Gary-Cooper
Gary Cooper is now established as one of the foremost ambassadors of the harpsichord and fortepiano - in particular, as an interpreter of Bach's & Mozart's keyboard music - and as a director of period performance in concert, and in opera. Along with performances worldwide, he has made many recordings for TV, radio and CD, including an award-winning CD of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Gary's diverse recital programmes range from the music of the Elizabethan Virginalists to the harpsichord music of Bach and Scarlatti, from Mozart's Piano Sonatas to the music of Dussek, Clementi, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Adding to an extensive discography, solo recording projects with Channel Classics range from Bach's complete Keyboard Concerti and the Goldberg Variations, to Mozart's Piano Variations and Beethoven's Diabelli Variations & late Bagatelles, all on original keyboards of the period. He will also be recording Schubert's Die Winterreise with baritone, Peter Harvey, and Haydn Symphonies with ensemble Arion. Gary is also an established conductor, having worked with many ensembles. Recent operas include Handel's Alcina, Orlando and Mozart's Die Entfhrung aus dem Seraglio. He directs the Akademie fr Alte Musik in Berlin, recently to great acclaim at the 2007 Potsdam Festival, where he returns in 2009; also the Irish Baroque Orchestra, the Hanover Band, and performs regularly in North America where he directs the leading Canadian period instrument ensemble, Arion, in Montreal. Gary is 'Artist in Residence' of the exciting Belgian period instrument ensemble, B'Rock, directing orchestral and opera productions, recordings, and is guest artistic director of a new festival in Bruges. This coming season, Gary appears at major festivals such as the Flanders Festival, the Bruges, Utrecht, Potsdam and Innsbruck Early Music Festivals and throughout the UK....
