Cornelia Osterwald (born 25 March 1975) is a German harpsichordist and docent for

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

Career

Born in

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

, Osterwald studied piano, harpsichord and fortepiano at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Professor Helgeheide Schmidt and Professor Christine Schornsheim from 1993 to 2004. This was followed by postgraduate studies in

with Professor Ludger Rémy at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

, and again with Christine Schornsheim in Leipzig. She also attended master class and had private lessons with Walter Heinz Bernstein,

Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leo ...

Andreas Staier Andreas Staier (born 13 September 1955 in Göttingen) is a German pianist and harpsichordist. Life Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover and Amsterdam. He studied piano with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase, an ...

and . Osterwald performs as a soloist and continuo player. She has performed as a soloist and

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

player at the Bachfest Leipzig, the

Handel Festival Halle (Saale) The Handel Festival (in German: Händel-Festspiele) in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, is an international music festival concentrating on the music of George Frideric Handel in the composer's birthplace. It was founded in 1922 and it grew int ...

, the Saxon Mozart Festival Chemnitz and the

Walkenrieder Kreuzgangkonzerte The Walkenrieder Kreuzgangkonzerte have been the annual music festival of Walkenried Abbey in Lower Saxony Göttingen (district), Göttingen district since 1983. Since 2010, the Walkenried Abbey venue has been part of the World Heritage Site ...

, as well as on

Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...

, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and the

Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...

. In addition, she has also performed as a soloist and chamber musician among others in the Chemnitzer Barockorchester,

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...

Leipzig Chamber Orchestra,

Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (NBCM, New Bach's Collegium Musicum) is a German chamber orchestra, founded in Leipzig, Saxony. It follows the tradition of collegia musica, developed by Johann Sebastian Bach, also in Leipzig. The orchestra is de ...

, Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Cottbus, Staatsorchester Halle, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder), Leipziger Barockorchester and

Ensemble Frauenkirche Dresden The Dresden Frauenkirche (german: Dresdner Frauenkirche, , ''Church of Our Lady'') is a Lutheran church in Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. Destroyed during the Allied firebombing of Dresden towards the end of World Wa ...

. Osterwald taught

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

and correpetition at the Georg Friedrich Händel Conservatory in

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

and at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Institute of Music from 2001 to 2012. Since 2004, she has held a teaching position in harpsichord, chamber music and accompaniment at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig. In addition, she has been

lecturer Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...

for harpsichord at the

Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle The Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle (Saale) is a university, specialised in music, in Halle an der Saale. It was established as the Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule on 18 April 1926 by the consistory of the Evangelical Church of ...

since 2011. With

Jörg Faßmann Jörg Faßmann (born 1966) is a German violinist and academic teacher for music. Career Born in Dessau, Faßmann received his first violin lessons at the age of five. He won prizes in various competitions for young people and made his debut as ...

and Lenka Matějáková, she played in the "Baroque Trio Dresden-Leipzig". Osterwald has made numerous CDs and radio recordings.

Recording (selection)

* Johann Sebastian Bach: ''Flötensonaten'' (Bella Musica, 2009) * Johann Sebastian Bach: ''J.S. Bach im

Schloss Waldenburg Waldenburg Castle (german: Schloss Waldenburg) is a 13th-century castle lying on a mountain on the outskirts of Waldenburg, Germany. Since 1250, the town and castle were owned by the House of Hohenlohe. During the Second World War, the castle ...

'' (Papageno-Marketing, 2013)

Critics

References

External links

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Italienisches Konzert, BWV 971
Cornelia Osterwald plays in

Bach Museum Leipzig The Bosehaus is a historic house in the Thomaskirchhof, Leipzig, Germany. The building is of 16th century origin, but was updated in baroque style by Georg Heinrich Bose. It currently houses the Bach-Archiv Leipzig and its Bach Museum along with th ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osterwald, Cornelia German harpsichordists German classical pianists German women musicians German women pianists German performers of early music German music educators German women music educators Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig 1975 births Living people People from Altenburg