Hailed by New York Magazine as "a leading light of New York's original-instrument scene," Bradley Brookshire has emerged as one of most noted Bach interpreters of his generation. His distinctive approach to Bach’s harpsichord music has led to sustained critical acclaim by The New York Times (his interpretation of Bach’s French Suites was named New York Times “Critic’s Choice” Recording of year 2001), Goldberg Magazine, Stereophile Magazine, and The American Record Guide, among others. Of one recent performance The New York Times observed, Mr. Brookshire is a splendidly finished musician, and he fills a real need in the city's musical life. [He] is a harpsichordist of genuine flair, imagination and humor as well as remarkable skill…everywhere stimulating and often provocative. The opportunity to share in this intelligent and unfailingly artistic exploration of the nature of the music proved satisfying; indeed, it seemed important.
As a soloist, continuo player, and chamber music partner, Brookshire has appeared with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, The English Chamber Orchestra, Glimmerglass Opera, The Shanghai String Quartet, and many other leading artists, including David Daniels and Bejun Mehta.
Brookshire’s just-released recording of Bach’s Art of the Fugue integrates his audio recording with a full score of the work. For the past three years, Brookshire has been developing an interactive counterpoint teaching program which reconstructs J.S. Bach’s own instructional method, The Art of the Fugue serving as its primary source of musical exemplars.
Brookshire has recorded for Sony Classical, BBC Records, Vox Classics, Opus 111 (Paris), and Music and Arts, and has just completed recording the Flute Sonatas of Bach with Tara Helen O’Connor. Last year, he founded his own, artist-driven label –– Bach Harpsichord –– which can be accessed at www.BachHarpsichord.com. For this new label, Brookshire is undertaking an integral recording of all of Bach’s harpsichord music, interspersed with recordings of the harpsichord music of Bach’s circle, among them Kuhnau, Buxtehude, Böhm, Fischer, Fux, Pachelbel, and the Bach Sons.
A member of the Purchase College (SUNY) faculty since 1998, Brookshire holds the position of Director of Graduate Sudies in the Conservatory of Music, where he leads the Purchase College Camerata and teaches graduate courses in musicology and counterpoint. The State University of New York honored him with the Chancellor’s Award in 2004. Previous to accepting that full-time appointment, he was a visiting professor at Yale University, where he led the Yale Collegium Musicum.
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