Trevor Pinnock

Trevor Pinnock is renowned worldwide as a harpsichordist and conductor who pioneered the modern revival of early music performance.

In 1972, he founded the English Concert, whose reputation for groundbreaking performances on period instruments led to an extensive contract with Deutsche Grammophon (DG) and international tours. In 2023, DG marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the English Concert by releasing a 100-disc box set of their complete recordings. Pinnock’s many solo recordings include suites by Rameau and Louis Couperin, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Partitas and, most recently, The Well-Tempered Clavier.

His most recent recording project—Bach’s Partitas for keyboard in groundbreaking arrangements for chamber orchestra by Thomas Oehler—was with students from the Royal Academy of Music and the Glenn Gould School. It was released in autumn 2023.

In 2003, Pinnock stepped down from the leadership of the English Concert and, since that time, has divided his work between conducting solo and chamber music engagements. He has worked regularly with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He returns to the Royal Concertgebouw this season with Bach’s St. John Passion and a chamber concert of music by Bach with Emmanuel Pahud and Jonathan Manson, which they repeat at Wigmore Hall. He also continues his association with the Orchestre national de France,  the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo, and the musicians of the Royal Academy of Music.

Trevor Pinnock is the Artistic Director of the Anima Mundi Festival in Pisa and the Principal Conductor of the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo and the Academy Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1992 and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 1998. From 1991 to 1996, he was the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the NAC Orchestra.