Concert "Music of the Bach library"

D. Buxtehude: Präludium in g minor, BuxWv 163

J. S. Bach, Suite in G major, BWV 816

J.-H. D'Anglebert, Prélude in d minor, Chaconne-Rondeau in D major

 

After studying the harpsichord with Christian Rieger in his home country of Germany, Joël Keller completes his master’s degree at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris under the guidance of Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou. A laureate of several international competitions, he has received prizes at the 2024 Wanda Landowska Festival & Competition in Terlizzi and the Gianni Gambi Harpsichord Competition in Pesaro. Recently, he won first prize at the 10th Jurow International Harpsichord Competition held in Montréal in july 2024, organized by the Historical Keyboard Society of North America (HKSNA). Joël has been invited to perform as a soloist at festivals in venues such as the Flint Collection in Delaware (USA) and the Festival Orgel+ in Bottrop (Germany), as well as concert series like Clavecin en France and Clavecin en Concert (Canada). He has collaborated with orchestras including the Orchestre National d'Avignon-Provence and the Orchestre de Normandie. Joël is supported by the PE-foundation Mannheim.

 

Tommaso Nicoli (Italy)

 

G. Böhm: Praeludium, Fuga und Postludium

J.S. Bach: Suite in Eb BWV 815

L. Marchand: Prélude and Chaconne from the Suite en Re mineur

 

Tommaso Nicoli (1997) began his musical studies of organ and harpsichord at the age of six with his father. In 2019, at the G. Puccini Conservatory in La Spezia, he graduated from the Three-Year Harpsichord Course with top marks and honors, under the guidance of Maestro Valentino Ermacora. He continued his harpsichord studies at the A. Boito Conservatory in Parma with Maestro Francesco Baroni, attending the Two-Year Academic Course and graduating in 2021 with top marks. In 2023, he also obtained, with top marks and honors, a Two-Year Organ Course at the G. Puccini Conservatory in La Spezia, under the guidance of Maestro Roberto Menichetti. He is currently enrolled in the Master in Music Performance at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland (Lugano), where he studies with Maestro Stefano Molardi. He attended many advanced courses on the organ with: Umberto Pineschi, Guy Bovet, Ludger Lohmann, Erwin Wiersinga, Theo Jellema, Francesco Cera; on the harpsichord with: Christophe Rousset, Francesco Corti, Marco Mencoboni, Ottaviano Tenerani.

He is part of the Ensemble “I Bei Legami” in the role of basso continuo on the harpsichord or organ. He performs on the organ and harpsichord both as a soloist and as a continuo player.

In 2024 he received the First Absolute Prize (soloist category) at the Wanda Landowska International Harpsichord Competition.