Biography
John Holloway is a British baroque violinist, currently based in Dresden, Germany. John Holloway was a pioneer of the early music movement. He was the concertmaster for many years of Andrew Parrott's Taverner Players, as well as Sir Roger Norrington's London Classical Players. John Holloway has appeared on more than 100 CD recordings, and is the winner of one Gramophone Award and two Danish Grammy Awards. He has recorded Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin.
John Holloway is the professor at the Dresden Conservatory. Between 2003 and 2005 he was the music director of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and between 2005 and 2006 he was the concertmaster and music director of a period instrument ensemble and orchestra, New Trinity Baroque.
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