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"He has based most of his piano and fortepiano activity on the results of his personal research. He gained his diploma at the Conservatorio di Musica di Foggia and his diploma with merit at the Accademia Chigiana of Siena in piano (1984) and in chamber music (1985). Having studied the main piano treatises, he has since concentrated his studies on rediscovering and re-evaluating 19th century Italian instrumental music. His repertoir includes Hummel, Clementi, Dussek, Moscheles, Cramer, Czerny, Kalkbrenner, Ries and Mueller as well as the most representative authors of the 19th century. Thanks to his researches he rediscovered and performed transcriptions of Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart’s sinfonies and concerts by Hummel, Moscheles, Ries, Czerny, Cramer and Clementi. He is curator and member, for Ut-Orpheus in Bologna-urtext, of the scientific committee for Muzio Clementi’s opera omnia, now available in the most important Libraries throughout the world. In 2002, in association with the Italian Society of Musicology (S.I.d.M.), he contributed to the organization of the conference “Muzio Clementi: compositore-(forte)pianista-editore” held in Perugia. He is regularly invited to hold conferences in Conservatories, Istitutes, musical associations and academies such as the Hungarian Academy during the International Conference “From Liszt to Ligeti “ in 2002 and the conference on Clementi organized by the Austrian and the German Historical Institutes in Rome. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 27, 2008 | Hits: 330

"Irma Rogell was the last student of the great harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. In 1960, she played her debut concert at Boston's Jordan Hall, embarking on a successful career as a performer and teacher.

Ms. Rogell toured throughout Europe, South America and the United States. She has appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Leinsdorf and the Brazil Symphony Orchestra under deCarvalho; she has also played with the Camarata of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

As a teacher, she has served on the faculty of the Longy School of Music, the York College of the City University of New York and the New England Conservatory of Music. She has presented master classes at Harvard University and was a soloist and lecturer at the Aegina Arts Centre in Greece.

Ms. Rogell has premiered suites and sonatas for harpsichord composed and dedicated to her by the American composer Nicholas Van Slyck; she has also received compositions from composers such as Willi Pelemans, Josip Andric, Frank Martin, Dalibor Vackar and Ernst Levy.

Today she continues to record on the AFKA label. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Krzysztof Czerwinski was born in Poznan, Poland and began his early musical training at the age of 7, as a private piano student of Prof. Irena Wyrzykowska-Mondelska, from the Academy of Music in Poznan. He received his first degree from the Wieniawski School of Music (Poznan), where he studied organ and piano. In 1997 he gained the Wieniawski School of Music Award for both best music interpretation and best organ performance. He won First Prize in the 1998 National Organ Competition in Czestochowa (Poland). In 2000 he graduated from Prof. Jozef Serafin’s organ class, receiving the High School of Music Diploma in Organ Performance.

As an organist, Krzysztof Czerwinski won several top prizes in national and international competitions and has played in many of the major venues in Poland; has broadcast and recorded for Polish radio and television, and has performed abroad, in Russia, France, Holland, Austria, Germany, England and the USA. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Natalia Valentin began her musical studies at the age of six in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied Piano under Diana Franklin, Arnaldo Pizzolante and Cesar Rangel. She also completed courses in Harmony, Music History, Musical Aesthetics and Chamber Music at the Conservatory Juan Jose Landaeta. Parallel to her musical education, Natalia studied Arts at the Central University of Venezuela.

In 1998, Natalia Valentin settled in Paris where she began her musical studies at the Superior Conservatory of Paris (CRR). She studied with professor Billy Eidi and achieved a "Premier Prix" for her final piano performance.

Having successfully completed her piano studies at CRR, Natalia began specializing in Fortepiano, studying with professor Patrick Cohen at the CRR. In 2003, she obtained the Early Music Superior Diploma, and at the same time, she obtained the "Premier Prix" in Chamber Music at the Conservatory Gustave Charpentier where she studied under professor Odile Carracilly.

Subsequent studies took Natalia to the Conservatoire Superieur Nationale de Musique et Danse de Paris, and In June 2007 she obtained, by unanimous decision of the jury, a "Premier Prix" in Fortepiano performance with the commendation of excellence. She studied under professors Patrick Cohen, Pierre Cazes, and Kenneth Weiss and worked to perfect her fortepiano technique under the guidance of Susan Alexander Max and Arthur Schoonderwoerd.

