Jan Waterfield

Jan Waterfield
Having studied musicology, piano & harpsichord at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, Jan Waterfield is now based in Edinburgh, sometimes teaching at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow and also travelling throughout the UK & the rest of Europe as a chamber musician & soloist.

As well as being principal harpsichordist of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, she is also a regular collaborator with the Dunedin Consort, Marian Consort and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Notable recordings include the Gabrieli Consort’s award-winning ‘New Venetian Coronation’ (both as player and researcher), the Gabrieli’s groundbreaking ‘King Arthur’ and the remarkable SDG Bach cantata recordings.

Recent projects have included playing an 1806 Scottish square piano at St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, presenting intimate chamber concerts with colleagues from Gabrieli in the Verdala Palace in Malta, and joining the SCO on harpsichord and prepared piano.

Biography

Having studied musicology, piano & harpsichord at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, Jan Waterfield is now based in Edinburgh, sometimes teaching at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow and also travelling throughout the UK & the rest of Europe as a chamber musician & soloist.

As well as being principal harpsichordist of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, she is also a regular collaborator with the Dunedin Consort, Marian Consort and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Notable recordings include the Gabrieli Consort’s award-winning ‘New Venetian Coronation’ (both as player and researcher), the Gabrieli’s groundbreaking ‘King Arthur’ and the remarkable SDG Bach cantata recordings.

Recent projects have included playing an 1806 Scottish square piano at St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, presenting intimate chamber concerts with colleagues from Gabrieli in the Verdala Palace in Malta, and joining the SCO on harpsichord and prepared piano.

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