Lisette Kielson | Recorder

Soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player Lisette Kielson has been described by the press as “sparkling with life” and “performing with true character and style.” Throughout the Midwest Lisette has had the honor and pleasure of performing at Bach Festivals, College Artist Series, and with, among others, Lyric Opera of Chicago (stage band soloist), Chicago Opera Theater, Haymarket Opera Company, Music of the Baroque, Chicago’s Bach Week Festival and with many Chicago-area early music ensembles including Chicago Recorder Trio. Lisette has released recordings of Bach and Boismortier with Centaur Records as well as CDs under her own label. Past President of the American Recorder Society and former Director of Bradley University’s Collegium Musicum, Lisette currently teaches on the faculty of the Whitewater Early Music Festival, serves as Music Director of the Chicago Chapter of the ARS, and maintains an active schedule as workshop presenter across the country. She holds Bachelor and Master Degrees from Indiana University and a post-master’s Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Netherlands. A former resident of Madison, Lisette loves coming ‘up north’ to collaborate with Madison Bach Musicians!