

HARPSICHORDIST
Harpsichordist Jasper Koekoek performs diversely as a continuo player in chamber ensembles, orchestras, and operas. Additionally, he has established himself as an advocate for Dutch and Nordic Baroque music as a solo harpsichordist. He has been trained in harpsichord playing by DMus Assi Karttunen, DMus Elina Mustonen, and in continuo playing by DMus Annamari Pölhö. Koekoek has worked for a year as an accompanist at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. He is soon to graduate from the same institution with a master’s degree in early music, and he has also graduated with the highest honors from the master’s programs in piano chamber music and lied. His artistic activities have been generously funded by various organizations, including the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, whose working grant allowed him to pursue his work as a lied pianist in 2022, and the Finnish Cultural Foundation, whose support will enable him to acquire his own harpsichord in the fall of 2024. He also works as a harpsichord and piano pedagogue and accompanist at the Nurmijärvi Music Institute.
Alankomaalais-suomalainen cembalisti Jasper Koekoek esiintyy monipuolisesti continuosoittajana niin kamariyhtyeissä, orkestereissa kuin oopperoissakin ja on soolocembalistina profiloitunut varsinkin alankomaalaisen ja pohjoismaisen barokkimusiikin esittäjänä. Hän toimii Amore Barocco -barokkiorkesterin johtajana ja on toiminut säestäjänä Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemiassa. Hän on valmistunut maisteriksi samasta laitoksesta. Hänen taiteellista toimintaansa ovat avokätisesti rahoittaneet muun muassa Taiteen edistämiskeskus ja Suomen Kulttuurirahasto. Hän toimii cembalo- ja pianopedagogina sekä säestäjänä Nurmijärven musiikkiopistossa. Häntä ovat kouluttaneet mm. cembalistit Corina Marti, Christophe Rousset, Francesco Corti, Assi Karttunen, Annamari Pölhö, Elina Mustonen ja Matias Häkkinen.