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"Aapo Häkkinen (1976) began his musical education as a chorister at Helsinki Cathedral. He took up the harpsichord at the age of 13, studying with Elina Mustonen and Olli Porthan (organ) at the Sibelius Academy in his native Helsinki. From 1995 to 1998 he studied at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatoire with Bob van Asperen, and from 1996 to 2000 with Pierre Hantaï in Paris. He was also fortunate to enjoy the generous guidance and encouragement of Gustav Leonhardt.

Immediately after obtaining his soloist's diploma in 1998, Aapo Häkkinen won second prize and the prize of the Belgian radio and television VRT-3 at the prestigious Bruges International Harpsichord Competition. He was also awarded the Norddeutscher Rundfunk special prize Musikpreis 1997 for his interpretations of Italian music. Aapo Hakkinen has appeared as a soloist in Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, England, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Estonia, Russia, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Mexico (Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Festival de Ligugé, Flanders Festival, Bachfest der Neuen Bachgesellschaft, Greifswalder Bachwoche, Augustinus Muziekcentrum Antwerp, Concerto Belgais, Forum Musicum Wroclaw, Antonio il Verso Palermo, Brezice Festival, Zagreb Baroque Festival, Festival de Morelia, Kuhmo Chamber Music, Helsinki Festival, Vantaa Baroque Week, Turku Music Festival, Lahti Organ Festival...) " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Miriam Gómez-Morán made her first public appearance at the age of twelve. Since then, she has performed extensively on the piano, the fortepiano and the harpsichord in various countries, such as France, Hungary, Germany, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. She has also recorded for radio and television in these countries. Her performaces at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid include: her debut in 1995 (a recital for the 50th Anniversary of United Nations, recorded by Spanish National Radio, that included the world première of “Puteus acerbus” by Rogelio Groba); a concert as soloist with Madrid Symphony Orchestra (1996), a recital in the “The Piano through its History” series (1998) and a recital in the "Mozart Piano Sonatas" series (2006). Other major performances were a harpsichord recital at St. Cecilia´s Hall on the 1755 Kirckman (Edinburgh, 2000) and piano recitals at the Juan March Foundation (Madrid), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Teatro Calderón (Valladolid), Liszt Museum (Budapest) and St. Martin in the Fields (London, 2002). She is regularly invited to perform at international festivals such as the "Festival of the American Liszt Society", "The Great Romantics Festival", "Festival de Granada", "Festival de Otoño" (Madrid), "Tavaszi Hangversenyek" (Budapest), "Edinburgh Festival Fringe", "Festival ENSEMS" (Valencia), "Festival Spanish Brass-Luur Metalls" (Alzira, Valencia), etc. Her interest towards chamber music has made her form permanent duo partnerships with Patrín García-Barredo (piano 4 hands) and Javier Bonet (natural horn and fortepiano). As a contemporary music performer, she has been a member of “Proyecto Gerhard”, with which she has recorded a CD for the Ministry of Culture, and "Plural Ensemble". With this latter group she has recorded a CD of works by Fabián Panisello for the label "Col legno". She has also worked with other orchestras such as Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Comunidad de Madrid.

From 1996 to 1998 she taught at the Music School in Villacañas (Toledo). In november 2000 she took up a professorship at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca, Spain's leading musical institution. She is frequently invited to give masterclasses in various institutions, among them the Aula de Música of the University of Alcalá de Henares.

She has written articles for specialized magazines such as "La Montaña Mágica", "Quodlibet" and "Revista de Espiritualidad". Her discography includes a CD with works by Liszt (piano solo) for the label Verso (VRS 2014) and two CDs with music for natural horn and fortepiano with Javier Bonet for Arsis (one of them with Juan Pavía as guest artist).”

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Added on: Feb 16, 2012 | Hits: 207

" MARIA TERESA CHENLO was born in Uruguay where she completed her music studies at the National Conservatory of Montevideo, and continued her harpsichord training at the Conservatory Carlos López Buchardo in Buenos Aires where she graduated with honors.

She later perfected her technical knowledge and interpretation with Genoveva Gálvez in Spain and with Rafael Puyana in París.

