Maurice Steger and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Recorder player Maurice Steger ranks as one of the great virtuosi on his instrument among figures on the contemporary scene. His range of activities has been unusually wide, encompassing both unusual repertoire and projects such as children's music. He has also been active as a conductor. Steger was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1971. Pedro Memelsdorff and Kees Boeke were among his recorder teachers, and he studied conducting with Marcus Creed. Steger made a splash with a Karajan Prize in 2002 and began to find soloist bookings with the top Baroque ensembles in Europe,...