Roger Norrington

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British conductor (1934-2025)

United Kingdom MusiciansLived 1934 to 2025 · aged 91

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Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington was an English conductor, best known for historically informed performances of baroque, classical, and romantic music, which often entailed minimal use of vibrato and applying historically informed principles to modern orchestras.

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Awards 8

2016honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

2003Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

1997Knight Bachelor

1990Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1980Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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Magdalena KoženáAlso in Idomeneo (2007)

Ramón VargasAlso in Idomeneo (2007)

Anja HarterosAlso in Idomeneo (2007)

Vladimir JurowskiAlso won honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

James MacMillanAlso won honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

Michael TippettAlso won honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

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