Glen Wilson

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GLEN WILSON Born: March 29, 1952 - Greenville, Illinois USA The American harpsichordist, pianist and conductor, Glen Wilson, studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts with John Mueller and the Juilliard School with Albert Fuller, before moving to holland, where he studied with Gustav Leonhardt from 1971 to 1975. Shortly before taking his Soloist’s Diploma he was engaged as harpsichordist of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, resigning in 1982 in order to devote himself to a growing career as a soloist, in chamber music, and as a teacher at the Utrecht Conservatory and in international master-classes. In 1988 he accepted a professorship at Germany’s oldest conservatory, the Musikhochschule Würzburg, and moved to Bavaria. On harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord and organ Glen Wilson has performed in over 30 countries. In 1980 he became the only person in the history of the Bruges International Competition to sweep all three categories. As duo-partner he has performed with Gustav Leonhardt, Emma Kirkby, René Jacobs, Alice Harnoncourt, Max van Egmond, Wieland Kuyken, Michael Chance, Carolyn Watkinson, Peter Kooy, and in recent years with the Dutch gamba virtuoso Mieneke van der Velden, with whom he made two much-admired CD's for Channel Classics. He was a member of Quadro Hotteterre and founder of the Amsterdam Fortepiano Trio with Lucy van Dael and Wouter Möller. For Netherlands World Radio Glen Wilson produced “Excursions in Early Music”, 65 programs broadcast in Amer

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