Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch organist, harpsichordist, conductor and pedagogue, (born May 30, 1928 in Graveland, Netherlands - died January 16, 2012 at the age of 83).
Renowned mostly for his Bach interpretations as harpsichordist or with his ensembles, the [a=Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble] and the [a=Leonhardt-Consort].
In 1967 he was the main actor in the movie "Diary of Anna Magdalena Bach", playing and performing and personifying Johann Sebastian Bach himself.
In 1971 Gustav Leonhardt and [a=Nikolaus Harnoncourt] jointly undertook a project, completed in 1990, to record all Bach’s sacred cantatas.