2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge
2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge
2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge
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COLLEGE NEWS I <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 73<br />
Bruce Kennedy in his Castelmuzio workshop, with the <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>College</strong> harpsichord near completion<br />
The recital will also allow the <strong>College</strong> to welcome Bruce Kennedy who is coming<br />
from Tuscany to hear his instrument in the space for which it was built. An American by<br />
birth, Kennedy’s musical studies led him to historical research into harpsichord<br />
construction and the acquisition <strong>of</strong> the skills needed to become himself a pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
harpsichord builder. After periods in the Swiss Alpine village <strong>of</strong> Chateau d’Oex and<br />
Amsterdam, he established his workshop in its current home in the small medieval<br />
Tuscan hill town <strong>of</strong> Castelmuzio. His harpsichords are built after a range <strong>of</strong> historic<br />
models – Flemish, French, German, Italian – and the construction <strong>of</strong> each is carried out<br />
by him more or less single-handedly, with no more than two instruments being built at<br />
any one time. Extreme care is taken to ensure that the materials and methods used are<br />
those <strong>of</strong> a particular model’s original time and place. ■
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