Margaret faultless biography

Margaret Faultless is an internationally renowned specialist in historical performance practice, both as a violinist and a director. Performing music from Monteverdi to the present day, she is now best known as an interpreter of eighteenth-century repertoire. 

Early in her career she specialised in contemporary music, and was first violin the ensemble Aquarius for several years, was co-leader of the West End musical Chess, assistant leader of the Scottish Ballet Orchestra and freelanced with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin's in the Fields. However, a continuing interest in  eighteenth-century performance practice led her towards exploring the possibilities of performance on historical instruments. She became a principal player in Roger Norrington's London Classical Players, Andrew Parrot's Taverner Consort, and The Academy of Ancient Music with Christopher Hogwood, and was a member of the period instrument Gainsborough String Quartet.

Since Margaret has been a co-leader of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, frequently directs the orchestra and plays a significant role in their education programme for young professionals. For over twelve years Margaret led the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman, notably participating i

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