Pieter-Jan Belder

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Pieter-Jan Belder
Born (1966-01-19) 19 January 1966 (age 58)
Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands
Occupations
  • Classical keyboard player
  • Recorder player
OrganizationsMusica Amphion
Awards
  • NDR-Musikpreis
  • International Bach Competition
Websitewww.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

Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. He graduated in 1990 in both fields.[1]

Belder won the NDR-Musikpreis in

Concertgebouworkest and Camerata Trajectina.[1]

Belder took part in the recordings of the complete works by

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

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]

References

  1. ^
    Nederlandse Bachvereniging (in Dutch). Archived
    from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ Higginson, Gary (2012). "The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book – Volume / Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord)". musicweb-international.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ Krenge, Detlef (24 January 2016). "CD – Pieter-Jan Belder / Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Vol. 4". BR (in German). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ Woolf, Jonathan (2004). "Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) / Tafelmusik". musicweb-international.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ Riedstra, Siebe (2016). "CD-recensie". opusklassiek.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Pieter-Jan Belder". Resonus. 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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