Kristian Bezuidenhout is one of today’s most notable and exciting keyboard artists, equally at home on the fortepiano, harpsichord, and modern piano.
Kristian is an Artistic Director of the Freiburger Barockorchester and Principal Guest Director with the English Concert. He is a regular guest with leading ensembles including Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester; and has guest-directed (from the keyboard) the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Tafelmusik, Collegium Vocale, Juilliard 415, Kammerakademie Potsdam and Dunedin Consort (St Matthew Passion).
He has performed with celebrated artists including John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Giovanni Antonini, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, Carolyn Sampson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mark Padmore & Matthias Goerne.
Kristian’s rich and award-winning discography on Harmonia Mundi includes the complete keyboard music of Mozart. Recent releases include Winterreisse with Mark Padmore, Bach sonatas for violin and harpsichord with Isabelle Faust, Haydn piano sonatas and Beethoven Concerti with Freiburger Barokorchester.
The 21-22 season sees Kristian perform with Les Siecles and François-Xavier Roth, Orquesta Nacional de España, Stuttgart Kammerorchester and Kammerochester Basel as well as continuing his collaboration with Freiburger Barockorchester. In addition to many solo recitals, he continues his partnerships with Mark Padmore and Carolyn Sampson and re-joins Anne Sofie von Otter for a unique presentation of Schubert’s Winterreise under the direction of Christof Loy at Theater Basel.
Beethoven: Pianosonate nr. 7 i D-dur, op. 10, nr. 3
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Beethoven: Folkesanger
Dorothea Röschmann (sopran), Alina Ibragimova (fiolin), Christian Poltéra (cello), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Beethoven: 12 variasjoner over 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen', op.66
Christian Poltéra (cello), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Beethoven: Strykekvartett nr. 16 i F-dur, op. 135
Quatuor van Kuijk
Beethoven: Strykekvartett nr. 11 i F-moll, op. 95
Quatuor van Kuijk
Beethoven: Sonate for piano og fiolin nr. 10 i G-dur, op. 96
Alina Ibragimova (fiolin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
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Beethoven: Pianotrio i B-dur, op. 97 "Archduke"
Antje Weithaas (fiolin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
