Alexander Gergelyfi was born in Linz and studied historical keyboard instruments and early music performance practice in Linz, Graz, Strasbourg and Hamburg. His professors included August Humer, Brett Leighton, Eva Maria Pollerus, Michael Hell, Aline Zylberajch, Menno van Delft and Gerhart Darmstadt.
As a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, he has recently performed with il Gusto Barocco under the direction of Jörg Halubek, the Neue Hofkapelle Graz, the L’Orfeo Barockorchester under Michi Gaigg and Carin van Heerden, the Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried, the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg under Antonello Manacorda and the Compagnia Transalpina together with Andreas Böhlen.
In 2023, he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in the new Kleine Nachtmusiken series with baritone Georg Nigl, with whom he will be performing on various historical keyboard instruments from now on.
He released his award-winning first album Morbides mit Charakter with the ensemble Verbotene Frucht in 2018, and the follow-up Liebe auf den ersten Schluck was released in 2022. His first solo CD Sapperlot! was released by Carpe Diem Records in November 2022 and was enthusiastically received by the music world.
With the ensemble Verbotene Frucht, he released the award-winning first album Morbides mit Charakter in 2018, the follow-up Liebe auf den ersten Schluck was presented in 2022. His first solo CD Sapperlot! was released by Carpe Diem Records in November 2022 and was enthusiastically received by the music world.
Since 2018, the enthusiastic pedagogue has been teaching clavichord, historical basso continuo, literature studies and historical language forms at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. He is particularly interested in researching and developing Austrian music from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Alexander Gergelyfi plays on an Admont clavichord.
