DIALOGUE: VIRTUOSIC KEYBOARD MUSIC BY BUXTEHUDE AND BACH

American-Dutch harpsichordist Kathryn Cok debuts in San Diego with a program of virtuosic keyboard music by Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Sebastian Bach, showcasing the connections between the two composers.

SDEMS Outreach

Dr. Cok will give a masterclass to keyboard students at SDSU and UCSD. We are grateful to Dr. Cok for her expertise, and to professors Tina Chong (SDSU) and Takae Ohnishi (UCSD) for this collaboration.

Financial support provided by the City of San Diego through the Commission for Arts and Culture.

Kathryn Cok is internationally recognized as a soloist and basso continuo player, pursuing a varied career as a harpsichordist, fortepianist and academic on both sides of the Atlantic. A soloist and continuo player with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra since 2001, Kathryn has appeared with important early music ensembles in Europe such as the Nederlands Kamerkoor, Tulipa Consort, Musica Temprana, and Harmonie Universelle. In addition, Kathryn works with top symphonic orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orkest, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and The Berliner Philharmoniker.

Kathryn performs as a soloist in many of the world’s most renowned concert series and Early Music Festivals such as Oude Muziek Utrecht, Brunnenthaler Concert Zomer, Amherst Early Music Festival and the Bodensee Festival. Kathryn forms a duo with her husband, bassoonist Wouter Verschuren, performing well-known and unfamiliar works for historical bassoon and harpsichord/fortepiano.

Kathryn teaches at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where she is also Head of Master Research. An active researcher, she regularly gives lectures about her work, and contributes to music related magazines and journals such as Harpsichord and Fortepiano Magazine, Tijdschrift Oudemuziek, Het Clavecimbel, and Early Music America. An ambassador for historical keyboard performance and research in Europe and North America, Kathryn is a board member of The Dutch Harpsichord Society and Vice-President of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America.