Gordon Murray (musician)

Gordon Murray (born April 12, 1948 in Prince Edward Island , Canada ; † March 12, 2017 in Vienna ) was a Canadian harpsichord player , organist , clavichord and fortepiano player, and university professor.

Live and act

Gordon Murray graduated from McGill University in Montreal. Then he studied organ with Marie-Claire Alain . He studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt and Kenneth Gilbert .

Murray gained fame as a soloist and continuo player in both Europe and North America. He worked in the early music ensembles Hesperion XX , Concentus Musicus and Clemencic Consort, among others . He made sound recordings for Erato and Harmonia Mundi, among others .

From 1982 to 1987 he was a professor at the Graz University of Music . Since 1986 he has been a full professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . His students included Stefan Baier , Bine Bryndorf , Norbert Zeilberger , Eugène Michelangeli, Wolfgang Zerer , Chiara Massini and many others.

Murray was run over by a car on March 12, 2017 in Vienna.

Awards

• 1974: Winner of the International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges

Discography (selection)

• Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Melchior Hoffmann : Alto cantatas. BWV 35 ( mind and soul get confused ), 82 (“ I've had enough ”) and BWV 53. With René Jacobs and Ensemble 415. Harmonia Mundi 1988.
• Alessandro Scarlatti / Alessandro Melani : arias for soprano, trumpet and basso continuo. With Judith Nelson, Dennis Ferry, Chiara Banchini and others 1 CD. Harmonia Mundi, 1992.
• Heinrich Schütz : Small sacred concerts. SWV 282-304. With soloists from the Tölzer Knabenchor , conducted by Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden . 1 CD. Capriccio.
• Musical instruments of the Ferdinandeum 1 - violin by Michael Ignaz Stadlmann (Vienna 1794). Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dario Castello , Arcangelo Corelli , Giovanni Battista Fontana , Girolamo Frescobaldi . Gordon Murray (harpsichord) with Martin Mumelter (violin) and Max Engel (violoncello). Tyrolean State Museum, Innsbruck 1994.

Web links

• Condolence Gordon Murray on the website of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
• Gordon Murray in the description of the master class at the Bolzano Conservatory

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait on the website of the University of Catholic Church Music & Music Education Regensburg, accessed on August 21, 2012.
2. ↑ Portrait / description of a concert in Arlesheim Cathedral on August 23, 2008, accessed on August 21, 2012.
3. ↑ http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/chronik/Musikgenie-von-Taxler-totgefahren/272650612
4. ↑ Two pensioners in Vienna hit by a taxi and killed. In: derStandard.at. March 12, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Description ( memento of November 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) in the Tyrolean sound carrier catalog, accessed on August 21, 2012.