Pieter-Jan Belder
Born (1966-01-19 ) 19 January 1966 (age 58) Occupations
Classical keyboard player
Recorder player
Organizations Musica Amphion Awards Website www .pieterjanbelder .nl
Pieter-Jan Belder (born 19 January 1966) is a Dutch instrumentalist in historically informed performance, playing recorder , harpsichord and fortepiano . He founded the ensemble Musica Amphion for recordings and performances.
Career
Born in Capelle aan den IJssel , Belder studied recorder with Ricardo Kanjii at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague , and harpsichord with Bob van Asperen at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. He graduated in 1990 in both fields.[1]
Belder won the NDR-Musikpreis in Hamburg in 1997, and in 2000 the International Bach Competition in Leipzig . He has worked as a continuo player with ensembles such as the Nederlandse Bachvereniging , Collegium Vocale Gent , the Concertgebouworkest and Camerata Trajectina .[1]
Belder took part in the recordings of the complete works by Johann Sebastian Bach by the label Brilliant Classics , including Das wohltemperierte Klavier . He recorded for the label also all 555 keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti in 2007, and keyboard compositions by Antonio Soler and Jean-Philippe Rameau . He has worked from 2010 to 2013 recording the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book [2] of more than 300 pieces. Belder used different instruments for the different character of compositions by William Byrd , Peter Philips , Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck , Giles Farnaby and John Bull , among others.[3]
Musica Amphion
Belder founded an ensemble, Musica Amphion, for playing mostly Baroque music .[1] They recorded the complete works by Arcangelo Corelli , and the complete Tafelmusik by Georg Philipp Telemann in 2004.[4] They then began a project with the label Etcetera Bach in Context , combining Bach's vocal works and organ compositions focused on a theme. The fifth recording, with organist and the Gesualdo Consort , combines the Organ Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 525 , the funeral cantata Actus Tragicus , BWV 106, the motet Komm, Jesu, komm , BWV 229 , the chorale prelude on "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele ", BWV 654 , and the cantate Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin , BWV 125 .[5]
The ensemble recorded in 2006 Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and his concertos for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords . They began a recording of the complete chamber music by Henry Purcell .[6]
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