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John Eliot Gardiner

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Conductor

The Resume

    (April 20, 1943- )
    Artistic director of the Monteverdi Orchestra and the English Baroque Soloists
    Specializes in pre-19th-century music
    Recorded Bach’s complete cantatas, ‘Mass in B minor,’ ‘St. Matthew Passion,’ ‘Christmas Oratorio,’ ‘Magnificat,’ Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and ‘Solomon,’ Haydn’s ‘Creation,’ Monteverdi’s ‘L’Orfeo,’ Mozart’s ‘Great Mass in C minor’ and the nine Beethoven symphonies
    Knighted (1998)

Why he might be annoying:

    He looks nerdy.
    He has a gigantic forehead.
    Some find his musical approach dry and inexpressive.
    His attempts at conducting post-18th-century music have not been too successful.
    His record label dumped him for not being commercial enough.
    His childhood nickname was ‘Jiggy.’
    He now reportedly gets pissed when anybody calls him ‘Jiggy.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    His recordings are tasteful (maybe to a fault).
    He does a lot of research to recreate the musical practices of various eras.
    He was one of the first conductors to use original 18th-century instruments.
    He was a leader of the early music revival in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
    He recorded all 198 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas.
    He is involved in environmental causes in his native Dorsetshire.
    He runs an organic sheep and cattle farm in his spare time.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 90 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 84 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 96 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 59 Votes: 64.41% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 35 Votes: 62.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 56 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 44 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 59.18% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 131 Votes: 67.94% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 119 Votes: 59.66% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 40 Votes: 67.50% Annoying