Neal Peres Da Costa in conversation with Roger Kneebone
Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger KneeboneShow Notes
Neal Peres Da Costa is Professor of Historical Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he founded the Historical Performance division in 2007. Before that he held academic posts in the UK. Neal is an expert on performance on historical keyboard instruments including the harpsichord. Alongside his work as a soloist, chamber and continuo musician performing with leading ensembles across the world, he is fascinated by the processes of historical and contemporary recording. In this conversation we explore how insights from the past can inform current practice, whether in music or medicine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Peres_Da_Costa
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