- Patrick Montan
Patrick Montan is a
Swiss harpsichordist andmusicologist .Born in
Lausanne in 1976, Patrick Montan studied piano from the age of eight at Geneva Conservatory. Fascinated by the works ofJohann Sebastian Bach , when he was seventeen he decided to study theharpsichord and its huge repertoire.In June 2000 the "Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Genève", where he was in the class of
Christiane Jaccottet , awarded him first prize in harpsichord virtuosity. He was the last of Jaccottet’s pupils to be entirely trained by her. In October 2000 he obtained a degree in literature, specialising inmusicology , from theUniversity of Geneva .In June 2002 Patrick Montan obtained a post-graduate diploma in harpsichord studies with
Bob van Asperen at the "AmsterdamseHogeschool voor de Kunsten". He also followed the master courses ofChristopher Hogwood ,Christiane Jaccottet ,Bob van Asperen andGustav Leonhardt . In 2003 the Leenaards Foundation awarded him a cultural scholarship.Concurrently with his studies and teaching the harpsichord and the
clavichord , Patrick Montan has appeared in several European countries (France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Britain, Switzerland etc.) mostly as a soloist, but also as a continuo player ofchamber music . He recorded on the original harpsichord by Ioannes Ruckers (Antwerp, 1624) in theUnterlinden Museum inColmar works byJan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ,Johann Jakob Froberger ,François Couperin andJohann Sebastian Bach .On the musicology side, Patrick Montan has written a
monograph entitled "L’Art de toucher le clavecin deFrançois Couperin . Autour du doigté", in which he succeeded in reconstituting Couperin’s originalfingering for the harpsichord pieces.Further reading
* "L’Art de toucher le clavecin de François Couperin. Autour du doigté". Peter Lang AG, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankurt, New York, Oxford and Vienna, 2004. ISBN 3-03910-211-7
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