Jesper Bøje Christensen
Jesper Bøje Christensen (born 3 December 1944) is a Danish harpsichordist and music researcher, especially in the field of basso continuo. Life. Born in Copenhagen, Christensen was a lecturer in historical composition, continuo and performance practice at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen from 1972 to 1985. He has taught harpsichord, basso continuo, chamber music and performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis since 1988. He has also been a visiting professor at the CNSM in Lyon, at the "Département de musique ancienne" of the Geneva Conservatory, at the , as well as at numerous master  classes. In 1992, 1995, 1998 and 2001, Christensen was a member of the jury at the international harpsichord competition within the framework of the MAfestival Brugge and in 2006 president of the jury at the chamber music competition "Premio Bonporti" in Rovereto, as well as several times chairman of the Telemann competition in Magdeburg. He is the author of the textbook "Die Grundlagen des Generalbassspiels im 18. Jahrhundert" (Kassel 1992) and with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher author of the article "Generalbass" in the Musiklexikon "Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart".