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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. She now teaches harpsichord at
Wilfrid Laurier University and piano at the Beckett School of the Arts.
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.
Notable
solo projects include a performance of Gyorgy Ligeti's Hungarian Rock
for the David Earle Dance Company and Numus, and a recording of Peter
Hatch's 'In a Vernacular Way', released on the Artifact label and voted
best Contemporary/Experimental Classical CD release performance on CBC
Radio's Discdrive. In addition to her world premiere of Peter Hatch's
'Tai', she collaborated with Mei Han for the 2005 Open Ears Festival of
Music and Sound in a recital of new and traditional works for Chinese
zheng and harpsichord, including the world premiere of a piece which
combines both instruments, possibly for the first time. Ms. Hiebert has
been honoured to perform Bach's Concerto in D minor with three
different ensembles, in four well-received performances, but her most
important collaboration to date, has been offspring Gabriel (b.2001)
and Isabelle (b.2006).
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