Ewald Demeyere

Ewald Demeyere (born 1974) is a Belgian harpsichordist, conductor and music theorist. He is known as an expert in partimento realization and counterpoint.^[1]

Education

Ewald Demeyere received his Master's degree in harpsichord at the University College Antwerp. Immediately after his studies, he became a teacher of harmony, counterpoint and fugue. In 2002, he succeeded Jos van Immerseel as senior lecturer in historical harpsichord. In 2009, Demeyere obtained the degree of Doctor in the Arts at the University of Antwerp and Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen with the thesis A Contextual, Text-Critical Analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's Art of Fugue – Reflections on Performance Practice and Text-Critical Analysis, and the interaction between them. In 2013, his book Johann Sebastian Bach's Art of Fugue – Performance Practice based on German Eighteenth-Century Theory was published by Leuven University Press.^[2]

Teaching

Partimento, improvisation, oratorio and historical performance practice at the University College Antwerp.
Harpsichord, partimento and improvisation at the Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie of Namur, where he also heads the Early Music department.

Discography

Year of release	Title
2011	18th-Century Flemish Harpsichord Music
2013	Tears – Harpsichord laments from the 17th-Century
2016	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Gran Partita
2020	Bach & Mozart Keyboard Variations on Harpsichord

Awards

C.P.E. Bach The Complete Works Counterpoint Contest (2018) – Winner^[3]

Books

Demeyere, Ewald (2013). Johann Sebastian Bach's Art of Fugue—Performance Practice Based on German Eighteenth-Century Theory. Leuven University Press. ISBN 9789058679406.

Articles

Demeyere, Ewald (2018). "On Fedele Fenaroli's Pedagogy: An Update". Eighteenth-Century Music. 15 (2). Cambridge University Press: 207–229). doi:10.1017/S1478570618000052. S2CID 165216708.

References

^ On Fedele Fenaroli’s Pedagogy: An Update (in: Eighteenth-Century Music 15/2, Cambridge University Press, 2018, p. 207–229
^ AP Hogeschool Antwerpen Faculty Page
^ C.P.E. Bach The Complete Works Counterpoint Contest Contest Results

External links

Official website
AP University College Antwerp Faculty Page.
IMEP Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie.

[partimento-1] On Fedele Fenaroli’s Pedagogy: An Update (in: Eighteenth-Century Music 15/2, Cambridge University Press, 2018, p. 207–229

[PhD-2] AP Hogeschool Antwerpen Faculty Page

[cpebach-3] C.P.E. Bach The Complete Works Counterpoint Contest Contest Results

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