Died Conductor Christopher Hogwood

On Wednesday, September 24, in Cambridge, after a long illness at the age of 73, the English conductor, harpsichord and musicologist Christopher Hogwood died.

This was reported by the website of the magazine Gramophone .

Christopher Hogwood was born in 1941, studied music and ancient literature in Cambridge. His teachers were Raymond Lepard and Terston Dart, then Rafael Puyan and Gustav Leonhardt.

In 1967, along with David Manrow, the Early Music Consort ensemble created to death Munro (1976). In 1973, Hogwood organized its own team - the Academy of Ancient Music Academy of Academy, specializing in the performance of Baroque and early classicism on the instruments of the era.

In 1986-2001, Hogwood was the artistic director of the Boston choir and orchestra "Handel and Haydn Society", from 1983 to 1985 he led the Mozart festival at the London Barbican Center.

As the harpsichordist Hogwood is most famous for his performing interpretations of the works of English virginalists, Coopers, Bach and other composers of the Baroque era. In addition to baroque music, he conducted the works of composers of the 20th century, including Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Martin, Hindemit, Woan-Wileams, Brittin.

The author of several books about Baroque music, publisher and commentator of the teaching aid of Matthew Locke (1621–1677) according to Basso Continuo (1987).

Since 1992, Christopher Hogwood taught the performance of ancient music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, was an invited professor Kingz College at the University of London, as well as an honorary professor and doctor of the University of Cambridge.