Courtroom Concert: Cléa Galhano and Jacques Ogg

Hosted by composer Abbie Betinis, our popular Courtroom Concerts take place at noon most Thursdays in the Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. This series features accomplished musicians and composers from the Twin Cities and surrounding area, as well as occasional musical newcomers to the area. These one-hour concerts are free and open to the public.

About the Artists:

Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna Baroque Quartet and Kingsbury Ensemble.

As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra Baroque Orchestra. Galhano studied in Brazil at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, the Royal Conservatory,The Hague, and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, as a Fulbright Scholar. She is the Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest. Ms. Galhano recently received the prestigious McKnight fellowship award, MSAB Cultural collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative.

Currently, she is a faculty member at Macalester College, Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Recorder, and Coordinator of the HPI Academy at Jacobs School of Music, IN.

Ms. Galhano has eight recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado label. Clea is  the recipient of the National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota and the American Recorder Society President’s Special Honor Award.

One of the most prominent and influential modern masters of the harpsichord and fortepiano, Jacques Ogg performs worldwide as a soloist and continuo player. He works regularly with baroque orchestras around the world, most recently in Brazil, South Korea, Spain and The United States. Jacques Ogg is the artistic director of Lyra Baroque Orchestra (Saint Paul, MN).

Highly sought after as a pedagogue, Jacques Ogg was a harpsichord professor at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, one of the world’s foremost institutes for early music. He also taught at the Berwick Academy (Oregon Bach Festival) and gives workshops in Salamanca (Actividades Culturales de la Universidad de Salamanca) and Casa de Mateus (Portugal).

His discography includes more than 60 recordings with labels such as Philips, Sony, EMI, Glossa and Globe. Fono Forum, Germany’s largest music magazine, named Mr. Ogg’s CD of Bach’s Goldberg Variations the finest recording of this work available. Recordings with flautist Wilbert Hazelzet and gambist Jaap ter Linden earned prestigious prizes.

Mr. Ogg has been a juror at the harpsichord competitions in Leipzig (Bach competition), Prague (Prague Spring), Budapest and at the Jurow competition (Pennsylvania, Texas, The Twin Cities)