Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout will conduct an open rehearsal with Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Adams University Professor Christoph Wolff will moderate the event. Free and open to the public. No tickets required.

BEZUIDENHOUT first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the prestigious first prize as well as the audience prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition. Bezuidenhout is a frequent guest artist with the world’s leading ensembles including Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, and others, in many instances assuming the role of guest director. He has performed with celebrated artists including Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Ton Koopman, Christopher Hogwood, and Mark Padmore.

Born in South Africa in 1979, Bezuidenhout began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music and now lives in London. After initial studies as a modern pianist with Rebecca Penneys, he explored early keyboards, studying harpsichord with Arthur Haas, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson and continuo playing and performance practice with Paul O’Dette.

Since 2009, Bezuidenhout has embarked on a long-term recording relationship with Harmonia Mundi.  Recent recordings include Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of the complete keyboard music of Mozart (prizes include Diapason D'or, a Caecilia Prize, and Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik); Mendelssohn piano concertos with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Schumann Dichterliebe with Mark Padmore (both won Edison Awards). His recording of Beethoven violin sonatas with Viktoria Mullova (ONYX label) won an Echo Award for the best chamber music album of 2011.  A disc of Mozart Piano Concertos (K. 453 & 482) with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra was released in November, 2012.