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18 Facts About Mark Elder

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Mark Elder is currently music director of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, England.

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Mark Elder played the bassoon when in primary school, and at Bryanston School, Dorset, where he was one of the foremost musicians of his generation.

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3.

Mark Elder attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge as a choral scholar, where he studied music.

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4.

Mark Elder later became a protege of Sir Edward Downes and gained experience conducting Verdi operas in Australia, at the Sydney Opera House.

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Mark Elder was known as part of the "Power House" team that included general director Peter Jonas and artistic director David Pountney, and gave ENO several very successful years of productions.

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6.

Mark Elder served as principal guest conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Mark Elder held positions as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Mozart Players.

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Mark Elder was appointed music director of the Halle Orchestra in 1999.

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Mark Elder is generally regarded as having restored the orchestra to high musical standards, after a period where the continuing existence of the orchestra was in doubt.

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Mark Elder has been president of the London Philharmonic Choir from 2014 and is currently the Royal Academy of Music's Barbirolli Chair of Conducting.

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11.

Mark Elder first conducted the Last Night of the Proms in 1987.

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12.

Mark Elder was scheduled to conduct again in 1990, but his remarks about the nature of some of the traditional Proms selections in the context of the impending first Gulf War led to his dismissal from that engagement.

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13.

Mark Elder was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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14.

Mark Elder won an Olivier Award in 1991 for his outstanding work at English National Opera.

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15.

Mark Elder received the 2006 conductor prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society.

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16.

Mark Elder was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 2008.

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Mark Elder was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to music.

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18.

Mark Elder has recorded for the Hyperion, NMC, Chandos, Opera Rara, and Glyndebourne record labels, as well as for the Halle Orchestra's own label.

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