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Active 1969–present · Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Czech Medal of Merit, Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal, Centenary Medal, Companion of the Order of Australia, Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Knight Bachelor
Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; was an American-born Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.