Richard Siegel
Richard Siegel | |
|---|---|
 Richard Siegel, photographed in 2006 by Jeff Hicks. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1949 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Occupation(s) | Harpsichordist, accompanist, teacher and music editor. |
| Instruments | Harpsichord, Fortepiano. |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Website | rdsiegel |
Richard Siegel (born in 1949) is an American-French harpsichordist, accompanist, continuist and music editor. Although born in the United States, he has been living in France since 1971.[1]
Biography[edit]
Richard Siegel was born and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the younger brother of Mark, who went on to become a renowned sculptor and visual effects artist.[2]
He studied harpsichord and music history at the University of Minnesota with, among others, Robert Tallant Laudon. He then moved to Paris, France, where he studied harpsichord, figured bass realization, and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris. His teachers included Robert Veyron-Lacroix and Laurence Boulay. He received first prizes in these fields in 1975 and 1976.[1]
Career[edit]
In 1977, Richard Siegel was awarded the prize in figured bass realization at the Paris International Harpsichord Competition.[3]
Beginning in 1973, he pursued an international career as a member of the Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra[4]; he also played with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris under Ton Koopman, and the Mito Orchestra in Japan. Soloists with whom he performed, to this day, include Jean-Pierre Rampal, Laurent Hacquard and Shigenori Kudo among others.[5][6]
Richard Siegel taught sight-reading from 1979 to 1989 at the Conservatoire de Paris, and was also a teacher at the Sorbonne. He went on to teach at several music schools for higher education in the Paris region, until he retired in 2014.[1]
In 2002 he was awarded the Fondation de France’s “Charles Oulmont Prize”, honoring his career as a whole.
Works[edit]
Discography[edit]
In addition to approximately 2600 concerts, Richard Siegel has recorded more than 30 discs.[7][8] Among them are;:
- the complete Bach Sonatas for flute and harpsichord with Shigenori Kudo,
- the complete Brandenburg Concertos with the Paillard Orchestra,
- Michel Blavet’s Sonatas op. 2 for flute and harpsichord with Philippe Pierlot,
- Works for guitar and harpsichord, with Olivier Bensa.
Richard Siegel has also published recordings online since 2016; in addition to his YouTube channel, he contributes to the International Music Score Library Project and to Wikimedia Commons.
Printed works[edit]
Siegel’s four-volume harpsichord method, available in French, English, German and Spanish, was published beginning in 2007 by Heugel (now Leduc). He also contributed to La Musique au temps de Bach (Music in Bach’s times), published in 1993.[9]
Since 2020, he has been arranging, editing and publishing works for and with harpsichord as part of The Richard Siegel Collection, distributed among others by British music publisher Jacks, Pipes & Hammers.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Doris Rubenstein (2021-02-08). "Harpsichordist Richard Siegel Shares His Music With The World". American Jewish World News. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ↑ Mark Siegel on IMDb
- ↑ Pierre Petit (1977-09-22). "Une Française remporte le concours de clavecin de Paris". Le Figaro (in français).
- ↑ Daniel Cariaga (1988-10-05). "Paillard Orchestra Opens Laguna Beach Chamber Season". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ↑ various (2008-01-19). "Bach, Haendel : grandeur et intimisme en miroir". Nice-Matin (in français). pp. 9–11.
- ↑ various (2012-08-05). "Musique d'été aux Bourines". Midi Libre (in français). p. 11.
- ↑ "Discography". Richard Siegel. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ↑ "Richard Siegel". Muziekweb (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ↑ "La Musique au temps de Bach". French National Library (in français). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
External Links[edit]
- Richard Siegel’s contributions to the International Music Score Library Project
- Wikimedia Commons contributions by Richard Siegel
- YouTube page
- Personal Website
Submitting draft (1st submission)[edit]
This article "Richard Siegel" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Richard Siegel. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
- CS1 français-language sources (fr)
- CS1 Nederlands-language sources (nl)
- Musical artist
- French harpsichordists
- American harpsichordists
- French performers of early music
- American performers of early music
- Conservatoire de Paris alumni
- Paris-Sorbonne University faculty
- Conservatoire de Paris faculty
- French music educators
- 1949 births
- Classical musicians from Minnesota
- Musicians from Minneapolis
