John Sankey began studying piano with his mother at the age of three on the Niagara Peninsula (Canada).
He also studied violin with Artur Garami. His childhood inspiration was a series of articles about Vladimir Horowitz in "Etude" Magazine.
By the age of sixteen Sankey was an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto.
He was later introduced to the harpsichord and the Russell collection by Thurston Dart in London England,
to gamba making by Juliet Beamont of Cambridge and to the baroque violin by Alice Harnoncourt.Sankey took time out of his musical career to raise five wonderful children in Ottawa, Canada.
He now hopes to record all surviving works for the harpsichord in General MIDI format for distribution on the Internet.The MIDI recordings of Mr. Sankey can be found at the Classical MIDI Connection :
If you would like to email Mr. Sankey and express your gratitude for his sequences, click here: John Sankey.
