Andrew Manze & The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrew Manze has had dual careers, one in early music as a violinist, the other as a conductor in mainstream symphonic repertory. His education began at Cambridge, where he studied Classics. He then moved on to music studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying with both Simon Standage and Marie Leonhardt. Manze then joined the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, remaining there until 1993. The following year he began collaborating with harpsichordist Richard Egarr. One of their major releases presented a 1712 collection of vi...