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Mark Fitz-Gerald

Mark Robert Fitz-Gerald (born 5 September 1954) is an English conductor. He studied at the Royal College of Music under Norman Del Mar from 1973 to 1977 and subsequently held conducting positions with Basel Sinfonietta, RIAS Jugendorchester, Kentish Opera and the Dulwich Symphony Orchestra. He is particularly associated with the music of Shostakovich, British light music and the live orchestral accompaniment of silent films. He has reconstructed Shostakovich's film scores for Odna and The Girlfriends, both of which he has recorded for Naxos Records.