John Whitelaw (harpsichordist)

John Whitelaw (born 1943 in New York[1]) is an American harpsichordist and longtime faculty member of the Royal Conservatory in Ghent. After studies in Chicago, he was a student of Kenneth Gilbert in Montreal from 1967-1971. In 1970 he won the Prix d'Europe.[2] In 1971 he won second prize at the competition Musica Antiqua Bruges and first prize at the international harpsichord competition in Paris. He has appeared as a guest artist on numerous recordings, and in 1996 released his own album dedicated to the works of William Byrd.

He has also played the clavichord, the forte-piano and the piano, in particular accompanying soprano Gerda Hartman in the repertoire of the German Lied.