Michael Fuerst

Organ continuo

Michael Fuerst is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (USA) where he had harpsichord instruction with Arthur Haas and was assistant to the lutenist Paul O’Dette. In 1994, he moved to Germany with a Fulbright grant for harpsichord study with Robert Hill in Freiburg. As a member of a German Research Foundation musicological project, he examined the original archival sources of 17th century German instrumental ensemble music.

He now lives in Hamburg with an active performing and recording career, as well as a teaching position at the conservatory in Bremen.