Having acquired Spanish citizenship, she currently resides in Madrid where she has developed an active concert schedule in Spain,throughout Europe and the Americas. She has performed under the prestigious batons of Howard Mitchell (click photo), Stanislav Wislocki, Héctor Tosar, Arturo Tamayo, Pierre Colombo, Antal Dorati, Kiril Kondrashin, Jose Luis Temes, Antonio Ros Marbá, Miguel Patrón Marchand, among athers, and colaborated with known artist such as Enrico Gatti, John Holloway, Sharon Gould, Christian Baude, Paul Esswood and Claire Powel. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Born in Mundaka, Bizkaia, he studied piano, harpsichord, organ, singing, choir conducting and early music conservatories in various centers in Europe and getting the highest marks.

He has received several awards including the prize include "Andres Segovia" at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He has participated in several recordings for labels such as RTVE, and Ausart Lycanus Records and performed concerts in Europe and Asia in important festivals.

Benantzi Bilbao has directed musical cycles as the "International Music Festival of Lekeitio", "Week of sacred music of Elche" and "Els orgues d'Alacant."

He is currently director of the organ music festivals "Urdaibaiko Organoak", "International Organ Festival Monóvar City" and tenured professor of organ and harpsichord at the Conservatory "guitarist José Tomás" Alicante.” (Google Translate)

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Added on: Feb 16, 2012 | Hits: 188

“The International Organ Foundation (IOF) is a non-profit, privately-financed foundation, formed in 1990 and based in Spain. Its main objectives are to promote interest in all aspects of pipe organs, such as the conservation of historic instruments, the construction of new organs, and the training of organ builders and organists. “ This site offers a searchable database of nearly 6000 pipe organs in 71 countries.

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Added on: Apr 16, 2010 | Hits: 354

“Charlotte Miller graduated magna cum laude in organ and piano from the Academy in Copenhagen and then went to Toulouse in France, where she got the jury's highest award, Premier Prix à l'unanimité for her solo debut on the organ. It was during her French stay that Charlotte fell in love with the historic piano, fortepiano. ...

... Charlotte Miller currently works as an organist in Allerød and undergoing training privately with Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University, NY. She is also extremely active as a chamber musician in such ensemble Haydn Delight, as soloist with both organ and fortepiano, and, as an accompanist and continuo in different contexts.“

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Added on: Feb 23, 2012 | Hits: 227

“… He has made several recordings for the Swedish Radio Corporation and for foreign radio stations, and has appeared on numerous CDs for labels such as Kontrapunkt, Canzone, Musica Sveciæ, Chandos records, dB Productions and King International Inc, Japan.

He has been highly praised for his touch, which is described as lyrically sonorous and dynamically nuanced. In 1989 he won the first prize in the ensemble class at the Swedish Baroque Festival with the Il Concertino quartet.

Anders Danman is also active as a composer: In April 2010 King International released his most recent album “All You Need” – “2 Fusion suites based on themes by the Beatles”.

As a teacher, Anders Danman has been attached to Danish music conservatories in Ålborg, Esbjerg and Odense, and since 1990 has taught harpsichord, basso continuo and chamber music at the Malmö Academy of Music.

He has also been appointed onto the panel of the International Sweelinck Competition in Oude Kerk, Amsterdam in 2010. …“

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Added on: Feb 23, 2012 | Hits: 203

"Mitzi Meyerson was born into a musical family in Chicago, where she began her concert career at the age of seven. After completing her university and graduate studies in Chicago and Oberlin, she moved to London to co-found the ensemble Trio Sonnerie (with Monica Huggett and Sarah Cunningham), with whom she performed and recorded extensively.

Ms. Meyerson has released over fifty recordings, among them solo albums of Buxtehude, Duphly, the complete works of Forqueray and JKF Fischer, all to excellent critical acclaim. This last, entitled "Musicalischer Parnassus" (MDG), won the Diapason d'Or. Her recent releases include two double-CD sets of Georg Böhm and CB Balbastre (Glossa); both productions were awarded the prestigious Deutsche Schallplatten Kritik prize for the best recordings of the year on an international level. She also released a solo recital of mixed repertoire for the Musik Instrumenten Museum in Berlin, four complete Ordres from the 4th Book of Francois Couperin (Glossa), and a collaboration with Nigel Kennedy and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI). She is currently preparing another double-CD set of Theofilo Muffat for the Glossa label.

