Background
Marriner, Neville was born on April 15, 1924 in Lincoln, England. Son of Herbert Henry and Ethel May (Roberts) Marriner.
Marriner, Neville was born on April 15, 1924 in Lincoln, England. Son of Herbert Henry and Ethel May (Roberts) Marriner.
Student, Royal College Music, Paris Conservatory.
Violinist Martin String Quartet, 1946-1953, Virtuoso String Trio, 1950, Jacobean Ensemble, 1952, London Symphony Orchestra, from 1956. Conductor Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, 1969-1977. Music director Minnesota Orchestra, 1979-1986, Stuttgart (Germany) Symphony Orchestra, 1986-1989.
Director South Bank Festival Music, 1975-1978, Meadow Brook Festival, Detroit, 1979-1984.
Conductor Béatrice et Bénédict, Festival Hall, 1989. Recordings include CDs of Dvorák Serenades, Haydn Violin Concerto in C, Mozart Serenade K361, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Schubert 4th and 5th Symphonies, The English Connection (Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Elgar Serenade and Tippett Corelli Fantasia), Trumpet Concertos, with Håkan Hardenberger, Mendelssohn Piano Works with Murray Perahia, Mozart Haffner Serenade, 200 other recordings include Bach Concertos, Suites and Die Kunst der Fuge, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons and other concertos, Concerti Grossi by Corelli, Geminiani, Torelli, Locatelli and Manfredini, Mozart Symphonies, Concertos, Serenades and Divertimenti, Handel Messiah, Opera overtures and Water and Fireworks music, Die Zauberflöte, Handel Arias with Kathleen Battle, Il Turco in Italia and Don Giovanni, complete cycles of symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikowsky, complete Mozart Piano Concertos with Alfred Brendel.
Board directors, founder Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields, since 1959. Fellow Royal College Music, Royal Academy Music.
Married Elizabeth Sims, December 20, 1957. Children: Susan Frances, Andrew Stephen.