where he was one of the foremost musicians (bassoon and keyboards) of his generation. He attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he studied music and was a choral scholar. He later became a protégé of Sir Edward Downes and gained experience conducting Verdi operas in Australia, at the Sydney Opera House.[2]

Elder and his wife Mandy have a daughter, Katie.

Elder was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours.[20] He won an Olivier Award in 1991 for his outstanding work at English National Opera. He received the 2006 conductor prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society.[21] In April 2007, Elder was one of eight conductors of British orchestras to endorse the 10-year classical music outreach manifesto, "Building on Excellence: Orchestras for the 21st Century", to increase the presence of classical music in the UK, including giving free entry to all British schoolchildren to a classical music concert.[22] Elder received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 2008.