Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington was born on 16 March 1934 and is an English conductor.
21 Facts About Roger Norrington
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Roger Norrington is known for historically informed performances of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music.
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Roger Norrington studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Dragon School, Oxford, Westminster School, Clare College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music under Adrian Boult among others.
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Roger Norrington played the violin, and worked as a tenor through the 1960s.
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From 1969 to 1984, Roger Norrington was music director of Kent Opera.
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Roger Norrington was artistic advisor of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society from 2006 to 2009.
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Roger Norrington was principal guest conductor of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
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Roger Norrington was principal conductor of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra from 2011 to 2016.
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Roger Norrington has conducted over 50 world premieres, and has appeared regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and major orchestras throughout the world.
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Roger Norrington is best known for historically informed performances of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music.
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Roger Norrington is a member of the historically informed performance movement.
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Roger Norrington has advocated a limited or no use of vibrato in orchestral performances, which has brought him both positive and adverse criticism.
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Roger Norrington has strictly followed Beethoven's original metronome markings in his symphonies, despite critical comment that these markings were "miscalculated".
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Roger Norrington has conducted recordings of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Bruckner, and Mahler on period and modern instruments.
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In particular, Roger Norrington makes very sparse use of the vibrato, often uses very fast tempos, and varies the placement of the instruments on stage.
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Especially with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington has developed a very individual sound, which is often dubbed by the trade press as Stuttgart Sound.
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Symphonic cycles which Roger Norrington interpreted in recent years with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra have received worldwide acclaim.
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Roger Norrington conducted the First Night of the Proms in 2006 and the Last Night of The Proms on 13 September 2008.
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Roger Norrington was appointed OBE in 1980, CBE in 1990 and Knight Bachelor in 1997.
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Roger Norrington is a patron of Bampton Classical Opera and the Orchestra of St Paul's.
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Roger Norrington is an honorary fellow of Clare College Cambridge and holds honorary degrees from the Universities of York and Kent and an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Music.