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Robert Hill studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory (Soloist Diploma 1974). He completed his Ph.D. thesis about Bach at Harvard University in 1987. [3]
Jun 12, 2018 · A world-renowned expert in baroque music, Robert Hill has been teaching historical keyboards since 1990 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany.
May 29, 2017 · The Philippines-born American harpsichordist and nusicologist, Robert Stephen Hill, gained his Solo Diploma at the Amsterdam Conservatory in 1974; Licentiate at Trinity College of Music, London in 1974; MA in 1982, and PhD in 1987 at the Harvard University, USA.
Robert Hill studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory (Soloist Diploma 1974). He completed his Ph.D. thesis about Bach at Harvard University in 1987.
Apr 5, 2024 · “I emphasize that approach for the harpsichord.” By example, Hill points to the 18th-century practice employing the figured bass, a shorthand sketching-out of notes and chords that would direct a musician to create a spontaneous accompaniment.
May 31, 2018 · Via Skype from Paris, the harpsichordist Robert Hill told me that early 20th-century instruments “were constructed in the shadow of the black piano,” that is, fundamentally ahistorical. The Pleyel instruments played by Růžičková and Wanda Landowska were constructed to have the force and impact of a modern piano.
September 1986-August 1990. Music Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Assistant Professor for Harpsichord and Musicology (duties included Music Theory I and II for prospective majors) Director, Duke University Collegium Musicum.
