Michael Borgstede


Michael Borgstede, is a German harpsichordist and organist. He is also a journalist, being Middle East correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. He resides in Tel Aviv.
While a student at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Borgstede won the Ben Weber Award and the York Early Music Competition. He has since appeared with the early-music group Musica ad Rhenum as well as a soloist.
He is a recording artist and a published author: Leben in Israel: Alltag im Ausnahmezustand. Herbig, München 2008,, on the ethnic diversity of Israeli society.