Edward Gardner (conductor)

Edward Gardner (born 1974, Gloucester^[1]) is a British conductor. He sang as a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral. He attended the King's School, Gloucester and Eton. At the University of Cambridge, he continued as a music student, and began to conduct. He also studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 2000. From 1997 until 2003 Gardner was Musical Director of Wokingham Choral Society^[2], a post previously held by Graeme Jenkins, Paul Daniel, and Stephen Layton. In 1999, whilst still a student at the Royal Academy, Gardner became a repetiteur at the Salzburg Festival at the invitation of Michael Gielen, after another repetiteur had become ill and Gielen needed a substitute.^[3] Gardner has subsequently been an assistant conductor to Mark Elder at The Hallé Orchestra. In 2003, Gardner was named music director of Glyndebourne on Tour and formally took up the post in 2004.^[4] He relinquished this post in 2007. In March 2006, Gardner was appointed music director of English National Opera.^{[5] [6]} He formally took up the post in May 2007. In 2005, Gardner was a winner of the Young Artist prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society.^[7]

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External links

• IMG Artists agency biography of Edward Gardner