Elisabeth Wright - harpsichord, organ
Harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright is noted for her versatility as soloist and chamber musician, her expertise in the art of basso continuo improvisation, and for her distinguished teaching. Professor Emerita of harpsichord and fortepiano at the Historical Performance Institute of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where she taught for 39 years, she is in frequent demand for masterclasses and seminars pertaining to performance practices of 16th to 18th century music. Following graduate studies with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam (now Sweelinck) Conservatory, she has maintained a vibrant international career performing in such noted venues as Wigmore Hall, La Sala dei Giganti, Querini Stampata, Palazzo Poggio Imperiale, the Stibbert Museo, Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, Cervantino, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Bolzano, Tage Alter Musik, Lufthansa of London, Semana de Música Antigua Estella, Piccolo Spoleto, Chamber Music NW, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Aston Magna, Mostly Mozart, touring throughout Europe, the Americas, Canada, Australia, Russia and China. Soloist with Tafelmusik, Pacifica, Seattle, Portland and Lyra Baroque Orchestras, she concertized for decades with the eminent Baroque violinist Stanley Ritchie as Duo Geminiani, and performs with Música Ficta and numerous other noted ensembles and artists. She has recorded for Classic Masters, Milan-Jade, Focus, Arion, Arts Music, Música Ficta, Pro Música Antiqua, Centaur and Lindoro. Founding member of The Seattle Early Music Guild and Bloomington Early Music Association, she has served as adjudicator for the international Jurow harpsichord competition, outside evaluator and guest Professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, on the board of Early Music America, as panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, PEW and PennPat. She is the 2025 recipient of Early Music America’s Howard Mayer Brown Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of early music.
contact: ebwright@iu.edu
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