Benjamin Alard
Keyboardist Benjamin Alard is an important force in France's early music scene. He is a versatile player, performing on organ, harpsichord, and clavichord, and playing in chamber music and ensemble music as well as solo. Alard was born on July 13, 1985, in Rouen, France, and grew up in the village of Les Grandes-Ventes in the Normandy region. A local parish priest introduced him to the organ and quickly spotted his talent, sending him to the Ecole nationale de musique in Dieppe. Developing an interest in early music, Alard went on to the Rouen Conservatory, where he studied with Louis Thiry and François Ménissier. He began harpsichord studies in Paris with Elisabeth Joyé and then, in 2003, enrolled at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, studying organ with Jean-Claude Zehnder and harpsichord with Andrea Marcon. Alard won major prizes on both instruments; in 2004, he took both first prize and audience prize at the Bruges International Harpsichord Competition, with Gustav Leonhardt as judging chair. Still just 20, he was designated after a competition as "co-titulaire" of the new organ at Paris' Saint-Louis-en-l'Île church, where he established a concert series. He participated in a complete cycle of Bach's organ works performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris in 2009, and in 2012, he embarked on a five-year residency at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain, performing during that period a complete cycle of Bach's harpsichord music. Alard has toured as a soloist as far afield as East Asia, Turkey, and the U.S., and he is a frequent guest at French festivals. In addition to solo performing and recording, he is a well-established collaborator with early music ensembles, notably as a continuo player for Sigiswald Kuijken's group La Petite Bande. Alard has made a number of recordings, all of them at this writing devoted to the music of Bach. He made several recordings for the Alpha label and then, in 2018, moved to Harmonia Mundi for the first volume in a cycle of Bach's complete keyboard music. In 2021, that cycle reached its fourth album, Alla Veneziana.© James Manheim /TiVo Read more
Keyboardist Benjamin Alard is an important force in France's early music scene. He is a versatile player, performing on organ, harpsichord, and clavichord, and playing in chamber music and ensemble music as well as solo.
Alard was born on July 13, 1985, in Rouen, France, and grew up in the village of Les Grandes-Ventes in the Normandy region. A local parish priest introduced him to the organ and quickly spotted his talent, sending him to the Ecole nationale de musique in Dieppe. Developing an interest in early music, Alard went on to the Rouen Conservatory, where he studied with Louis Thiry and François Ménissier. He began harpsichord studies in Paris with Elisabeth Joyé and then, in 2003, enrolled at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, studying organ with Jean-Claude Zehnder and harpsichord with Andrea Marcon. Alard won major prizes on both instruments; in 2004, he took both first prize and audience prize at the Bruges International Harpsichord Competition, with Gustav Leonhardt as judging chair. Still just 20, he was designated after a competition as "co-titulaire" of the new organ at Paris' Saint-Louis-en-l'Île church, where he established a concert series. He participated in a complete cycle of Bach's organ works performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris in 2009, and in 2012, he embarked on a five-year residency at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain, performing during that period a complete cycle of Bach's harpsichord music. Alard has toured as a soloist as far afield as East Asia, Turkey, and the U.S., and he is a frequent guest at French festivals. In addition to solo performing and recording, he is a well-established collaborator with early music ensembles, notably as a continuo player for Sigiswald Kuijken's group La Petite Bande.
Alard has made a number of recordings, all of them at this writing devoted to the music of Bach. He made several recordings for the Alpha label and then, in 2018, moved to Harmonia Mundi for the first volume in a cycle of Bach's complete keyboard music. In 2021, that cycle reached its fourth album, Alla Veneziana.
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J.S. Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 5, "Toccata & Weimar 1708-1717"
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Nov 12, 2021
The scale and detail of Benjamin Alard’s project to record all of Bach’s keyboard music only becomes more apparent as the series progresses. For a qui ...
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 6 "Das Wohltemperierte Klavier"
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Mar 25, 2022
Gifted performer Benjamin Alard is fully immersed in the world of Johann Sebastian Bach, having recorded the composer’s complete works for solo keyboa ...
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J.S. Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 1 - The Young Heir - Le Jeune héritier
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Mar 23, 2018
Organ player and harpsichordist, titular player of the Aubertin organ of the Saint-Louis-en l'Île church in Paris, where he regularly plays Bach in co ...
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Bach: Complete Keyboard Edition 3 "À la française"
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Apr 10, 2020
5 étoiles de ClassicaHaving already attracted attention for his exceptional gifts, Bach entered the service of the Weimar court at the age of twenty-three. This was the st ...
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Transcriptions pour clavecin
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by HORTUS on Apr 30, 2007
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Bach : The Complete Works for keyboard, Vol. 2 / Part 2 (& Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Reinken)
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Apr 12, 2019
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J.S. Bach : The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 2 / Part 1 - Towards the North (Vers le Nord)
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Apr 12, 2019
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonate en trio pour orgue BWV525-530
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Sep 10, 2009
France's Alpha label has issued a marvelous series of mostly Baroque and Classical-era pieces, in booklets sumptuously illustrated not only with items ...
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Musique française des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by HORTUS on Mar 25, 2010
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 4 "Alla Veneziana"
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Jan 15, 2021
This is the fourth volume in what will eventually become a 17-album series from keyboardist Benjamin Alard, covering Bach's keyboard music in its enti ...
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Manuscrit Bauyn
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by HORTUS on Oct 22, 2008
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Bach : Clavier Ubung I (Six Partitas BWV 825-830)
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Mar 11, 2010
Glenn Gould defined Bach's partitas as blazing virtuoso vehicles, and such has been the fame of his readings that even soberer keyboardists tend to pu ...
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Bach: Sonates en trio, BWV 525-530 (Alpha Collection)
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Sep 10, 2009
France's Alpha label has issued a marvelous series of mostly Baroque and Classical-era pieces, in booklets sumptuously illustrated not only with items ...
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Andreas Bach Buch: Florilegium
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by HORTUS on Jan 1, 2006
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Johann Sebastian Bach : Clavier Übung II
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on Apr 28, 2011
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Bach: The Work for Organ & Harpsichord, Chapter II - 1. Sopra un tema di Albinoni
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Dec 15, 2017
Organist and harpsichordist Benjamin Alard has put his mind to producing a complete recording of J.S. Bach's works for keyboard instruments. At this p ...
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Bach: The work for organ & harpsichord, Chapter I - 1. Jesu meine Freude
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Oct 20, 2017
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J.S. Bach: Capriccio in B Major, BWV 992, 2
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Mar 29, 2019
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J.S. Bach: Capriccio in B Major, BWV 992, 1
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Mar 15, 2019
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J.S. Bach: Capriccio in B Major, BWV 992, 3
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Apr 12, 2019
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J.S. Bach: Capriccio in B Major, BWV 992, 4
Benjamin Alard
Classical - Released by harmonia mundi on Apr 26, 2019
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