Born: Holland

The Dutch harpsichordist and organist, Siebe Henstra, studied the harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He has won prizes at competitions in Edinburgh (1982) and Amsterdam (1987).

Since then, Siebe Henstra has played with many ensembles; the best known are the Leonhardt Consort, Tokyo Baroque, La Petite Bande, the Ricercar Consort, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. He worked with several famous directors - e.g. Frans Brüggen and Gustav Leonhardt - with whom he co-operated for recordings and opera-productions (for Ricercar, Denon, Philips, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony and Telefunken), in most of the European countries, Japan and the USA. He is continuo player (organ and harpsichord) of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging.

Siebe Henstra has given a number of master-classes in Finland, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, the USA, Catalunya, and the Czech Republic. At this moment, he teaches harpsichord at the Utrecht conservatory.

Siebe Henstra made several solo CD's. One entirely devoted to 17^th century italian music for harpsichord solo and another one with the complete keyboard works of Matthias Weckmann, both released by Ricercar. A CD with clavichord works for the MIM in Brussels and he contributed to the complete recording of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck which got an Edison award (2003) as well as an award of the 'Deutsche Schallplatten Kritik Preis (2003).

Source: Siebe Henstra Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (November 2006)

Siebe Henstra: Short Biography | Recordings of Non-Vocal Works

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Sigiswald Kuijken

Harpsichord

BWV 248

Sigiswald Kuijken

Organ

BWV 9, BWV 94, BWV 187

Gustav Leonhardt

Harpsichord

BWV 197, BWV 198, BWV 244

Gustav Leonhardt

Organ

BWV 27, BWV 34, BWV 41

Pauline & Nienke Oostenrijk

Harpsichord, Organ

Arias from BWV 1, BWV 21, BWV 31, BWV 32, BWV 74, BWV 75, BWV 84, BWV 93, BWV 105, BWV 127, BWV 144, BWV 248 [w/ Soprano Nienke Oostenrijk]

Ricercar Consort

Harpsichord

BWV 4, BWV 182, BWV 230

Jos van Veldhoven

Harpsichord

BWV 245, BWV 248

Jos van Veldhoven

Organ

BWV 244

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Siebe Henstra, harpsichordist (Official Website)

Siebe Henstra, biography, discography (Goldberg)

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