Bernard Gordillo,
a native of Nicaragua, holds degrees from
Centenary College of Louisiana, the Early Music Institute of
the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London).
He has performed on harpsichord and chamber organ throughout
the United States, Western Europe, and Israel, appearing at
a number of festivals and concert series including the
Aldeburgh Festival, Bloomington Early Music Festival, Cheltenham
Festival of Music, Innsbruck International Festival of Early
Music, Indiana University Summer Music Festival, Royaumont
Saison Musicale, and Stoke Newington Early Music Festival.
Bernard has accompanied in numerous masterclasses, notably at
the Handel House Museum in London, the Innsbruck Summer Academy
as accompanist-in-residence, and the Britten-Pears School where
he was a Young Artist.
Bernard was a finalist in the Guildhall Schools prestigious
Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for his group
LAURA
and held a Corporation of London scholarship for basso
continuo accompaniment. In 2006, LAURA was a first-prize
winner of the Indiana University Latin American Music
Centers competition in the performance of music from Spain
and Latin America. More recently, the ensemble was featured
in a recording of wedding and ceremonial music
entitled Beautiful Baroque.
In addition to performing, Bernard is the writer for Harmonia,
a nationally-syndicated radio program dedicated to presenting
early music in a new light. He produces and is the announcer
for the Harmonia Early Music Podcast.
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