Trevor Pinnock

Trevor Pinnock is known worldwide as a harpsichordist and conductor who pioneered performance on historical instruments with his own orchestra, The English Concert, which he founded in 1972 and led for the next thirty years. He now divides his time between conducting, solo and chamber music and educational projects.

During the forthcoming season he continues his association with the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen orchestras with celebrations of Haydn and Mendelssohn. His appearances as guest conductor also include performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw and London Philharmonic orchestras.

Solo and chamber music tours include a programme of Handel and his sources of inspiration - ‘Handel’s Garden’ - with soprano Lucy Crowe and colleagues on period instruments and a programme with flautist Emmanuel Pahud and cellist Jonathan Manson following their recording of Bach Flute Sonatas which will be released by EMI in October 2008.

Pinnock’s recently released recording of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos on the Avie label with the specially formed European Brandenburg Ensemble has received the highest acclaim. The ensemble will reconvene in 2011 for performances of Bach’s St John Passion.

In educational initiatives Pinnock continues his work with the Royal Academy of Music, London, with staged performances of Haydn’s ‘L’Infedelta delusa’ and will undertake his first session as guest artist at the University Mozarteum Salzburg.