Harpsichordist and fortepianist Elisabeth Wright is noted for her versatility as soloist and chamber musician, and for her expertise in the art of basso continuo improvisation.
Following graduate studies with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory, she has maintained a distinguished career performing in such noted venues as Boston, Berkeley and Vancouver Early Music Festivals, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Aston Magna, Santa Fe, Lufthansa of London, Tage alter Musik, Sydney Festival, Bejing, Festival Cervantino, Musica Antica Bolzano, Festival de Estella, Stour Music Festival and in Brazilian festivals Performa Clavis and Semana de Música Antiga. Cofounder of Duo Geminiani with baroque violinist Stanley Ritchie, she has performed with Les Sonatistes, Bloomington Baroque, Música Ficta and with other artists of international renown. Soloist with Tafelmusik, Lyra, Seattle, Portland and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestras, she has been broadcast on four continents and recorded for Classic Masters, Milan-Jade, Focus, Arion, Arts Music, Centaur, and Música Ficta Recordings. Professor Emerita of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Wright is in frequent demand for master classes and seminars pertaining to performance practices of music from late 16th – 18th century. A reviewer for Early Keyboard Journal, she was a founding member of The Seattle Early Music Guild, Bloomington Early Music, and has served on the board of Early Music America and as panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, PEW, and PennPat. Guest professor and adjudicator at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, she has also been featured soloist for the Historical Keyboard Society of North America.