Christopher Fifield (4 September 1945 – 19 January 2025) was an English conductor, classical music historian and musicologist based in London.
From 1982 until 2022 music director of the Lambeth Orchestra,[1] Fifield is known for his exploration of neglected compositions, often from the 19th century Romantic repertoire.
He was the biographer of Max Bruch and Hans Richter, edited the Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier and wrote a meticulously researched history of Ibbs and Tillett, the artists and management agency.
[7] He is a contributor to the current edition of The Oxford Companion to Music[8] a reviewer for MusicWeb International,[9] and participates in academic conferences.
[10] In 2011 he was awarded a PhD from University of Bristol; his thesis was 'The German symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: the fall and rise of a genre'.