He is a violinist and conductor born in Lincoln,
England.He received his musical education at
the Paris Conservatoire, the Royal College of Music in London
and Pierre Monteaux' School in Hancock,
Maine.During his studies he also became a
violinist for the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia and formed
the Jacobean Ensemble with Thurston Dart.He is the founder and Life President
of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra, where he
played violin until 1969 before becoming their conductor.During his career he has conducted
the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the New York
Chamber Orchestra and held tenures with the Minnesota Orchestra and the
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.He has appeared on more than 300 recordings and is known as an
interpreter of music from the Baroque period as well as for his arrangements
and selection of the music for the Amadeus
soundtrack, which reached No. 56 on the Billboard album charts and is St. Martin in the Fields biggest selling album.In 1985 he was given the honour of a
knighthood.His son is the
clarinetist Andrew Marriner.
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields recordings
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Adagio in G minor (Tomaso Giovanni
Albinoni)
EMI Classics 5 66400 (CD: Baroque for Dummies)
Conductor -
Neville Marriner
Violin -Iona Brown
Adagio in G minor (Tomaso Giovanni
Albinoni)
Seraphim 5 73289 2 (CD:
Classical Favorites)
Conductor - Neville Marriner
Violin - Iona
Brown
Johann
Georg Albrechtsberger
Concertino for Trumpet in E flat Major
Deutsche Grammaphon DG B0005042-02 (CD: Masters of the Trumpet)
