Bernhardt Klapprott

Klapprott (Hagen 1964) studied harpsichord with Hugo Ruf in Cologne and Bob van Asperen, organ with Michael Schneider (3) and Ewald Kooiman, and church music. He graduated in Cologne and Amsterdam. In 1991 he won First Prize at the Tenth International Organ Competition in Bruges, as part of the Festival Musica Antiqua. Since 1994 he has taught harpsichord and early keyboard instruments at the Liszt Music College in Weimar. He previously taught at the conservatories of Detmold, Herford, Dortmund and Bremen.