Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

Gustav Leonhardt

Intro
Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
Awards Received
Erasmus Prize
Zilveren Anjer
Bach Medal
Gustav Leonhardt at the MAfestival Brugge

Gustav Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the movement to perform music on period instruments. Leonhardt professionally played many instruments, including the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum (a combination of harpsichord and organ), clavichord, fortepiano and piano. He also conducted orchestras and choruses.