Henriëtte Wirth

Henriëtte Wirth studied piano at the Conservatory of Utrecht, harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, fortepiano at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and musicology at the Utrecht University. She wrote a research article at Utrecht University about Janny van Wering, the first professional Dutch harpsichord player in the Netherlands. Henriëtte performs regularly as a soloïst as well as a chamber music player. In 2009 she founded Arcadië Trio together with clarinettist Steven Geraads and cellist Timothée Busch. Between 2014 and 2019 she was artistic leader of the baroque orchestra Ars Mirabilis. Henriëtte is also the harpsichordist of the early music ensemble La Favorita. Besides playing keyboard instruments, she plays baroque harp in L’Olivastro, an ensemble which focusses on Italian music from the beginning of the 17th century. And together with tenor Pablo Gregorian, she forms a duo in which she plays piano and baroque harp.

Henriëtte has more than 15 years of teaching experience in piano and harpsichord for both children and adults and teaches in her piano studio in Culemborg, which opened in 2021.

Featured recording

On February 10, 2024, Henriëtte performed together with the (baroque) violinist Hed Yaron Meyerson as part of a concert series in Culemborg, The Netherlands. The concert included violin sonatas by Handel and Corelli, listen to a recording here.

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