Paul Hillier

Paul Hillier’s career has embraced singing, conducting, composition and writing about music. He was the founding director of the Hilliard Ensemble and, subsequently, Theatre of Voices. He has taught at American universities, and from 1996 to 2003, he served as Director of the Early Music Institute at Indiana University. He has been the chief conductor of the EPCC, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Coro Casa da Música, and Chamber Choir Ireland. His nearly 200 recordings have earned worldwide acclaim and won numerous awards, including the Diapason d’Or and Grammy Awards. His books about Arvo Pärt and Steve Reich, along with editions of choral music, are published by Oxford University Press (OUP), while his own compositions are available through Edition·S. He has been appointed an O.B.E. for his services to choral music, received the Order of the White Star of Estonia in 2007, and was knighted with the Order of Dannebrog in 2013. In 2023, he was the recipient of the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Honorary Prize.