Eva-Maria Heinz - Clavichord

The Clavichord is most likely the oldest form of a stringed keyboard instrument followed out of the Monochord.

The name is derived from Latin „clavis“ -  key and „chorda“ – string. The time of origin cannot be exactly determined, the final shape was found in the first half of the 15^th. century.

In the 17^th., 18^th. until the beginning of the 19^th. century the Clavichord was a widespread house, practicing and teaching instrument..

• Introduction to  the instrument
• Concerts, morning performance and evening concert with the following content:
  • Music for keybboards instruments of the Middle Ages via Renaissance, Baroque and classical period until the modern age and the 21^st. century.
  • Music in combination with readings.
  • Own improvisations
• Chamber.musical-events in a private and selected atmosphere.
• Music to go quiet, to mediation and to contemplation
• On request individual program arrangements can also be worked out and offered.

Eva-Maria Heinz

After studying piano in Weimar, she continued her training in rhythm, expressive dance, improvisation, and church music. She discovered her love of early music with the clavichord, the popular keyboard instrument of the 15th to 17th centuries. She lives in Pforzheim, performs as a solo clavichordist, and gives clavichord workshops and advanced training courses in piano improvisation for musicians and seminars for interested amateurs.

More informations: www.musik-paedagogin.de