description Lorenzo Ghielmi Overview
Lorenzo Ghielmi is an Italian organist, harpsichordist, and conductor specializing in historical performance practices. He is known for his scholarly approach to Renaissance and Baroque keyboard music, frequently performing on period instruments. Ghielmi serves as a professor of organ and harpsichord at the Milan Conservatory and teaches historical organ at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. He has recorded extensively, focusing on the works of composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach.
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What repertoire is Lorenzo Ghielmi best known for?
Ghielmi is especially associated with Johann Sebastian Bach and other seventeenth- and eighteenth-century composers. He performs on both organ and harpsichord, often using historically informed approaches and period instruments.
What is Il Giardino Armonico's connection to Lorenzo Ghielmi?
Ghielmi has performed with major early-music artists and ensembles, including Il Giardino Armonico. His own ensemble, La Divina Armonia, is the group most directly associated with his leadership and recordings.
Where does Lorenzo Ghielmi teach organ?
He has taught organ at the Milan conservatory, formally known as the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi. His work there complements an international career as a recitalist, recording artist, and competition juror.
Does Lorenzo Ghielmi play modern organs or historical instruments?
His Baroque specialization frequently takes him to historical organs whose construction suits early repertoire. He is not confined to one instrument, however, and also appears on modern concert organs and the harpsichord.
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