Laura Jeppesen

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Field of Study: Viola da Gamba

Education: Graduate of Yale School of Music, studied viola da gamba with Wieland Kuijken at the Brussels Conservatory.

Prizes: Awards from the Woodrow Wilson and Fulbright foundations; former fellow of the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College. As a finalist in the EMA/Dorian Competition in 2000, her ensemble Charivary was named one of the outstanding early music ensembles in the U.S. today.

Biographical Information: Appeared in music festivals and concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, Japan with early music ensembles, including the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Sequentia. Soloist under conductors Christopher Hogwood, Martin Pearlman, Edo de Waart, Seiji Ozawa.

Recordings: Music for solo viola da gamba, gamba sonatas of J.S. Bach, Buxtehude's Trio Sonatas, Opus 1 and 2, Telemann's Paris Quartets, Marais' "La Gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie." Professional Affiliations: Gambist with The Boston Museum Trio and Charivary, violist with Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Baroque. Faculty member at Wellesley College.

 

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