Oliver John Ruthven is an early keyboards specialist and conductor. Equally at home at the harpsichord, chamber organ or conducting, he is making a name for himself as a versatile and dynamic interpreter of early music.
In opera, he has worked for The Royal Opera, The Grange Festival, Opera North, and he was the Music Director of Hampstead Garden Opera from 2008-2017.
Oliver John has performed and recorded with many of the UK’s leading early music ensembles, including the Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Sixteen, the Early Opera Company, Stile Antico, His Majesty’s Sackbuts & Cornets, the English Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble, and the Hanover Band.
In opera, he has worked for The Royal Opera, The Grange Festival, Opera North, and he was the Music Director of Hampstead Garden Opera from 2008-2017.
Oliver John has performed and recorded with many of the UK’s leading early music ensembles, including the Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Sixteen, the Early Opera Company, Stile Antico, His Majesty’s Sackbuts & Cornets, the English Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble, and the Hanover Band.
