Siebe henstra biography of rory
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When he was 16 year old Siebe Henstra constructed his first harpsichord against the advice of his parents, but Siebe persisted. Anyway it was so much better than the small modern factory instrument that was purchased 2 year before.
Siebe henstra biography of rory
After school he 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, he has played with many ensembles; the best known are the Netherlands Bach Society (www.allofbach.com), the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Leonhardt Consort, Tokyo Baroque, La Petite Bande, the Ricercar Consort, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
He worked as continuo player with several famous directors - e.g. Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt and Jos van Veldhoven- with whom he co-operated for recordings (CD, radio, TV) and opera-productions (for Ricercar, Denon, Philips, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony and Telefunken), in most of the