The conductor Marcus Creed was born and grew up on the south coast of England. From 1987 to 2001, he was artistic director of the RIAS Kammerchor. In 1998, he accepted a professorship for conducting at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. From 2003 to 2020 Marcus Creed was artistic director of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart; since 2014 he has been chief conductor of the Danish National Vocal Ensemble. He is regularly invited to international festivals for both early music and new music. His CD releases have won international awards for their stylistically sure and acoustically sensitive interpretations.
