harpsichordist
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harpsichordists
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The insatiably curious harpsichordist — who was born in Iran, grew up in the United States and has long been based in Prague — is a passionate advocate for the untapped potential of his instrument.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Born in Göttingen, Germany, he joined the period instrument ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln as a harpsichordist in 1983.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Frances Cole, a harpsichordist who was Black, made her well-received Carnegie Hall debut in 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
She was born Lois Nilson in Worcester, Mass. A classically trained harpsichordist, pianist and organist, she was a part of the Washington classical music scene for nearly 40 years.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021
He was an indifferent violinist, and the other players were disposed to make a butt of him, although he was known to be an accomplished harpsichordist.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
Only a handful of harpsichordists have become well known, let alone stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Bach, a canon to which she dedicated her life as one of the world’s premier harpsichordists, died Sept. 27 at a hospital in Prague.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
But British harpsichordists snapped up his works when they were published, and Charles Avison, the program’s one native Englishman, alluded to Scarlatti’s pieces in his own concertos.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2012
There were also fine individual performances in the chamber works, by Beth Wenstrom and Liv Heym, violinists; Emi Ferguson, flutist; Priscilla Smith, oboist; Aya Hamada and Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichordists; and others.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2010
Primarily for this reason, harpsichordists have a tendency to stay put, with the result that their world is not one tight little world but many.
From Time Magazine Archive
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