Michael Borgstede

Michael Borgstede (born December 27, 1976 in Thuine ) is a German harpsichordist , journalist and university professor . He lives in Cologne .

Musician

Borgstede received his first piano and organ lessons during his school days. He began his training as a harpsichordist with Esther Morales-Cañadas , which he then continued studying with Jacques Ogg in The Hague . He won the York Early Music Competition and the Ben Weber Award . As a soloist and member of the Ensemble Musica ad Rhenum , he has given concerts in the Concertgebouw , the Wigmore Hall and the Wiener Konzerthaus as well as in the USA, South America and Asia. His interpretations are considered to be well-founded in terms of performance and yet unconventional.

Important CD recordings (selection):

• 2006 Complete harpsichord works by François Couperin
• 2008 Complete recording of the suites for harpsichord by GF Handel
• 2009 Suites for harpsichord by Antoine and Jean-Baptiste Forqueray
• 2013 Complete Flute Sonatas and the Musical Offering by Johann Sebastian Bach (together with Jed Wentz )
• 2013 Complete flute sonatas by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (together with Jed Wentz and Job ter Haar)

Professional background

A year-long stay in the USA for Borgstede encouraged his inclination to journalism. From 2003 to 2014 he was also the Middle East correspondent for Israel and the Palestinian Territories . Since October 2014 he has been professor for harpsichord and figured bass at the University of Music and Dance Cologne (further information on person and profession in the link).

Publications

• Life in Israel: Everyday Life in a State of Emergency. Herbig, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7766-2553-0

Web links

• The homepage of Michael Borgstede
• Michael Borgstede as a journalist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Communication from the university. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 10, 2014 ; Retrieved October 6, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.