Roy Goodman

Roy Goodman has become well known as a specialist in early music and as a proponent of period-instrument performance. Though he has generally held several conducting posts simultaneously, he has managed to lead a vast number of concerts over the years as a guest conductor, appearing in that role with more than 100 ensembles across the globe. Goodman is unusual in his chameleonic changes, starting out as a boy-treble at eight, then launching his career later primarily as an orchestral violinist who would then metamorphose into a world-famous conductor. His repertory naturally t...