Paul McCreesh is renowned for his approach combining “musicological inquisitiveness and artistic creativity” (Gramophone). His performances benefit from “years of living with and thinking about a work, constantly evolving his approach to it” (Opera). The founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, he guest conducts some of the world’s finest orchestras. He was the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra and the Artistic Director of the International Festival Wratislava Cantans in Wrocław, Poland. Broadening access to the arts, especially among young people, is a passion for McCreesh. He is actively involved in developing new educational initiatives and in the UK, he leads Gabrieli’s ever-expanding ROAR project for young singers of all horizons. McCreesh’s thirty-year recording career embraces both pioneering recordings of rarely heard repertoire and well-known masterpieces, and includes numerous award-winning, benchmark discs; he is widely regarded as one of today’s most influential recording artists.