Christopher Lyndon-Gee | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

B.A. First Class Honours (= "Summa cum Laude"), University of DURHAM, Great Britain

F.R.C.O. (Fellow of the Royal College of Organists), Royal College of Organists, London (in association with London University) - has London University M.A. status

A.R.C.O. (Associate of the Royal College of Organists), Royal College of Organists, London (in association with London University)

Diploma di Perfezionamento (Conducting), Conservatorio S. Cecilia, ROMA (has status of DMA)

Recent Courses

Development Of Western Music

History Of Western Music I

History Of Western Music IV

The Arts And The Creative Process

Books

Lyndon-Gee, Christopher (2011). Scholarly Notes: J.S.BACH / orchestrated Igor MARKEVITCH : Das Musikalisches Opfer ('The Musical Offering') [Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works vol. 8]. Munich & Hong Kong, Germany: NAXOS 8.572158.

Lyndon-Gee, Christopher (Conductor) (2011). J.S.BACH / orchestrated Igor MARKEVITCH : Das Musikalisches Opfer ('The Musical Offering') [Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works vol. 8]. Munich & Hong Kong, Germany: NAXOS 8.572158.

Lyndon-Gee, Christopher (2010). Scholarly Notes on Igor MARKEVITCH : Piano Concerto, Cantate, Icare (Complete Orchestral Works vol. 7). Munich & Hong Kong, Germany: NAXOS 8.572157.

Lyndon-Gee, Christopher (2010). Text of 'Cantate' : Translation from the French of JEAN COCTEAU. Munich & Hong Kong, Germany: NAXOS 8.572157.

Lyndon-Gee, Christopher (Conductor) (2010). Igor MARKEVITCH - Complete Orchestral Works vol. 7 : Piano Concerto, Cantate, Icare. Munich & Hong Kong, Germany: NAXOS 8.572157.

Honors and Accomplishments

- Laureate of the Alexander S Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece (Musical Composition)

- Spivakovsky Composition Prize, Melbourne, Australia

- Sounds Australian Composition Award (twice), Sydney, Australia

- MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA (twice)

- Visiting Scholar, Berenson Library, Villa I Tatti, Florence, Italy (since 2000 - Harvard University Institute of Renaissance Italian Studies)

- Fellow, Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel, Switzerland (since 2001)

- Best Conductor, 1994, Sydney Opera & Theatre Critics, Australia (for Australian Opera)

- Artist of the Year, 1993, Australian National Critics Circle (as Composer, for 'Te Deum')

- Five-time GRAMMY nominee (as Conductor), USA

- Seven-time Rosette with three stars, Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, London, UK

- Three "Key Recordings" listings, Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, London, UK

- The Gramophone, Editor's Choice, London, UK

- CD of the Month, Fono Forum (Munich, Germany)

- Three-time Nominee, Cannes Classical Awards (as Conductor), France

- Five-time CD of the Year, Fanfare Magazine, New Jersey, USA