Artist Info: Michael Borgstede

Michael Borgstede is a German harpsichordist and organist, born on December 27, 1976 at Thuine in Lower Saxony. Most unusually, he is also a journalist of some standing, being Middle East correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. He resides in Tel Aviv.

While still a student at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague he won the Ben Weber Award and the York Early Music Competition. He has since appeared with the early-music group Musica ad Rhenum as well as a soloist throughout the world. [read more...]