Robert Hollingworth (musician)
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Robert Hollingworth (born 19 May 1966) is a British choral director, singer, conductor, broadcaster and academic. He is the founder and director of the vocal ensemble I Fagiolini and a Reader in Music at the University of York.[1] His main focus is on music of the Renaissance and Early Baroque periods.
Hollingworth began his musical career as a boy chorister at Hereford Cathedral.[2] He read music at New College, Oxford, and then studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[3] Hollingworth founded the vocal ensemble I Fagiolini in 1986 while at Oxford, and has been their director for almost forty years. In addition to conventional audio recordings, the group also presents early music in a novel, often theatrical manner, both in live performances and via video recordings. The Guardian has described their performances as 'startlingly intense' and 'quite magical'.[4] Hollingworth has conducted a range of British and European orchestras and choirs, including the Academy of Ancient Music, The English Concert, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Accentus, NDR Chor, and RIAS Kammerchor.[5] Hollingworth is a Reader in Music at the University of York, where he directs a chamber choir known as The 24 and leads a master's programme in solo-voice ensemble singing.[1]