Natalia Valentin has attended Fortepiano Master Classes by Malcolm Bilson, Alexei Lubimov, Andreas Staier, Claire Chevalier, Bart von Oort, Miklos Spanyi and Susan Alexander-Max. ..“

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"Biagio Terracciano, pianist, choir and orchestra Director, has a diploma with distinction in piano at the Academy of Music "S.Pietro a Majella" in Naples and a honours degree with a historical musicologic specialization in Italian Literature. Since 1984 he has been studying and doing research on ancient music, specializing in the practice of the renaissance and baroque polyphony both sacred and secular. In the same year he founded the vocal group "Dimensione Polifonica" which he has been instructing and directing since then. Having distinguished himself during international courses of specialization both for orchestration and choir conduction organized by the Directors D.Bartolucci (Director for life of the Cappella Sistina), R.R. Duarte, J. Jurgens, B. Zagni he has also participated to the International Courses of Urbino for the vocality and the execution of the baroque music. He has published many articles and essays on ancient music and on sacred polyphony. In 1997 he revised L. Leo's unpublished "Dixit Domus" donating the score of it to Maestro R. De Simone of the Academy of Music of Naples. In 1988 he founded the Cultural Association "Dimensione Polifonica", an organization of regional importance, of which he is the President. As an expert of liturgical music he cooperates with the Cathedral of Naples. In 1990 he played the organ during the John Paul IInd celebration of the High Mass in Piazza del Plebiscito. Since 1991 he has been the Director of the Schola Cantorum of the Cathedral of Naples, which performs during the most important liturgies, celebrated by the Cardinal Michele Giordano. He is the founder and instructing director of the choir of white voices "S. Maria della Rotonda". He is the Secretary of the Diocesan Commission of sacred music, conductor of many chamber groups and artistic director of many musical happenings. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"ANNAMARI PÖLHÖ studied harpsichord at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the Utrecht Conservatory. In 1989 she received her soloist diploma. Later she has studied with Mitzi Meyerson and Jesper Christensen (continuo-playing). She received her doctor's degree at the Sibelius Academy on French and Italian thorough-bass practise in 1994.

Annamari Pölhö has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Finland and abroad. She is the keyboard player of Battalia ensemble and she plays often with the Sixth Floor orchestra and Avanti!. She has made solo and ensemble recordings for the Finnish Radio and Alba recording company.

Annamari Pölhö works as a teacher at the Sibelius Academy and at the Helsinki Conservatory. Her dissertation about the French and Italian continuo styles has been published in the series of the Sibelius Academy Music Research Centre. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Italian, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Claudio Di Veroli received his training from a distinguished group of European musicians: Ernst Epstein (piano and interpretation), Erwin Leuchter (harmony) and Ljerko Spiller (chamber music). Living in Europe in the early 70’s he was strongly influenced by his teachers Colin Tilney in London and Hubert Bédard in Paris. He was granted access and practised extensively on the antique keyboards in the Fenton House (London) and the Paris Conservatoire Musée Instrumental (now Musée de la Musique). ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Organist-Choir Director, St. Peter's-on-the-Canal Episcopal Church, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Pianist and Harpsichordist -- all-Ravel recital in Fall River in the spring, upcoming programs of Pachelbel's domestic music and the astonishing keyboard music of Baroque Valencia. Piano and harpsichord tuner and technician -- specialising in historical tunings Founder-Director of the Fall River Fipple Fluters, an amateur recorder-playing group, and the Delight Consort, a professional Renaissance and Early Baroque ensemble. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"ANSSI MATTILA began his piano and organ studies in the Helsinki Conservatory. He studied organ, piano, harpsichord and musicology in the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki from 1972 and finished his organ diploma in 1979. He continued harpsichord studies in the Utrecht Conservatory, Holland from 1984 and finished his diploma in 1987. Anssi Mattila has been performing as harpsichordist, organist and conductor in the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands,Germany, France and Japan among others. He has been steadily working as a harpsichordist and conductor with several Finnish orchestras and is a frequent visitor as a conductor specialising in baroque and early classical music. He founded 1989 The Sixth Floor Orchestra, a Finnish baroque orchestra playing with original instruments. Anssi Mattila is professor of harpsichord and early music in the Sibelius Academy. He has recorded on disc with the Finnish groups The Sixth Floor Ensemble, The Sixth Floor Orchestra and Avanti!. He is also an active writer on music and has made for the Finnish Broadcasting Company besides numerous solo and chamber music recordings also talk programmes. His solo album "URANIA" is from spring 2000. The Music News of the Finnish Broadcasting Company awarded Anssi Mattila and the operatic group "Taite" for their production of the opera "Ulysse" by Jean-Féry Rebel as "The Musical Achievement of the Year 2000". " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Derek Adlam is a performer and instrument maker. Trained in London, his teachers traced their musical ancestry to European traditions established by Czerny, Liszt and Clara Schumann. As a child he was, however, drawn instinctively to the ancestors of the modern piano. Neglected spinets and strangely shaped pianos with haunting, ghostly sounds possessed a magical appeal. This attraction remained strong, and while a student he began to play the harpsichord. He also began to explore the musical possibilities offered by the early piano. With the encouragement of his friends, he began his first experiments in the restoration of an antique fortepiano . ...

