Eckhart Kuper

Eckhart Kuper, born in 1961, studied church music and composition in Hanover and Amsterdam and subsequently attended the harpsichord solo class in Hanover. In 1995 he was a finalist at the “International Bach Organ Competition” in Haarlem in the Netherlands. Today he teaches harpsichord, fortepiano and basso continuo at the universities of Leipzig, Hannover, Herford and Detmold. He is particularly interested in old tuning systems, the linguistic approach to music, and the mental and physical experience of making music. He is also concerned with poetry, fairy tales, philosophy and psychology. His compositional œuvre includes piano, harpsichord and organ works, chamber music as well as choral music.