A pupil of Raymond Leppard, Christopher Hogwood (1941-2014) specialized in
Baroque music when he founded the Early Music Consort (1967), then the Academy
of Ancient Music (1973), promoting performances on period instruments ten years
before this became fashionable. A world-renowned harpsichordist, conductor and
musicologist (specializing in Handel), his repertoire spans the Baroque,
Romantic and contemporary periods. Honorary director of several American and
European orchestras (the Berlin Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House
in London), he has made over two hundred re...