In 1982, Derek Adlam moved to Welbeck in Nottinghamshire to the Harley Foundation’s newly opened art and craft workshops. He became involved with the Foundation’s charitable work, and until 1999 supervised many of its artistic developments, including the building of a public art Gallery at Welbeck. Although no longer building instruments, he continues to perform, principally on the clavichord, and has given recitals in many European countries and the United States. He is President of the British Clavichord Society. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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“Hailed as a "superb harpsichordist" by the  Kansas City Star, Christina Edelen brings a depth of experience, knowledge, and virtuosity to a career in early keyboard performance and teaching that has spanned two decades in the United States and Europe.  On harpsichord, organ, clavichord, and fortepiano, Ms Edelen has performed as soloist and in numerous ensembles and festivals, including Opera Atelier, Santa Fe chamber music festival, and the Berkeley, San Antonio,  and Bloomington Early Music Festivals. She studied at the Indiana University Early Music Institute and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and was a finalist at the Bodky International Competition. Ms. Edelen is a popular teacher and lecturer, and has served on the faculties of Baylor University and the University of Houston.  Ms. Edelen is also active as a church organist in Amsterdam and Haarlem as well as the United States. She is currently concluding doctoral research in musical treatises of 17th century England.  Recordings include the complete sonatas for Harpsichord and Flute of Boismortier and a selection of English Baroque Organ Concertos.“

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“Dr. Barbara Harbach, Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has toured extensively as both concert organist and harpsichordist.  Her appearances include recitals throughout the United States and Canada, Korea, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Russian Siberia, as well as solo and continuo roles with symphony orchestras. She holds academic degrees from Pennsylvania State University (B.A.), Yale University (M.M.A.),

Musikhochschule (Konzertdiplom) in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Eastman School of Music (D.M.A.).  In 2002, Harbach received an honorary doctorate in music, honoris causa, from Wilmington College, Ohio. 

Her lively performances and recordings have captured the imagination of many American composers, and the body of work written for and dedicated to Harbach is substantial.  Musical America has called her “nothing short of brilliant,” and Gramophone has cited her as an “acknowledged interpreter – and, indeed, muse – of modern harpsichord music.”  She was host of the weekly television music series Palouse Performance seen throughout the Inland Northwest. 

As a composer, Harbach has written symphonies, works for chamber ensemble, string orchestra, organ, harpsichord; musicals, choral anthems, a film score, a modern ballet, and many arrangements for brass and organ of various Baroque works.  In 2004, her first symphony, Veneration for Orchestra, was premiered at Wilmington College, Ohio, and her second symphony, One of Ours – a Cather Symphony, was premiered by the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra.

She is also involved in the research, editing and publication of manuscripts of eighteenth century keyboard composers.  Her work is available in both recorded and published form through Naxos Records, Gasparo Records, Kingdom Records, Albany Records, Northeastern Records, Hester Park, Robert King Music, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.“

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“Born in Milan,where successfully graduated in organ, organ composition andharpsichord at the Conservatorio G.Verdi. Winner of several national contestshe began a deep activity of concertswhich led him to play all over Europe and USA for the most  prestigious concert societies.

