Harpsochord Evening of Bernhard Klapprott A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Bernhard Klapprott studied harpsichord with Hugo Ruf and Bob van Asperen, organ with Michael Schneider and Ewald Kooiman, and, in masterclasses, continuo playing with Jesper Christensen and organ with Michael Radulescu. He graduated from his studies in Cologne with degrees in harpsichord and organ performance as well as church music and in Amsterdam with an advanced degree in harpsichord performance with distinction. In 1991, he was awarded 1st Prize at the 10th International Organ Competition (Bach/Mozart) at the Festival van Vlaanderen in Bruges. He concertizes internationally as a keyboard soloist, continuo player and conductor. His discography includes the complete keyboard music of Thomas Tomkins (harpsichord, virginal, organ), sonatas of Georg Anton Benda (clavichord), organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach (part of the complete recordings on organs built by Andreas and Johann Andreas Silbermann). Several of his CDs have received awards, including the ECHO Klassik and several times the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In 1999, together with Christoph Dittmar, he founded the ensemble, Cantus Thuringia & Capella, which presented numerous concerts and recordings emphasising Central German music from the 16th to 18th centuries as well as performed staged works combined with historical acting. In this context, he initiated the project, Music Legacy Thuringia, which has been dedicated to the rediscovery and publication of mainly unknown Thuringian vocal and instrumental music (CD series with cpo and editions). He has taught at the University of Dortmund, the Colleges of Music in Detmold, Herford and Bremen as well as internationally in master-classes. Since 1994, Bernhard Klapprott has been Professor of Harpsichord/Early Keyboard Instruments in the Department of Early Music at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar.