Richard Egarr

Harpsichordist, Musical Artist

1963 –

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Who is Richard Egarr?

Richard Egarr is a British keyboard performer, on the harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano, and conductor. He received his musical training as a choirboy at York Minster, at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, as organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. His study with Gustav Leonhardt further inspired his work in the field of historical performance.

Egarr has worked with all types of keyboards and performed repertoire ranging from fifteenth-century organ intabulations to Dussek and Chopin on early pianos, to Berg and Maxwell Davies on modern piano. In 2006 he was appointed to succeed Christopher Hogwood as Music Director of The Academy of Ancient Music with effect from the start of the 2006–07 season. For many years he was director of the Amsterdam-based Academy of the Begijnhof. A regular guest director with such other ensembles as Handel and Haydn Society and Tafelmusik, he plays with various non-period orchestras ranging from the Scottish, Swedish and Australian chamber orchestras to the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

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Born
Aug 7, 1963
Also known as
  • Egarr, Richard
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Clare College, Cambridge
  • Chetham's School of Music

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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