Expecially keen in the literature of the XVII and the XVIII centuries performed on historical instruments, he already recorded several CDs as soloistand as a member of chamber music group.

He has edited the modern revision of some cantatas by Alessandro Melani and has published musicby Cima, Borgo, Falconieri and Monteclairin tablature for trumpet and continuo for Editions Bim (Bulle-Switzerland).

Since 1982 He plays in duo with Gabriele Cassone and in 1989 he founded the Ensemble "Pian & Forte".At the present time he is teaching Basso continuoby the Accademia internazionale di Musica in Milanand organist of San Francesco di Paola Church in Milan.

Antonio Frigé plays for Dynamic.“

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“Louis-Philippe Rivet, born in 1965, at Montreal, Canada, begins his musical studies at the age of 6 studying classical guitar and piano. In 1988, after studies in jazz improvisation and arranging (Art Roberts), electric bass (Michel Donato), and classical piano (Ronald Headland), he studies composition with Benght Hambræus and Bruce Mather at McGill University, where he receives his Bachelor degree in composition, in 1992.

In the same year, he wins second prize of the Pierre Mercure awards, in the Socan competition for young composers of Canada. In 1996-97, he studies composition and conducting with Brian Ferneyhough and Harvey Sollberger at the University of California (San Diego). The University grants him the « Gluck Scholarship Award ».

     Parallel to composition, he studies conducting at the « Musikhochschule » in Vienna (1994), at the « Fondationne Academia Musicale Chiggianna » in Siena (1997), with the « I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra » in Milan (1997), and with the conductor Francis Travis, in Vevey (1997-1998). Since 1999, Louis-Philippe Rivet is established in France and collaborates with Renée Geoffrion in the conception of the electro-acoustic clavichord, its repertoire and pedagogical implementation. He is also active teaching music and performing in the duo « Alliance Contre Nature ».

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“Bridget Cunningham MMus BA Hons ARCM is a prizewinning harpsichordist, versatile conductor and leading exponent of early music and historical performance who plays and has presented on several TV and Radio shows. She conducts the exciting London Early Opera (LEO), Handel House Harmonies, Emerald Baroque and the Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi and has played for the London Handel Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Irish Chamber Orchestra and Fleuri. She has also recently performed as a solo harpsichordist for Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

Performances and conducting have been featured on ITV, Sky Arts, RTE, RTP 2 and BBC TV and Radio including Woman's Hour, Front Row and the recent King James's Bible series on Radio 4. She is a Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and was supported as a Fellow of the Royal College of Music to work in the Centre for Performance History and work as a baroque vocal coach, where she became an artist for the Concordia Foundation. The Finzi trust awarded her a scholarship to study early Irish music and Handel's visit to Dublin which enabled her to record 'Ireland's Enchantment ' and her first solo harpsichord cd 'Handel in Ireland' which is now available. She has recorded the music for BBC documentaries including 'Vivaldi's Women', 'Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen', 'How London Was Built' and BBC2 's 'Messiah'.

Bridget has recorded for other films, including those in the USA. She has worked with several jazz musicians including a birthday party for Dave Brubeck and modern contemporary choirs and orchestras.  …“

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“That's the only requirement for membership in this society of friends of the organ. We are an international organization that seeks members from all levels of interest in the organ. Whether you simply listen enthusiastically or you play, build, or study the organ as an avocation or profession, the Organ Historical Society invites you to join. The Society promotes a widespread musical and historical interest in American organbuilding through collection, preservation, and publication of historical information, and through recordings and public concerts. ..

From a modest beginning in 1956, the Society has grown steadily in membership and is now an international group of music lovers, musicians, organbuilders, historians, and scholars. This growth, which has spread to other countries, is evidence that a significant step forward in musical culture and historical scholarship has been fostered since the Society's founding. 

