Kenneth Cooper

Harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist, and conductor Kenneth Cooper is one of the world’s leading specialists in the music of the eighteenth century, and one of the most exciting and versatile performers in the United States. Renowned for his improvisations and his expertise in ornamentation—a long-lost eighteenth-century art—he has revived countless works, lending them extraordinary authenticity as well as great vitality. Kenneth Cooper is on the faculty at Columbia University and the Manhattan School of Music, where he is Chair of the harpsichord department and Director of the Baroque Aria Ensemble. He has served as Music Director of the Berkshire Bach Ensemble since its inception and as Co-Director of the legendary Our Bach Concerts. Kenneth Cooper was featured on Live from Lincoln Center as soloist in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.