Bernard Gordillo,
a native of Nicaragua, holds degrees from Centenary College of Louisiana, the Early Music Institute of the Indiana University Jacobs School
of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London).
He has performed on harpsichord and chamber organ throughout the United States, Western Europe, and Israel, appearing at a number of festivals and concert series including the Aldeburgh Festival, Berkeley Festival Fringe, Bloomington Early Music Festival, Boston Early Music Festival Fringe, Cheltenham Festival of Music, Innsbruck International Festival of Early Music, Indiana University Summer Music Festival, Royaumont Saison Musicale, and Stoke Newington Early Music Festival.
Recent seasons have seen him perform with Baroque Northwest (Seattle), Music of the Baroque (Chicago), Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Baroque Band (Chicago), and Catacoustic Consort (Cincinnati).
Bernard has accompanied in numerous masterclasses, notably at the Handel House Museum in London, the Innsbruck Summer Academy as accompanist-in-residence, and the Britten-Pears School where he was a Young Artist. He has been a staff accompanist in the Choral and Early Music departments at Indiana University, in addition to holding a long-term position as harpsichordist for its Pre-College Recorder Program.
Bernard was a finalist in the Guildhall School's prestigious Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for his group L'AURA and held a Corporation of London scholarship for basso continuo accompaniment. In 2006, L'AURA was a first-prize winner of the Indiana University Latin American Music Center's competition in the performance of music from Spain and Latin America. More recently, the ensemble was featured in a recording of wedding and ceremonial music entitled "Beautiful Baroque."
For five seasons, Bernard was the writer, programmer, and assistant producer for Harmonia, a nationally-syndicated Public Radio program dedicated to presenting early music in a new light. He was also the host and producer of the popular Harmonia Early Music Podcast.
During the 2011-2012 academic year, he will live in Nicaragua as a Fulbright Fellow, researching Spanish colonial music and culture, as well as exploring the works of 20th-century Nicaraguan composers.
He has performed on harpsichord and chamber organ throughout the United States, Western Europe, and Israel, appearing at a number of festivals and concert series including the Aldeburgh Festival, Berkeley Festival Fringe, Bloomington Early Music Festival, Boston Early Music Festival Fringe, Cheltenham Festival of Music, Innsbruck International Festival of Early Music, Indiana University Summer Music Festival, Royaumont Saison Musicale, and Stoke Newington Early Music Festival.
Recent seasons have seen him perform with Baroque Northwest (Seattle), Music of the Baroque (Chicago), Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Baroque Band (Chicago), and Catacoustic Consort (Cincinnati).
Bernard has accompanied in numerous masterclasses, notably at the Handel House Museum in London, the Innsbruck Summer Academy as accompanist-in-residence, and the Britten-Pears School where he was a Young Artist. He has been a staff accompanist in the Choral and Early Music departments at Indiana University, in addition to holding a long-term position as harpsichordist for its Pre-College Recorder Program.
Bernard was a finalist in the Guildhall School's prestigious Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for his group L'AURA and held a Corporation of London scholarship for basso continuo accompaniment. In 2006, L'AURA was a first-prize winner of the Indiana University Latin American Music Center's competition in the performance of music from Spain and Latin America. More recently, the ensemble was featured in a recording of wedding and ceremonial music entitled "Beautiful Baroque."
For five seasons, Bernard was the writer, programmer, and assistant producer for Harmonia, a nationally-syndicated Public Radio program dedicated to presenting early music in a new light. He was also the host and producer of the popular Harmonia Early Music Podcast.
During the 2011-2012 academic year, he will live in Nicaragua as a Fulbright Fellow, researching Spanish colonial music and culture, as well as exploring the works of 20th-century Nicaraguan composers.