Harnoncourt

British  

/ ɑnɔ̃cur /

noun

1. Nikolaus. born 1929, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments

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Example Sentences

And at the same time, I was fascinated by the work of Harnoncourt and John Eliot Gardiner.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

One example: She had collaborated on several projects with the late early music specialist Nikolaus Harnoncourt, but balked when he rather improbably proposed that she take on Verdi’s “Aida.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2019

Beethoven piano concertos are not entirely out of character for Aimard, who recorded them a number of years ago with the early music specialist Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2017

Perhaps it takes an Austrian genius like Harnoncourt to understand the Fifth: his recording takes on a mystical air, with the first-movement Adagio-Allegro transformed into a dream sequence of marches and chorales.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 3, 2017

The conductor and expert on eighteenth-century music Nikolaus Harnoncourt describes the opera as ‘one of the best works in eighteenth-century music theatre’ - praise indeed from an impeccably knowledgeable source.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall