Harpsichord and historical keyboards

Elisabetta Guglielmin

French music of the 17th and 18th centuries, the complete keyboard works of J. S. Bach, Couperin, Jacquet de La Guerre.

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Elisabetta Guglielmin leaning against a black and gold harpsichord, in a room with pale curtains

And so my story begins

I studied piano with Massimo Somenzi and chamber music with Mario Brunello at the Conservatorio “A. Steffani” in Castelfranco Veneto. I was soon drawn to early music, and graduated in harpsichord with the highest marks under the guidance of Lia Levi Minzi.

Then came my meeting with Kenneth Gilbert: first at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where I was awarded the Honours Diploma, and from 1997 to 2001 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

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What the press says about my recordings

A fluent and persuasive interpreter of Jacquet de la Guerre’s distinctively French idiom.

BBC Music Magazine, Kate Bolton, 2018

Die vielen Verzierungen […] fließen hier ganz natürlich.

WDR 3, Album der Woche

This player is not to be rushed.

Early Music Review, David Hansell

Esegue ed interpreta con grazia ed eleganza l’intera opera.

Magazzini Inesistenti, on the Goldberg Variations
  • BBC Music Magazine
  • Rai Radio 3
  • WDR 3
  • RSI Rete Due
  • Early Music Review
  • PS Audio
  • Music Voice
  • il manifesto
All reviews

My recordings

Four albums for OnClassical and NovAntiqua, regularly broadcast by BBC, Rai Radio 3, Radio Vaticana and SDRundfunk.

Cover of Jubel Schein Bedeutung

2024 · NovAntiqua · double album

J. S. BachJubel Schein Bedeutung

The six sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin, BWV 1014–1019a, in duo with Baroque violinist Valerio Losito. Warmly received by international critics, including the Spanish magazine Scherzo.

  1. Cover of Couperin, Préludes and Miscellaneous Works

    2021 · OnClassical

    F. CouperinPréludes & Miscellaneous Works

  2. Cover of Bach, Goldberg Variations and Aria Variata

    2017/2021 · OnClassical

    J. S. BachGoldberg Variations & Aria Variata

  3. Cover of Jacquet de La Guerre, Complete Harpsichord Works

    2017 · OnClassical · Album der Woche WDR 3

    É. Jacquet de La GuerreComplete Harpsichord Works

Tracks and videos

Civica Scuola delle Arti · Early Music Department

Annual harpsichord course 2026/27

Eight weekends from October to May. In December the course moves to Trevi for the Festival Federico Cesi Winter, with a masterclass and a final concert.

Individual lessons
Technique, touch, ornamentation and repertoire, shaped around each student’s own path.
Ensemble music
Every meeting also includes ensemble sessions with the department’s violin, cello, lute and theorbo students.
  1. Oct10–11
  2. Nov14–15
  3. Dec27–29Trevi (PG)
  4. Jan23–24
  5. Feb20–21
  6. Mar20–21
  7. Apr10–11
  8. May22–23
Keyboard of a Reinhard von Nagel harpsichord with a score open on the music desk

Lessons and masterclasses

I teach harpsichord and historical keyboards to complete beginners and to those preparing for competitions and auditions. Individual lessons take place in person or online.

  • Syracuse Orchestra Barocca Siciliana
  • Perugia Ars et Labor
  • Trevi Early Music Festival Federico Cesi
Teaching and masterclasses
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Concerts, lessons, interviews

For invitations, masterclasses and press material, please write to me directly. I publish the dates of my upcoming concerts on my channels.