Marzena Hepburn

Harpsichord player

 

 

 

1). About Marzena

2). Professional development

3). Concerts and recitals: recent highlights

4.) Links

5). Contact

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1). About Marzena

 

 

Marzena Hepburn is a professional harpsichord player and teacher with qualifications from conservatoires in Switzerland and Poland. She has played concerts and recitals in France, Switzerland, the US, Portugal, Poland, Germany and England.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2). Professional development

 

 

Marzena studied under Alfonso Fedi and Christiane Jaccotet at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, where she completed her postgraduate studies. She also holds a harpsichord diploma from the Academy of Music in Warsaw, where she studied with Leszek Kędracki.

She has taken short study courses with harpsichord teachers such as Huguette Dreyfus, Colin Tilney, Ilton Wjuniski and Jacques Ogg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3). Concerts and recitals: recent highlights

 

 

Apr-May 2005

"Music from the Age of Thomas Jefferson". With the ensemble "Gaudior". Works by Balbastre, Vivaldi, Wodiczka, Geminiani, Corelli. Annapolis, MD; Arlington, VA; Bethesda, MD; Washington, D.C.

 

 

Feb 2005

Solo harpsichord recital. Works by Merula, L. Couperin, Royer, Frescobaldi, Froberger, J.S. Bach. Swiss Embassy, Washington, D.C.

 

 

June 2004

Concert of Italian, Spanish and Mexican baroque chamber music. Works by Merula, d'India, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Castello, Durón, Marin, Vaeza, de Salazar.

 

 

June 2004

G.P. Telemann, Concerto no. 1 in D Major

 

 

Dec 2003

"Messe de Minuit" by Charpentier. Concerts in Switzerland and France

 

 

Nov 2003

"Ich warte; Ich komme". Cantatas and other works by J.S. Bach

 

 

June 2003

Harpsichord recital. Works by De Macque, J.S. Bach, Frescobaldi, Froberger, L. Couperin.

 

 

May 2003

Concert: chamber music by J-S Bach and Telemann

 

 

Mar 2002

"Spectacle du Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève". Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and basso continuo, by J.S. Bach.

 

 

Feb 2002

"The Messiah" oratorio, by Händel. Organ arrangement.

 

 

Dec 2001

"Splendours of Venice and Rome: Sacred music from the XVIIth century". Works by Monteverdi, Mazzocchi, Palestrina, Constantini

 

 

Dec 2001

Soloist. Brandenburg concerto no. 5, by J.S. Bach

 

 

Dec 2001

Brandenburg concerto no. 6, by J.S. Bach

 

 

Sept 2001

"Concerto for Oboe", by E. Gaudibert. Arabian Hall of the Palace of the Porto Treasury, Portugal

 

 

Mar 2001

Chamber music by Frescobaldi, Riccio, Durón, Clérambault. Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Switzerland

 

 

Aug 2000

Motets by Lallouette and Lully. Concerts in France and Switzerland: Geneva, Annécy, Yvoire, Lausanne, Vezélay, Montreux, Evian.

 

 

Mar 1999

"Germany and Italy in the 17th century". Works by Cavalli, Biber, Legrenzi, Schmelzer, Stradella, Pachelbel and Vitali. Concert in Ferney, France

 

 

May 1998

Harpsichord recital: works by Froberger, Bach, Dieupart, Sava, Duphly, Royer

 

 

Feb 1997

Harpsichord recital: works by Bach, d'Anglebert, Moyer, Clerambault, Couperin. Warsaw Academy of Music, Poland

 

 

 (Many of these concerts were performed under the name Marzena Grabas)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4). Links

 

Early Music America

Early Music in Washington, D.C.

American Guild of Organists 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5). Contact

 

For further information, please contact Marzena Hepburn by email or telephone:

 

Email: gmarzena@yahoo.com

Telephone: (001) 202 986 6812