Real name: Lajós Rovátkay

Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 1994

Hungarian-German harpsichordist, and founder and conductor of the Capella Agostino Steffani.
Born 15 Sept. 1933 in Budapest, Hungary.
Fled to Austria in Nov. 1956, and lived briefly in Austria and Italy, before receiving a stipend to study at Frankfurt University. In 1962 he was appointed lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, becoming the director of the Studio für Alte Musik of the university in 1975, and later professor at the same university. In 1963 he married Siri Rovatkay-Sohns.