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Jacques Ogg
Artistic Director, Harpsichord and Fortepiano
Besides his work as Lyra's Artistic Director, harpsichordist and fortepianist Jacques Ogg performs and tours worldwide in solo recitals as well as with such acclaimed early music figures as flutist Wilbert Hazelzet, gamba player Jaap ter Linden and cellists Anner Bijlsma and Christiaan Norde. He is a member of one of the world's leading period-instrument ensembles, the Orchestra of the 18th Century, directed by Frans Brüggen. Mr. Ogg also works with the baroque orchestras of Salamanca and Sevilla, Spain, and is the principal teacher of the harpsichord at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, one of the world's foremost institutes for early music. He is also co-director of the Baroque Instrumental Programme, an intensive summer music course in Vancouver, BC. His discography includes more than 60 recordings for the Philips, Sony, EMI, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Glossa labels. Fono Forum, Germany's largest music magazine, named Ogg's CD of Bach's Goldberg Variations the finest recording of this work presently available.
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