Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) - Piano Concerto in E flat major, (1810)

Composer: Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) Work: Piano Concerto in E flat major, (1810) Performers: Tuіja HakіIa (fortepiano); Finnіsh Baroque Orchestra Painting: Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753-1809) - Portrait de Jan Ladislav Dussek (1795) Jan Ladislav [Johann Ladislaus (Ludwig)] Dussek [Dusík] (Čáslav, 12 February 1760 - Saint Germain-en-Laye, 20 March 1812) Bohemian keyboardist and composer. He received his earliest musical training from the Jesuit gymnasiums at Jihlava and Kutná hora, and while at the last he performed as organist at the St. Barbara Church. Taken into the service of a Captain Männer, Dussek toured Austria’s Belgian provinces, functioning as organist in Mechelen for a brief span. Thereafter he embarked on a series of tours, stopping in 1782 in Hamburg, where he may have studied with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. In 1786 he settled in Paris, where he became a favorite performer of Marie Antoinette. In 1789, however, he suddenly moved