Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Lars Ulrich Mortensen is best known as a harpsichordist focusing on Baroque solo and chamber music repertory. He is also active as a conductor of both instrumental and operatic music. Mortensen was born on November 9, 1955, in Esbjerg, Denmark. He took up the piano at age three, sang in the Danish Radio Boys' Choir, and attended a high school that allowed him to specialize in music. Mortensen attended the Royal Danish Academy of Music, studying harpsichord with Karen Englund. From the beginning, he was interested in both keyboard playing and conducting, and he traveled to Lon...