Joseph Gascho, harpsichord

Conductor and harpsichordist Joseph Gascho enjoys a varied career as a baroque keyboardist – performing as a soloist and collaborative artist; conducting opera, orchestra and choir; editing and arranging scores; and teaching and lecturing. He has won numerous grants and prizes, including first prize in the 2002 Jurow International Harpsichord Competition, and this year, the Pomeroy Prize from the University of Maryland. Recent performing highlights include a world premiere recording of a newly discovered aria by J.S. Bach for National Public Radio, a production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in Aix-en-Provence, France, conducting Vivaldi’s Gloria at the Magnolia Baroque Festival, and performing his own transcriptions of works by Bach and Charpentier. He teaches at George Washington University and the University of Maryland.

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