In addition to her solo work, Mitzi Meyerson is the founder of "The Bottom Line", a variable ensemble devoted to repertoire for bass and continuo instruments, which appears in major festivals across Europe. The most popular form of "The Bottom Line" is the Berliner Cembalo Ensemble, a group of three to five harpsichords, which has a continually growing repertoire. She is full Professor of Harpsichord at the Universität der Künste in Berlin; this was the very first university to offer the study of the harpsichord, a position created especially for Wanda Landowska. She specializes in working with modern pianists to obtain a baroque-style perspective in the performance of Bach, developing an awareness of articulation, harmonic structure, and many other aspects.

Mitzi Meyerson divides her time between a busy teaching schedule and many concert engagements throughout the world. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 27, 2008 | Hits: 483

"Marieke Spaans (b. 1972) strives for the maximum in musical expression and dialogue, combined with a thorough knowledge of early music practice. The result is a sparkling performance, full of spontaneity and deep emotions, driven by a boundless passion for the music of the 17th and 18th century.

Last student of Gustav Leonhardt, in 1997 she received her Concert and Teaching diplomas, after five years of study with this grand master of the harpsichord. Coming from this school of harpsichord playing, the keys to her performances are a refined and dynamic touch, historical awareness and respect for the composer and his intensions. Besides her harpsichord studies she studied organ and church music with Hans van Nieuwkoop and Wolfgang Zerer. She attended many master-classes, and received important impulses from musicians such as Lars-Ulrik Mortensen and Jesper Christensen. Currently she is also concentrating on fortepiano.

She was prizewinner at several renowned competitions, in 1997 at the harpsichord competition of NDR Hamburg, in 2000 at the Musica Antiqua Competition of the Flanders Festival in Bruges and at the Competition “Premio Bonporti” in Rovereto.

Marieke Spaans performs in Europe as soloist and as partner of the outstanding violinists John Holloway and Anton Steck. Her recording of W.A.Mozart's opus 1 together with Anton Steck received many rewards of the press (f.ex. "an absolute discografical highlight!" – www.klassik.com)

Marieke Spaans is Professor for Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Institute for Early Music of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen (Germany). Before her appointment in Germany she taught at the Conservatories of Amsterdam (1994-2000) and Rotterdam (1997-2000). She teaches regularly at courses all over Europe."

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“Léon Berben was born in 1970 in Heerlen (the Netherlands), but has been living for several years in Cologne (Germany). He studied harpsichord and organ in Den Haag (Koninklijk Conservatorium) and Amsterdam (Sweelinck Conservatorium) with Rienk Jiskoot, Bob van Asperen, Ton Koopman and Gustav Leonhardt, and finished his studies with solo-diploma for both instruments.

Since March 2000 he has been the harpsichordist with Musica Antiqua Köln (Reinhard Goebel). As such he has given concerts all over the world, travelling throughout Europe, Asia, North- and South America and has recorded several CDs for Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv Produktion. Musica Antiqua Köln dissolved at the end of November 2006, and Léon Berben has since focussed his work on chamber music and, increasingly, on the solo-repertoire.

He gives solo-recitals on harpsichord and organ. His solo-CDs on historic organs and harpsichords - above all with the labels Ramée and Aeolus - have been highly acclaimed in the press, and received numerous awards, including the »Vierteljahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik« and »Choc« of Le Monde de la Musique. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Deutsche Clavichord Societaet (DCS, German Clavichord Society), a registered non-profit society, was founded in 1993.

The DCS is a focus for every aspect of the clavichord and its music, especially for the revival of clavichord playing and its tradition. Further activities include lectures, publications, the support of research studies, archive of clavichords.

Its membership includes professional players, amateurs, makers of clavichords, restorers, musicologists and people who simply like the delicate sound of the clavichord.

