Andreas Staier and Anthony Sidey

Andreas Staier is one of the foremost authentic-instrument keyboard players in the classical music world. He has performed with many of the world's top historical instrument ensembles and performers and has toured and recorded extensively. Staier was born on September 13, 1955, in Göttingen, then in West Germany. His early training was on the modern piano. Courses in realizing continuo parts in Baroque music at the Hannover Conservatory led him to study harpsichord. He continued his studies in Amsterdam, where his primary teachers in harpsichord and early music were Gustav Le...