Duo Edelen:

Cellist Fred Edelen and harpsichordist and fortepianist Christina Edelen have performed together throughout the United States and Northern Europe since 1983.  Both received Performer's Certificates from the Indiana University School of Music for outstanding performance.  Their extensive repertoire includes lesser-known music of the French Baroque, more familiar repertoire of Bach, Geminiani, and the Italian masters, to early Classical.

They have appeared at the early music festivals of Boston, Berkeley, Bloomington, Columbus, and San Antonio. As Artistic Co-Directors and founders of Early Music Southwest in Houston, Duo Edelen have performed regularly with internationally acclaimed Baroque specialists including Baroque violinists Stanley Ritchie and Amy Kauffman, flutist Colin St. Martin, and tenor Tony Boutté.

In conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston they have created a highly successful Baroque concert series in the museum's Rienzi collection.  Duo Edelen are founding members of Trio La Poplinière, and are sought after as recitalists, continuo players, and  teachers.  They currently reside in Amsterdam.

Fred Edelen:

Fred Edelen performs throughout the US and Europe on both modern and Baroque cello as orchestral cellist, chamber musician, and recitalist.   Currently a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, he was formerly cellist with the Houston Symphony and Principal Cellist of the San Antonio Symphony.  Described as a "masterful soloist"  with "astonishingly expressive style and gorgeous tone,"¹ he has appeared as soloist with the Phoenix, San Antonio, and Houston Symphony orchestras, and was a prize winner at the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition.  An avid performer on Baroque cello, Mr. Edelen studied at the Early Music Institute at Indiana University and continued his Baroque studies as a Fulbright scholar in The Hague.  He has performed with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, and returns to the US each summer to teach and perform at the Cactus Pear Music Festival in San Antonio.

Christina Edelen:

Hailed as a "superb harpsichordist" by the  Kansas City Star, Christina Edelen brings a depth of experience, knowledge, and virtuosity to a career in early keyboard performance and teaching that has spanned two decades in the United States and Europe.  On harpsichord, organ, clavichord, and fortepiano, Ms Edelen has performed as soloist and in numerous ensembles and festivals, including Opera Atelier, Santa Fe chamber music festival, and the Berkeley, San Antonio,  and Bloomington Early Music Festivals. She studied at the Indiana University Early Music Institute and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and was a finalist at the Bodky International Competition. Ms. Edelen is a popular teacher and lecturer, and has served on the faculties of Baylor University and the University of Houston.  Ms. Edelen is also active as a church organist in Amsterdam and Haarlem as well as the United States. She is currently concluding doctoral research in musical treatises of 17th century England.  Recordings include the complete sonatas for Harpsichord and Flute of Boismortier and a selection of English Baroque Organ Concertos.

Contact Info:

fcedelen@yahoo.com