Marcus Creed was born and raised on the south coast of England. He began his studies at King’s College, Cambridge, where he had the opportunity to sing in the famous Chapel Choir. Further studies took him to Christ Church, Oxford and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Marcus Creed has been living in Berlin since 1977. In the city, he has worked at the Deutsche Oper as an operatic coach and chorus director and at the University of the Arts as lecturer on Lieder, as well as with the Gruppe Neue Musik and with the Scharoun Ensemble as a pianist and conductor. From 1987 to 2001 Marcus Creed was artistic director of the RIAS Chamber Choir. In 1998 he accepted the position of professor of conducting at the University of Music, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Keulen, in Cologne.
Marcus Creed regularly makes guest appearances at international festivals, giving performances of both old and new music. Since 2014 he has been music director of the Danish Radio Vocal Ensemble in Copenhagen.
His work is documented on numerous CD recordings with the SWR Vocal Ensemble, which have received many international awards, including the German Music Critics’ Award of the Year, the Edison Classic Award, the Diapason d’Or, the Echo Klassik Award and the Cannes Classical Award.