Jacques Ogg

Jacques Ogg ( born in 28 August, 1948 in Maastricht ) is a Dutch conductor and keyboardist on the harpsichord and Fortepiano. He specifies Baroque and Classical Period music on period performance instruments.

Jacques Ogg studied harpsichord in Maastricht with Anneke Uittenbosch and organ with Kamiel D'Hooghe. From 1970 to 1974, he finished completing his harpsichord studies with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory from which he graduated, and got his harpsichord diploma. Jacques Ogg currently does activities by conducting and playing on the Harpsichord and Fortepiano including solo concerts and playing with two baroque musicians Wilbert Hazelzet on the baroque flute and Jaap ter Linden on the baroque cello and viola de gamba. He also plays as a soloist with the baroque orchestra, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.

Since 2000, he has been the artistic director of "The Lyra Baroque Orchestra" in St Paul, Minnesota.Jacques Ogg has given masterclasses world wide in countries including Brazil, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Poland, and the United States. Jacques has made a fair amount of recordings over the years. One of his most well known recordings is Bach's Goldberg Variations. He works at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Netherlands, where he makes his recordings either solo or with friends who are playing with him.

Jacques Ogg is today regarded as one of the greatest harpsichord musicians in the world.

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