The DCS holds clavichord days (Clavichordtage) which include concerts, courses, workshops on clavichord maintenance and tuning, exhibitions of instruments, lectures... "

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"Undoubtedly one of the most prominent harpsichord and forte piano performers in the world, Andreas Staier embarked upon a solo career in 1986 and, since then, his indisputable musical mastery has made its mark on the interpretation of baroque, classical and romantic repertoire.

Born in Göttingen, Andreas studied modern piano and harpsichord in Hannover and Amsterdam. For three years, he was the harpsichordist of Musica Antiqua Köln with whom he toured and recorded extensively.

As a soloist, Andreas Staier performs throughout Europe, the United States and Japan with orchestras such as Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Paris.

Andreas has been invited to leading international festivals including the Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, Festival de Saintes, Festival de Montreux, Styriarte Graz, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Schlweswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Bach-Fest Leipzig, Bachtage Berlin, Bachwoche Ansbach and Kissinger Sommer. He has also performed in all the major venues in Europe, America and Japan, including Konzerthaus, Wien; Konzerthaus, Philharmonie, Berlin; Kölner Philharmonie; Gewandhaus Leipzig; Alte Oper Frankfurt; Tonhalle Düsseldorf; Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, London; De Singel Antwerp; Concertgebouw Amsterdam ; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels ; Tonhalle Zürich ; Cité de la Musique, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Ircam, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris ; Teatro della Pergola, Florence ; Sala Filarmonica, Roma ; Toppan Hall, Suntory Hall, Tokyo ; Carnegie Hall, New York. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 24, 2008 | Hits: 460

"Viviana Sofronitski began her music studies in the family, following in the footsteps of her father, Vladimir Sofronitsky, who was a distinguished Russian pianist. After earning a DMA from the Moscow Conservatory she came to study Early Music in Oberlin, US. In 1990 she moved to Canada, where she performed with many musicians from the Toronto "Tafelmusik orchestra". In 1999 Viviana Sofronitzki received historical fortepiano and harpsichord performance degrees from the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.

Viviana Sofronitski was awarded the First Prize at the "Bach Tage Berlin" competition, as well as main prizes at the "Musica Antiqua" competition in Brugge. Since then she has performed at many festivals, including "Printemps des Arts" in Nantes, Leipzig Bach Festival, "Flanders festival" and "Handelsbeurs" in Belgium, and with the "Oude Muziek Netwerk" (Utrecht Festival producer) in the Netherlands.

Viviana Sofronitski recorded with "Suoni e colori", "Pro Musica Camerata" and "Globe" labels. She gives masterclasses and has been widely broadcast in Europe and America. Her current projects include recording Schubert on early romantitic fortepiano. She released a complete recording of all Mozart's keyboard concertos with Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense orchestra on original 18th century instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 24, 2008 | Hits: 415

“Václav Luks (1970) fully developed his passion for early music while studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, studying keyboard performance in the studios of
J.–A. Bötticher and J. B. Christensen. Among his activities there was the co-founding of the wind octet Amphion, and he played principal horn at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
After returning to the Czech Republic, in 2005 he transformed the ensemble Collegium 1704 into a full-time baroque orchestra, and he founded Collegium Vocale 1704. He has earned renown in the world of early music not only as an outstanding player of orchestral and chamber music on the harpsichord and French horn, but also foremost as an exceptionally conductor gifted with unerring intuition and a feel for the interpretation of the works of such old masters as J. D. Zelenka, J. S. Bach and G. F. Händel.“

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"Vital Julian Frey is considered the trailblazer of a new generation of harpsichordists. Technical mastery and a high degree of musicality are as much his trademarks as a convincing stage presence and a good rapport with his audience.

Vital Julian Frey is a highly active concert performer. His artistic activities include concerts as a soloist with orchestras such as Capriccio Basel, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra or the Leipziger Concert, children’s concerts with commentary, and solo recitals as part of internationally famous concert series and at festivals, including the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Les Muséiques Basel, Bach Festival Leipzig, Lucerne Festival, MDR-Musiksommer, Orpheum Musikfesttage Zurich, Bratislava Music Festival, Murtenclassics, Bachwochen Thüringen, Festival van Vlaanderen Brugge. As a chamber musician, Frey collaborates with performers such as Kristin von der Goltz, José Vazquez, Christine Schornsheim, Fiorenza de Donatis, Sabrina Frey, Sergio Azzolini and Reinhard Goebel. ...

