Christopher John Robinson (born 20 April 1936) is an English conductor and organist. After being

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at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1963 he became Organist and Master of the Choristers at

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. He was conductor of the

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between 1964 and 2002. In 1974, he became Organist and Choirmaster at St George's Chapel,

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, a position he held until 1991. He conducted the

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from 1976 to 1997. He became Organist and Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge in 1992, leading the

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there until his retirement in 2003. From 2015 to 2018, he was Mentor to the Organ Scholars at Downing College, Cambridge.

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Biography of Christopher Robinson
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