Jacqueline Ogeil

Jacqueline Ogeil is an Australian harpsichordist, conductor and musicologist.

Early studies

She studied under Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam (1993). She has also studied with Colin Tilney in Toronto and John O'Donnell in Melbourne.[1] She gained her Masters in Music at the University of Melbourne and completed her PhD on the Baroque music of Scarlatti at the University of Newcastle.

Career

Ogeil is known for performing Baroque works, but has also performed contemporary repertoire including works by Naji Hakim. As a solo musician, she has performed in Australia, Europe and Canada. As well as harpsichord, she also plays the organ and fortepiano.

She has guest-lectured at the Victorian College of the Arts School of Music and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music.[2]

In 2001, she founded the baroque chamber ensemble Accademia Arcadia.[3][4] As of 2017, she was its director and also played a Cristofori fortepiano for Il Diavolo alongside Davide Monti on violin and Josephine Vains on continuo cello.[5]

In 2010, she was appointed as a director of the historical house and gardens at Duneira in Mt Macedon.[6][7]

In 2018, she became the new Executive Director at Montsalvat artists' community in Melbourne.[8]

Awards

Ogeil has won a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust Award.[1]

In 2015, she was the winner of The Australian Financial Review, and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards for her double role as Director of Dunieira and her contribution to the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.[9]

In 2019 she was awarded an Australia Day Arts Ambassador Award from the Macedon Ranges Shire Council.[10]

Discography

  • The Virtuoso Harpsichord (1995) Move Records (MD 3167)[11]
  • Buxtehude at the Harpsichord (1997) Move Records (MD 3191)[12]
  • La Follia (1998)

Personal life

Ogeil is married with five step-children.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Wright, Simon (2023). "Jacqueline Ogeil - Australian record harpischord". MOVE. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. ^ Move website
  3. ^ "Accademia Arcadia". Melbourne Recital Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ Hanusiak, Xenia (28 December 2005). "Review". The Herald Sun.
  5. ^ Rockstrom, Kate (2017). "Il Diavolo by Accademia Arcadia". Readings. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ^ Gadd, Denise (13 April 2012). "Legends of the fall". The Age. Retrieved 8 April 2018. The property is managed by director Dr Jacqueline Ogeil, who was appointed in 2010 to implement Stoneman's vision to maintain and preserve Duneira and to open it to the public.
  7. ^ Hudson, Sarah (15 October 2014). "Classical pianist Jacky Ogeil has created Mt Macedon's art oasis". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^ Fisher Leadership website
  9. ^ "The Australian Financial Review and Westpac announce the 2015 Women of Influence". Woodends Winter Arts Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2018. Dr Jacqueline Ogeil has been announced as a winner in The Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards for 2015. Jacky has been recognised in the Local/Regional category for her contribution to Woodend Winter Arts Festival and Duneira, Mt Macedon...Founding and developing two different organisations, with programs to service very different needs is exciting and challenging.
  10. ^ Accademia Arcadia website
  11. ^ Ogeil, Jacqueline (1995), The Virtuoso Harpsichord, Move Records, retrieved 10 April 2018
  12. ^ Ogeil, Jacqueline; Buxtehude, Dietrich (1997), Buxtehude at the Harpsichord, Move Records, retrieved 10 April 2018
  13. ^ Move website