Vital Julian Frey trained at the academies of music in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich, where he completed his Concert and Soloist diplomas under the tutelage of Robert Hill and Christine Schornsheim. Frey also received important artistic stimuli during tuition with Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Kenneth Gilbert, Christiane Jaccottet and Andreas Staier. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Trudelies Leonhardt, the sister of the harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, is of Dutch-Austrian parentage and comes from a family of musicians.

She studied with Johannes Röntgen, Anthon van der Horst and Nelly Wagenaar at the Amsterdam Conservatory where she was awarded the Soloist's Diploma with distinctions as well as the Elisabeth Everts prize. She also worked in Paris with Yves Nat and Marguerite Long.

Numerous orchestras have engaged Trudelies Leonhardt as soloist for their concerts, among which are the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich and the London Mozart Players.

She has long been interested in the Fortepianos of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and now entirely devotes her musical activities to their repertoire as a prolific recording artist. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Since his first clavichord performance in Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1972, Bernard Brauchli has entirely devoted himself to the performance, study and revival of early keyboard instruments. He has travelled extensively with his instruments in the United States, Canada and Europe, concertising, lecturing and introducing audiences to early keyboard instruments and historical performance practises.

Major appearances have included the Boston Early Music Festival, the Shrine to Music Concert Series (South Dakota), the Festivals of Santander and San Sebastian (Spain), the Festival do Algarve, (Portugal), the Salzburg Festival and the Internationale Musikwochen in Millstadt (Austria), the Festival of Valère (Switzerland), the Corso Internazionale di Musica Antica in Urbino and the Festival dei Saraceni in Pamparato (Italy). He has worked with national television and broadcasting stations in many countries including WGBH National Public Radio Network in Boston, France-Culture, Radio Nacional y Televisión Española, Radio Nacional y Televisión de Venezuela, Radio Difusão Portuguesa and Radio Suisse Romande. Bernard Brauchli has made six record albums and ten compact discs (for Titanic Records, EMI, Stradivarius, MAM) on historical instruments and copies.

Continual research has led Bernard Brauchli to publish numerous articles on both sides of the Atlantic and his book, The Clavichord was published by Cambridge University Press in 1998, for which he received the Nicholas Bessarabof Prize from the American Musical Instrument Society in 1999. In 1983 he was awarded the Julius Adams Stratton Prize for Cultural Achievement. ..“

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Added on: Jul 25, 2009 | Hits: 426

“ Maintaining an active concert schedule in North and South Americas, Europe, and the Far East, award-winning Canadian early keyboardist  Sonia Lee has been praised by critics for her "very high standard of playing" and her ability "to dazzle an enraptured audience."  She has been heard as soloist at festivals as well as regional and international conferences, including Boston Early Music Festival, Rome Festival, Early Keyboard Music Cycle of Buenos Aires, Early Music Colorado Fall Festival, Society for Historically Informed Performance Summer Concert Series, as well as the American Musical Instrument Society, Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, Galpin Society, and International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections meetings. As a continuo player on both harpsichord and organ, she has collaborated with numerous soloists and ensembles, including Concerto Urbano, La Donna Musicale, the Rome Festival Orchestra and Opera, Dulces Exuviae, Sinfonia da Camera, Les Jeunes Virtuoses de Montréal, and Musicerend Gezelschap, of which she is a founding member. ..“

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"Paul Jenkins cultivates an eclectic musical career as a keyboardist and tenor. A longtime member of the Toronto Consort, he has appeared with many of Canada's leading early music groups, including Tafelmusik, Aradia, the Purcell and Bach Consorts, Opera Atelier and La Nef. Other collaborations include Apollo's Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, the Windsor and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, Opera in Concert, the Toronto Chamber Choir, the Esprit Orchestra, I Furiosi, Musica Divina, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, and Toronto Masque Theatre, among others. He has recorded on the Dorian, Eclectra, CTAH, SRI, Naxos, Helicon and early-music.com labels.

