What is Kristian Bezuidenhout?
'''Kristian Bezuidenhout''' (born in 1979 in [[South Africa]]) is an [[Australia|Australian]] classical [[pianist]] currently living in [[London]]. He was born in [[King William's Town]] in Eastern South Africa and moved with his family to Australia in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-22|title=klavier.de: Interview mit Kristian Bezuidenhout|url=https://www.klavier.de/magazin/interview.cfm?KID=11190|access-date=2021-07-27|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053056/https://www.klavier.de/magazin/interview.cfm?KID=11190|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Bezuidenhout started his musical studies in Australia and completed them at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artist Encounter: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7982/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> Being interested in historical performance, he started studying fortepiano with an American professor and a pianist [[Malcolm Bilson]]. Bezuidenhout won the first prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition being just 21 years old. During his career Bezuidenhout has already collaborated with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Concerto Köln, the Collegium Vocale Gent and Les Arts Florissants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kristian Bezuidenhout {{!}} Bios {{!}} Miller Theatre at Columbia University|url=https://www.millertheatre.com/explore/bios/kristian-bezuidenhout|access-date=2021-07-27|website=www.millertheatre.com}}</ref> He also worked together with such conductors as [[Trevor Pinnock]] and [[John Eliot Gardiner]]. His wide list of recordings include works of [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and other classical composers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-22|title=Gesang und Drama {{!}} NZZ|url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/musik/gesang-und-drama-1.18573285|access-date=2021-07-27|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://w