The Hopkins Center has a treat in store for classical music fans tonight. Critically acclaimed cellist Anner Bylsma and fortepianist Malcom Bilson will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, Duport and Wolff on authentic period instruments.
Bylsma, who performs on a 1690s cello made in Venice by Matteo Goffriller served as principal cellist for The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam before accepting an appointment as the Erasmus Scholar at Harvard University.
Actively involved in the Dutch circle of musical authenticists, he also serves on the faculties of The Royal Conservatory in the Hague and The Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory.
While Bylsma is at his best interpreting baroque and early classical music, he is a thoroughly well versed and intelligent musician. His technical mastery of the cello is complemented by a keen knowledge of classical composition.
An artist who has garnered an international reputation, has recorded widely on the Das Alte Werk, Decca, BASF, RCA, EMI, Phillips and the Pro Arte record labels. His most distinguished work among these recordings is his interpretation of the Bach "Suites for Unaccompanied Cello," an album which catapulted him into the limelight.
Bilson, who will play a replica of a six-octave 1815 Viennese fortepiano, has been in the forefront of the "period instrument" movement for over two decades.
He is currently a Professor of Music at Cornell University, and has been involved with interpreting piano literature of the 19th century since the mid-1980s. During the 1991-92 Mozart bicentennial, he performed in three continents and gave lectures and master classes. He has also served as co-director of Lincoln Center's Original Instrument chamber music series at the Alice Tully Hall.
Tickets are available at the Hopkins Center Box Office, $8.50 for Dartmouth students and $16.50 for reserved seats.
