Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik (born 6 September 1980 in Berlin) is a German harpsichordist, improviser, musicologist and academic.
[4] He studied the harpsichord[5] with Bernhard Klapprott [de] and with Frédérick Haas at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
[6] He has lectured at various conservatories such as Frankfurt and taught Baroque improvisation at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar,[8] the first such teaching position in Germany.
The Köthener Trauermusik was performed in March 2010 by the Lautten Compagney in the Sophienkirche Berlin[14] and the Kammermusiksaal of the Deutschlandfunk in Cologne and later broadcast on radio.
[16] At the Köthener Bachfesttage 2012 Grychtolik conducted the Mitteldeutsche Hofmusik ensemble in performances of the reconstructions of birthday cantatas Steigt freudig in die Luft, BWV 36a and Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66a.