Steven Devine was educated at Chetham’s School of Music before reading Music at St Peter’s College, Oxford.
He combines a career as a conductor and director of orchestral, choral and opera repertoire with that of a harpsichordist and fortepianist. He is Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The English Haydn Festival, Music Director of New Chamber Opera Oxford and Director of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Bach the Universe & Everything series.
On the concert platform he has directed, among others, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and English Haydn Orchestra. He has also directed programmes with the Academy of Ancient Music, Académie d’Ambronay, the Mozart Festival Orchestra and St Paul’s Chamber Orchestra.
As a keyboard player, he is the Principal Keyboard Player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and also the principal keyboard player for The Gonzaga Band, The Mozartists and performs regularly with many other groups around Europe.
His recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (Chandos Records) has received critical acclaim – including Gramophone magazine describing it as among the best. He is currently engaged in recording the complete harpsichord works of Johann Ludwig Krebs, Bach’s favourite student.
