John Butt (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Butt (musician)

musician/musicologist

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1960

Place of Birth: Solihull, England, United Kingdom

Profession: composer, conductor, organist, choir director, harpsichordist, musicologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

John Butt (born 17 November 1960, Solihull, England) is an orchestral and choral conductor, organist, harpsichordist and scholar.
He is the Gardiner Chair of Music at the University of Glasgow and is music director of the Dunedin Consort with whom he has made award-winning recordings in historically informed performance.
Many of them feature reconstructions of a specific historical performance, such as Bach's first Christmas services on Christmas Day in Leipzig.