The Organ Historical Society is dedicated to documenting and preserving historic pipe organs and to raising public awareness and appreciation of America's organ heritage.“

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“Director of Sounds Baroque, Julian Perkins leads a varied career as a conductor, soloist, and chamber musician. He has appeared as a soloist and director at London's Southbank Centre, conducted staged productions for the Buxton Festival and New Kent Opera, and will be conducting Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera for the Dutch National Opera Studio in 2012. He often performs, records, and tours with many of the UK's leading period instrument ensembles, appearing at New York's Lincoln Center, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, BBC Proms, and at international festivals in Antwerp, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Halle, Madrid, and Paris.  Together with his early experiences as a professional consort singer with groups such as the Monteverdi Choir, Julian is ideally qualified for his numerous partnerships with renowned soloists, conductors, and ensembles.

After reading music at King’s College, Cambridge, Julian studied primarily at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the Royal Academy of Music, and with Trevor Pinnock CBE. A recipient of many awards, Julian was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his standing in the music profession.”

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“ Bernard Winsemius (b. 1945) studied the organ with Anthon van der Horst and Albert de Klerk at Amsterdam Conservatory, where he also studied choral and orchestral conducting. In addition, he studied the carillon at the Nederlandse Beiaardschool (Dutch Carillon School) in Amersfoort.

His study was crowned with the Prix d'excellence for organ (1970) and carillon (1971). He was awarded the Zilveren Vriendenkrans (Friends' Silver Wreath) by the Vereniging Vrienden van het Concertgebouworkest (Society of Friends of the Concertgebouworkest) in 1971.

Bernard Winsemius teaches the organ at Rotterdam Conservatory and Utrecht Conservatory, and the carillon at the Dutch Carillon School. He is a regular teacher at the International Organ Academy Haarlem. As a guest teacher he is invited to give master classes, especially on subjects concerning renaissance and baroque music.

He is city carillonneur of Haarlem and Amsterdam.

Together with Gustav Leonhardt he was appointed organist of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, in 1981.

He has done numerous concerts for broadcasting companies, as well as for LP and CD.“

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“Nickolai Sheikov began studying the piano at the age of nine in his native Bulgaria. He received professional training at the L. Pipkov National School of Music in Sofia. Having arrived in Boston in 1999, Nickolai continued his studies at New England Conservatory of Music. There, after recognizing his unique love for the Baroque music, Nickolai turned his devotion entirely to the harpsichord, which he studied with John Gibbons - his true mentor. Nickolai was also a participant in a number of master classes, both in Europe and USA, with Gustav Leonhard, Menno van Delft and Jaap Schröder (chamber music) amongst others.
At the dawn of his performing career, Nickolai’s performances have been critically acclaimed. Following the 2009 inauguration solo recital at Boston’s new concert series Music at First Church, the Boston Musical Intelligencer described Nickolai as a “noteworthy” and “an excellent harpsichordist”.

Nickolai appears as a soloist, chamber musician and continuo player at numerous music venues in major cities in the USA.“

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"Jane Chapman described as "Britain's most progressive harpsichordist" (The Independent on Sunday), and "a fearless contemporary music performer" (The Guardian), studied harpsichord with Ton Koopman. As well as being an exponent of the traditional harpsichord repertoire she has premiered over 150 solo, electroacoustic and chamber works by contemporary composers, and has compiled and edited two issues of Contemporary Music Review on the performance of new music for harpsichord. "Her progressive spirit and comprehensive technique have inspired composers to forge new parameters and sound worlds for the harpsichord with works of unprecedented musical and technological scope" (Harpsichord & Fortepiano).

Described as "Stylish and eloquent" by The Times, her recordings and recitals reveal both a scholarly and inventive approach to the baroque repertoire. Her CDs of 18th-century English music, 'The Lady's Banquet', and of the 17th-century French Bauyn Manuscript, offered the first extensive overviews of important sources previously unexplored on disc, and were both highly acclaimed - "One can count on technique to burn and faithful observance of stylistic conventions (The Musical Times). She is an Honorary Fellow of Dartington College of Arts, and an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music, where she is professor of harpsichord. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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“Bertrand Cuiller starts at eight harpsichord with his mother, Jocelyne Cuiller. During his studies at the Conservatory of Nantes, where he also studies the horn with Marcel Ollé, he began working with Pierre Hantai, with whom he studied for many years.

