Jane Glover
Biography
Jane Glover studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where, after graduation she did her D.Phil on 17th-century Venetian opera. She published her biography on Cavalli in 1978. Her professional debut was at Wexford Festival in 1975, when she conducted her own edition of Cavalli's L'Eritrea. She joined Glyndebourne in 1979 and was music director of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 until 1985. From 1984-1991 she was artistic director of the London Mozart Players and in September 2002 was appointed music director of the Chicago based Music of the Baroque. She has also held principal conductorships of both the Huddersfield and the London Choral Societies.
Jane has conducted all the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Britain and appears regularly at the BBC Proms. She has also worked with many orchestras of both period and modern instruments in Europe, America, the Far East and Australasia. She is also much in demand as a conductor of the major choral works.
Her many recordings feature a series of Mozart and Haydn symphonies for ASV which won the Music Retailers Award for Excellence in 1992. Her extensive broadcasting career includes the TV series Orchestra and Mozart, the radio series Opera House and Musical Dynasties, all for the BBC.
She was created a CBE in the New Year's Honours List 2003.