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Anna Scholl | Organistin, Cembalistin, Dirigentin
Anna Scholl | ORGANIST, HARPSICHORDIST, CONDUCTOR
Since 2017, Anna Scholl has presided as
Organist over the historic organs in
Altenbruch (Klapmeyer, 1498/1730) and
Lüdingworth (Wilde/Schnitger 1598/1682) and
is the Artistic Director for the internationally
renowned concert series on the two
instruments. She is also Guest Lecturer for
Harpsichord and Continuo/Early Music
Ensemble Conducting at the Université
Antonine in Beirut, Lebanon, and is Director of
the baroque orchestra "Café international"
with which she specialises in operas and
oratorios of the late baroque period.
Born in Göppingen, Germany, Scholl studied church music, organ, and harpsichord at the
Conservatories in Berlin and Stuttgart, where her organ teachers were Paolo Cirvellaro and
Jon Laukvik, and Jörg Halibek in harpsichord and early music conducting. She continued her
studies with Wolfgang Zerer at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, where
she was awarded two master's degrees in historically-informed performance practice (organ),
both with high honours. Afterward, she continued her studies in Basel in continuo and
ensemble direction under the tutelage of Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Andrea Marcon, and
Andrea Scherer.
She has been a finalist in many important organ competitions, and received the Hans
Balmer Prize from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis for exceptional organ recitals in 2016
and 2018. Her career as a concert artist as an organist, harpsichordist and continuo player
has taken her to important historical instruments throughout Germany, France, Switzerland,
Austria, and Italy. As a harpsichordist and conductor from the keyboard, she has been
involved in many baroque opera and oratorio productions, including Handel's Rodrigo and
Alexander’s Feast, and Cavallieri's Rappresentation di Anima e di Corpo. A multitude of CDs
document her musical output.