Fringe: Tetsu Isaji

Fringe: Tetsu Isaji

This concert is part of the free fringe programme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2026.

Brussels-based Japanese harpsichordist Tetsu Isaji performs as a soloist, continuo player and ensemble leader across Europe and Japan. After studying at Oxford and Cambridge, he received the highest distinction for his studies in Brussels with Frédéric Haas and Philippe Zanzu. He has won prizes at competitions including FestiVita! and the Wanda Landowska Competition. Isaji leads Komorebi Consort and has collaborated with musicians including Sigiswald Kuijken and Jos van Immerseel. His fascination with historical keyboards is central to his work, alongside research into instruments and performance practice.

Programme

• François Couperin

  La nointéle
  La voluptueuse

  1668-1733
• Georg Philipp Telemann

  Jesu meine Freude

  1681-1767
• Johann David Heinichen

  Fantasia durch alle Tonarten gehend, BWV 179a

  1683-1729
• Johann Sebastian Bach

  Suite anglaise, No. 6 in D minor
  Prélude
  Allemande
  Courante
  Sarabande
  Gavotte I and II
  Gigue

  1685-1750
• François Couperin

  L’Amazône
  
  Programme subject to change

Musicians

• Tetsu Isaji harpsichord