At seventeen, he entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris in the class of Christophe Rousset and the Conservatory of Lyon in the class of Michel Garcin-Marrou for horn. With the latter, he also studied the natural horn at the Paris Conservatoire. He perfected in horn with André Cazalet.

As a student, he won third prize in 1998 at the International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, then graduates from the Conservatory with harpsichord and basso continuo. …”

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“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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“The Lesaulnier sisters formed the harpsichord duo "Le Petit Concert Baroque" in 2002.

Chani & Nadja Lesaulnier were born in 1984 and 1986 in Aix-en-Provence. They started their musical formation with Pierre Hantaï and Élisabet Joyé in Paris before moving on to Barcelona to take part in Béatrice Martin’s foreign degree at the Escuola Superior de Musica de Catalunya in Barcelona. In the ESMUC, they also acquire a crucial understanding of chamber music with Manfredo Kraemer.

Nadja & Chani Lesaulnier then studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Jesper B. Christensen, Andrea Marcon and Jörg-Andreas Bötticher. They also took part in courses by Andreas Scholl, Paolo Pandolfo, Gerd Türk and Chiara Banchini. Nadja & Chani both complete their harpsichord soloist Diplomas with Honours in 2007. Nadja also completes a Master in Basso Continuo in 2010.

In addition to her career as a harpsichordist, Nadja studies the baroque violin and the baroque doublebass and performs regularly under the direction of D. Sinclair, S. Scholtz and Ch. Biller.

As a solo harpsichordist, Nadja Lesaulnier wins 1st price at the Schmelzer International Competition in Melk (president of the jury: G. Leonhardt), 2nd prize at the International Harpsichord Competition Paola Bernardi in Bologna (L.F. Tagliavini) and 3d prize at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2010 (R. Hill).

Le Petit Concert Baroque has won the 2nd prize at the Premio Bonporti 2008 in Rovereto (G. Leonhardt) and was prizewinner at the Schmelzer International Competition 2005 in Melk (R. Clemencic).

Le Petit Concert Baroque appears in concert throughout Europe : Vienna Alte-Musik Festival "Italia Mia", Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Bach-Festspiele Schaffhausen and Festival "Barock in Zürich" with La Cetra (dir. A.Marcon), Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, etc ...

The first CD of the Lesaulnier sisters, "Al Piacere del Signore G. F. Haendel", is dedicated to transcriptions for two harpsichords made by Nadja & Chani of orchestral and vocal music of G.F. Haendel. Released in spring 2009, under the Austrian Radio label, ORF Alte Musik the CD was awarded a Diapason d’Or Découverte of the musical magazine Diapason in May 2009.

In 2010, Le Petit Concert Baroque was awarded the Basel Kiwanis Association Culture Prize. Chani & Nadja recorded a second disc, this time, with Bach-Transcriptions. It will come out soon.“ 

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“Davitt Moroney was born in England in 1950. After studies at King’s College (University of London), he completed the Master’s program in musicology with a thesis on Italian music for the Roman Counter-Reformation: "Giovanni Animuccia, Missarum Liber Primus" (1972). He studied performance with the Austrian organist Susi Jeans, the Canadian harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert and Dutch organist and harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, and holds concert performance and teaching diplomas from London’s Royal Academy of Music (1974) and Royal College of Music (1975). He entered the doctoral program in musicology at Berkeley in 1975. His doctoral dissertation, "Under Fower Sovereygnes: Thomas Tallis and the Transformation of English Polyphony" (1980) was a study of the music composed by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd for the English Reformation. After leaving Berkeley, for twenty-one years he was based in Paris, working mostly as a freelance recitalist in many countries. For his services to music he was named Chevalier in "Order of Cultural Merit" by Prince Rainier III of Monaco (1988), and the French government named him Officier in the "Order of Arts and Letters" (2000). He returned to Berkeley as a Professor in August 2001. He is also University Organist. …”

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“I studied with Michael Jarvis in Hamilton, Ontario and with Arthur Haas at the Eastman School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and I learned Baroque performance practice with renowned lutenist Paul O’Dette.  In 2003, I received my doctoral degree from Stony Brook and was awarded the Samuel Baron Prize, given to an outstanding graduate.  …”

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