Paul accompanies singers in Alexina Louie's television mini-opera Justifiable Homicide. He accompanied Russian counter tenor Vyatcheslav Kagan Paley in his New York debut recital and received critical praise for his recording of Thomas Svoboda's Duo Concerto for Trumpet and Organ with Charles Schlueter, Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Paul Jenkins is Organist of Blessed Sacrament Church in Toronto. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Moir Duo, Ronald and Ruth Moir, took their undergraduate education as pianists at the University of Manitoba. Grants from both the Canada Council as well as the Manitoba Arts Council allowed them to undertake 3 years of study in the UK. They studied with Joan Davies (a pioneer in the reintroduction of the historic fortepiano) who performed regularly at the Colt Collection and at the Hazelmere Festival organized by Carl Dolmetsch. Upon their return to Canada they began to tour as the Moir Fortepiano duo, and appeared throughout Ontario."

"They specialize in 18th century keyboard music and take great pleasure in performing on instruments identical to those used by both Mozart and Beethoven. To this goal they have focussed on developing a superb idiomic keyboard touch, a great variation of sonority, a refined awareness of stylistic nuances, a strong sense of ensemble, and a spontaneous musical personality. Concerts are fun without violating the integrity of the music."

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"Named “Performer of the Year” in 2004 by the Conseil québécois de la musique, harpsichordist and organist Luc Beauséjour has long been thrilling audiences with his expressive and brilliant performances. He has played in many countries and has regularly teamed up with eminent musicians such as sopranos Agnès Mellon, Donna Brown and Karina Gauvin, contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, conductor and harpsichordist Hervé Niquet, violinist James Ehnes and trumpet player Paul Merkelo. For Analekta, Naxos and other labels, he has recorded some twenty CDs. Heard regularly on public radio, Luc Beauséjour was awarded this year’s Listeners’ Award of the Chaîne culturelle de Radio-Canada. In July 2004, Luc Beauséjour recorded Book I of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (Naxos). " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Kevin Komisaruk is Assistant Professor of organ and harpsichord at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. He concertizes frequently throughout Europe and North America, and can be heard on network broadcasts of Radio France, SRC/CBC (Canada), and NPR (USA). Kevin Komisaruk records with Canada's leading ATMA record label. His 2001 disc of works by John Bull received several awards and citations including those from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada, Belgium's Magazine d'orgue, and the Journal of Seventeenth-century Music. His 2005 recording of works by Samuel Scheidt on the meantone organ at Knox College Toronto has been critically acclaimed by SRC (Radio Canada) and European journals including Goldberg and Scherzo. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"Studied:
piano & accompanying at the University of Montreal
harpsichord at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Bob van Asperen

Performed:
in France, The Netherlands, Canada & the USA

Focus:
Baroque/Classical performance & contemporary music"

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"I began studying piano with my mother at age three on the Niagara Peninsula (Canada). I later studied violin with Artur Garami and keyboard with Eric Dowling. My childhood inspiration was a series of articles about Vladimir Horowitz in Etude Magazine.

By the age of sixteen I was an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. I was introduced to the harpsichord and Fenton House by Thurston Dart in London England, to gamba making by Juliet Beamont of Cambridge, and to the baroque violin by Alice Harnoncourt.

For a variety of reasons, I took time out from a music career to raise five wonderful children: a minister, a teacher, a scientist, a guitar maker and a writer. When they were grown up, I cashed in my pension and returned to my music.

Originally, I planned to record all copyright-free works for the harpsichord in General MIDI format for free distribution on the Internet. If you enjoy the trip, who cares if you get there! But, something happened on the way - the trip got nasty.

I play for myself now. " See site for more info. (ed.)

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"Cynthia Hiebert has performed both traditional and contemporary harpsichord works in Canada, the United States and England. She studied with Colin Tilney and Arthur Haas, and as a recipient of the Gelber Fellowship, completed a doctorate in harpsichord performance at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In addition to work as a soloist, she has collaborated with numerous ensembles including New York Baroque, North Shore Pro Musica, I Furiosi, Spiritus, Numus, the York Symphony Orchestra, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Nota Bene Period Orchestra." ...

Added on: Jul 22, 2005 | Hits: 492