Frederick Renz is a conductor, director, and keyboardist specializing in Early Music spanning the medieval through the classical eras.
In 1962 he received a Fulbright grant to study in the Netherlands with eminent harpsichordist and scholar Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
[5] Renz performed as a keyboard soloist with New York Pro Musica for six seasons and founded the Early Music Foundation when it disbanded in 1974.
[6] Renz announced his retirement as the Director of Early Music at the end of the stellar program Concerto per Violini—18th Century Italian Virtuosi on May 13, 2023.
It was performed at the First Church of Christ, Scientist located at Central Park West and 68th Street in New York City.