Andreas Staier (born 13 September 1955 in Göttingen) is a German pianist and harpsichordist.
Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover and Amsterdam. He studied piano with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase, and harpsichord with Lajos Rovatkay.
From 1983 to 1986 he was the harpsichord soloist for the ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln, touring frequently. At the same time he continued his studies in interpretation of classical and post-classical music on the fortepiano. He resigned from the ensemble in 1986 to embark on his solo career on both harpsichord and fortepiano. He became a touring fortepiano soloist, an accompanist for lieder, and a piano soloist for the ensemble Les Adieux. Between 1987 and 1996 he was Dozent for Cembalo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel.
Staier has gained a reputation as a distinguished harpsichordist, fortepiano soloist, and chamber music performer. His repertoire includes the music of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. As soloist he has performed with Concerto Köln, the Freiburg Barockorchester, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Paris.
Under The Darkened Sky
Lies A Greater Light
In The Moon-Turned Mind
Is A Force That Strives To Die
The Frozen Doom Comes-Feel The Dark Pull
A Breath Of Forever-Envelopes The Pale Skin
Release The Winter Seed
Into The Heart Of Creation
Endless Nights And Endless Cold
The Force On Which He Feeds
Into The Cold, Damp Earth
They Will All Fall
This Immortal Seed Now Calls Unto Thee
To Promise An End To Mortality
Releasing The Body From Mortal Constraints
Infusing The Will With Unknowable Strength
In The Dark Night, The New Winter's Son
Now Comes To His Birthright, The Chosen One
A Cleansing Of (The) Earth, He Now Undertakes
To Rid This Planet Of Frail Human Waste
To Be One With The Night
The Weak All Will Die
His Quest Almost Complete
To Destroy The Weak
Vanquished For Eternity
To Feast Upon The Blood
Of His Myriad Downtrodden Enemies
This Dark Saint Calls To All
And Leads The Final Charge
Under The Darkened Sky
Lies A Greater Light
Endless Nights And Endless Cold
The Force On Which He Feeds
Into The Cold, Damp Earth