Elgar Howarth

Elgar Howarth (4 November 1935 – 13 January 2025) was an English conductor, composer and trumpeter. Grove noted that "his performances are marked by powerful concentration and a clear communication of sometimes complex scores". Howarth's career bridged the worlds of modernist classical music and traditional British brass bands. He conducted many world premieres, including Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre and four operas by Harrison Birtwistle.