Marcus Creed (born 19 April 1951) is an English conductor. Born in Eastbourne, Sussex (South England), he was educated at Eastbourne Grammar School, King's College,

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, Christ Church,

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, and Guildhall School in

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. He moved to Germany in 1976 and worked firstly as a coach and chorusmaster at the

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. From 1987 to 2001 he was artistic director of the

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and worked with the Berlin Scharoun Ensemble as a pianist and conductor and conducted the

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and

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as well as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. In 2003, he was appointed artistic director of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart. He was appointed chief conductor of The Danish National Vocal Ensemble in 2014 with whom he recorded ''the Vocal music by

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and'' won a

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. Since 1998 he has also been a professor for choral conducting at the

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Awards

* 2022 Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Ring

References

Living people Alumni of King's College, Cambridge English male conductors (music) Bach conductors 21st-century English conductors (music) 1951 births {{UK-conductor-stub