Andreas Staier (born September 13, 1955 in Göttingen) is a German pianist and harpsichordist. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Göttingen ( ) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ...

Life

Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase for piano and from Lajos Rovatkay for harpsichord, and also in Amsterdam. From 1983 until 1986 he was the harpsichord soloist for the ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln. As of 1986 he has been an itinerant fortepiano soloist, an accompanist for lieder and piano soloist for the ensemble Les Adieux. Between 1987 and 1996 he was Dozent for Cembalo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire (British English) — also known as a conservatory (American English) or a conservatorium (Australian English) — is a higher education institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including the playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 743,905 (1 April 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... Musica Antiqua Köln is an early music that was founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel and fellow students from the Conservatory of Music in Cologne. ... Fortepiano designates the early version of the piano, as it existed from its invention by Cristofori around 1700 up to the early 19th century. ... In music accompaniment is the art of playing along with a soloist or ensemble in a supporting manner. ... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. Typically, Lieder are arranged for a single singer and piano. ...

As soloist he has given a number of concerts with Concerto Köln, with the Freiburg Barockorchester, with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Paris.

Staier has made a number of recordings, of composers primarily from the Baroque through early Romantic eras, and is an often-broadcast soloist by the BBC (a search from the main page of BBC Radio 3 turns up many different search results, some broadcasts of commercial recordings, some from concerts and studio.) His unusual artistic career was awarded in 2002 with the Preise der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from the early 1800s to the first decade of the 20th century, as well as music written according to the norms and styles of that period. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ...

References

• Andreas Staier's website
• Discography