Oliver is a musicologist, harpsichordist and tenor. He studied music at Durham University, founding Musica Antica Rotherhithe in 2016 as a vehicle for the performance of 17th Century opera in a chamber setting. In 2020 he joined a team of researchers led by Dr Tim Shephard (University of Sheffield), setting out to read every book published in Italy in 1501, looking for references to music. His thesis is on music in lifestyle literature printed in Italy between 1480-1530.

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