Sonja Leipold Cembalo

Sonja Leipold  studied flute & piano at the Mozarteum Salzburg, and harpsichord & basso continuo at the University of Music Vienna. Focusing on early and contemporary music, she regularly performs as a soloist, basso continuo-player and with her own ensembles at renowned concert festivals all over Europe and Asia. She was awarded by the Austrian ministry of culture for her programme “perspectives of the harpsichord”, was prize-winner at the international harpsichord competitions Bologna 2011, Fidelio 2012, Annelie de Man 2012 (den Bosch/contemporary harpsichord). In 2013 she was awarded a fellowship both for her research in baroque music and for her contribution to contemporary harpsichord repertoire and founded the ensemble „les roses sauvages“, which performs music by female composers of the 17th and 18th century.In 2016-2019 her ensembles “duo ovocutters” (harpsichord-accordion) and „airborne extended“ are official Austrian cultural ambassadors for contemporary music.

Sonja Leipold works as an accompanist and chamber music teacher at ITAM Linz (with
Emma Kirkby), Austra Baroque Academy, ISA Vienna, and Theater an der Wien (with
N. Harnoncourt), participated in film- and CD-productions and also appears with orchestras and Ensembles like Vienna Symphony Orchestra, dolce risonanza, capella Leopoldina, MusikFabrikSüd, Phoenix Baroque Austria, Wiener KammerOrchester...

She regularly gives masterclasses at Universities in Europe and Asia, since 2015 she is teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.