Kreeta Maria Kentala, Mitzi Meyerson & Lauri Pulakka
Biography Kreeta Maria Kentala, Mitzi Meyerson & Lauri Pulakka
Mitzi Meyerson
is a world-renowned harpsichordist and teacher. She maintains a sterling reputation for her concerts and recordings, and has taught hundreds of students over the last thirty years, many of whom went on to be successful artists in their own right.
Mitzi Meyerson specializes in researching little-known or lost works for the harpsichord, which she then brings to light in recordings. She has released over sixty recordings to excellent critical acclaim; notable amongst them are solo albums of Dietrich Buxtehude, Jacques Duphly, Musikalischer Parnassus of JFK Fischer, ordres from the Fourth Book of Francois Couperin, Componenti Musicali of Gottlieb Muffat, and the complete harpsichord works by Richard Jones.
Her CD prizes include the "Choc" award from Le Monde de la Musique, "Editor′s Choice" from Gramophone, and the "Diapason d′Or". Ms Meyerson′s releases include two double-disc sets of Georg Böhm and CB Balbastre (Glossa); both productions were on the "Bestenliste" for the prestigious Deutsche Schallplatten Kritik. The two-disc complete harpsichord works of Richard Jones was chosen as "CD of the Month" by Toccata, "Editor′s Choice" in Concerto, and received unilaterally positive reviews from many publications including Gramophone, which described it as "the best harpsichord disc of the year".
Mitzi Meyerson has discovered several collections of completely unknown music, and continues to do active research in this field. She is currently at work on two solo projects and a new disc with her trio colleagues, Kreeta Maria Kentala and Lauri Pulakka. Their previous collaborations were Chamber Airs for the Violin by Richard Jones, and Sonatas for Violin by Gian Battista Somis. Both of these were received with glowing reviews.
Ms Meyerson is a full professor of historical keyboard instruments (harpsichord and fortepiano) at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. She specializes in working with modern pianists to obtain a Baroque-style perspective in the performance of Bach, developing an awareness of articulation, harmonic structure, and many other aspects. The position at the UdK was especially created for Madame Wanda Landowska, and this institution was the first university ever to offer harpsichord studies in modern times.
Mitzi Meyerson has many outside interests. She is a certified doula (birth assistant), has been a university lecturer on doula training, and has personally assisted at a hundred births. She has a keen love of photography and has been featured in several successful one-woman shows in Germany and England.
