Douglas Amrine – Past Concerts

Harpsichordist and organist Douglas Amrine was born in Washington, D.C. in 1958. He attended Stanford University and Oberlin College, and did his post-graduate studies at the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam, where he studied both instruments with Gustav Leonhardt.

Douglas Amrine has given harpsichord and organ recitals in many European countries, as well as the United States, Singapore, India and Brazil. In 1982 he was a prizewinner at the Albert Schweitzer International Organ Competition. He has recorded two solo CDs of the harpsichord and organ music of J.S. Bach, as well as solo performances for Dutch and German radio. Amrine taught harpsichord at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore in 2011-2014.

To develop his understanding of early keyboard instrument performance, Douglas Amrine has travelled widely to play on historic instruments in private and public collections. Gustav Leonhardt invited him to give recitals on the Hagebeer-Duyschot organ of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam in 1982 and 1996. Amrine has also been invited by the Smithsonian Institution to perform on the 18th-century harpsichords by Dulcken and Stehlin.

Douglas Amrine has acquired copies of historic harpsichords by renowned makers such as Martin Skowroneck, Malcolm Rose, and Willem Kroesbergen. These fine instruments allow him to immerse himself in the soundworld of early keyboard instruments while at home in Amsterdam.