From the 16th to 18th centuries,\u00a0harpsichords were at the centre of European culture –\u00a0not just as musical instruments, but as works of art in their own right. Symbols of artistic inspiration, the grandest harpsichords had panels painted by leading artists including\u00a0Jan Brueghal, Annibale Caracci and Sebastiano Ricci.<\/p>\n
We’re marking the recent acquisition of our own harpsichord,\u00a0generously donated by The Matthiesen Foundation,with a solo performance by\u00a0Katarzyna Kowalik, featuring music from various periods and European traditions.<\/p>\n
Katarzyna Kowalik\u00a0<\/b>is a London based harpsichordist and early keyboard specialist of Polish origins. She completed her Master’s in Historical Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (MPerf 2012) with Carole Cerasi, James Johnstone and Nicholas Parle, obtaining The City of London Corporation Award (2011) and Guildhall School Trust Award (2010). She was also awarded a Guildhall Artist Fellowship in both 2012 and 2013.\u00a0Katarzyna has performed in many prestigious concert venues across London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the 16th to 18th centuries,\u00a0harpsichords were at the centre of European culture –\u00a0not just as musical instruments, but as works of art in their own right. Symbols of artistic inspiration, the grandest harpsichords had panels painted by leading artists including\u00a0Jan Brueghal, Annibale Caracci and Sebastiano Ricci. We’re marking the recent acquisition of our own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-music","category-visual-arts"],"yoast_head":"\n