Ketil Haugsand, professor of harpsichord at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, counts as one of the great harpsichordists and Early Music personalities of today – appearing in many prestigious festivals and concert series in Europe, the U.S.A. and Israel, both as recitalist, in chamber music, or as leader and conductor of the Norwegian Baroque… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Professors 2013
Elisabeth Joyé
The French harpsichordist and teacher, Elisabeth Joyé, first studied with Huguette Dreyfus in Paris and then with Bob van Asperen in The Hague, with Jos van Immersel in Antwerp and finally in Amsterdam with Gustav Leonhardt, whose approach of the keyboard influenced her own art of touching the instrument very deeply. Elisabeth Joyé performs recitals… Continue Reading
Mitzi Meyerson
Mitzi Meyerson is a full professor of historical keyboard instruments (harpsichord and fortepiano) at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. This position was especially created for Madame Wanda Landowska, and this university was the first institution ever to offer harpsichord studies in modern times. She specializes in working with modern pianists to obtain a baroque-style… Continue Reading
Christophe Rousset
During his youth in Aix-en-Provence, Christophe Rousset developed a passion for the Baroque aesthetic. At the age of thirteen he decided not to study archaeology but to satisfy his keen interest in the discovery of the past through music instead, by taking up the harpsichord. That took him to the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where… Continue Reading