Andreas Staier (born 13 September 1955 in G?ttingen) is a German pianist and harpsichordist. 　　Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover, with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase for piano and from Lajos Rovatkay for harpsichord, and also in Amsterdam. From 1983 until 1986 he was the harpsichord soloist for the ensemble Musica Antiqua K?ln. This involved frequent touring to all parts of the world. At the same time he continued his intense studies in the interpretation of classical and post-classical music on the historical fortepiano. He resigned from the ensemble in 1986 to embark on his solo career on both harpsichord and fortepiano. As of 1986 he has been an itinerant fortepiano soloist, an accompanist for lieder and piano soloist for the ensemble Les Adieux. Between 1987 and 1996 he was Dozent for Cembalo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has since gained an outstanding reputation as a harpsichordist and fortepiano soloist,as well as chamber music partner.Today his repertoire includes the music of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. He studies the keyboard repertory deeply. 　　As soloist he has given a number of concerts with Concerto K?ln, with the Freiburg Barockorchester, with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Paris. 　　Staier has made a number of recordings, of composers primarily from the Baroque through early Romantic eras, and is an often-broadcast soloist by the BBC (a search from the main page of BBC Radio 3 turns up many different search results, some broadcasts of commercial recordings, some from concerts and studio). His unusual artistic career was awarded in 2002 with the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and in 2008 with the Pr?torius Musikpreis.