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(FR) Ensemble La Rêveuse  Popular

"Founded by Benjamin Perrot and Florence Bolton, La Rêveuse is an ensemble of solo musicians which aims to bring back to life selected works of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, that effervescent age so rich in artistic experiments and inventions of all kinds. By favouring an approach founded on eloquence, mastery of colour and a rich continuo sound the musicians of La Rêveuse wish to convey to audiences the rhetorical, spiritual and poetic substance of these repertories.
La Rêveuse has attracted favourable attention with its concerts in France (notably at Les Concerts Parisiens, La Folle Journée de Nantes, Fontevraud Abbey, Pontoise, the Radio-France Montpellier Festival, and Lanvellec), and also appears abroad, at such events as the Cambridge Summer Festival, the Organizatie Oude Muziek season in the Netherlands, La Folle Journée in Japan, the French Cultural Centre in Cairo, and in Switzerland, the USA,
and Canada. ..."

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 28616

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(ES) Alfred Fernández, vihuela  Popular

"Alfred Fernández was born in 1970 in Barcelona, where he studied classical guitar with Jordi Codina, Fernando Rodríguez and Manuel González.

Later on he became interested in studying in depth the Early Music repertoire for plucked string instruments (lute, vihuela, baroque guitar, theorbo, etc.). Formed mainly in a self-taught way, he has received advise of prestigious lutenists such as Lluís Gàsser, William Waters, Paul O’dette and Rolf Lislevand. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 18019

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(BE) Séminaire International de Musique Ancienne en Wallonie (SIMAW)  Popular

A WEEK OF INTENSIVE EXCHANGE AND MUSIC-MAKING

The international seminar of early music in Wallonie offers musicians the possibility of deepening all facets of their musical skills.

 Music is much more than mastering techniques or having theorical knowledge: It is a true human journey, that nourishes itself with encounters and discoveries.

The Masterclasses are organized for:

  • Instrumentalists with an advanced or professional level wanting to improve their knowledge in early music.
  • Musicians with a classical formation who want to discover historical instruments.
  • Instrumental or vocal chamber music groups
  • Musicians wanting to meet others with similar passion for early music

with free entrance to concerts of the Festival Musical de Namur

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Apr 20, 2009 | Hits: 10126

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(IT) Antonio Politano, Recorder Player  Popular

“As a recorder player being principally autodidact, Antonio Politano took Salvatore Sciarrino and Heinz Hollinger as his musical models - the former in the innovative concept of the form, the time and the sound in music, the latter as a performer of the wind instruments, and also as an integrated musician which means a performer and a composer at the same time. Since he left the school at the age of 14 and didn't get any institutional diplomas, he took some private recorder lessons with Amico Dolci, Conrad Steinmann and Kees Boeke.

From the very beginning, he has been attracted to the new music, which naturally led him to experiment on the instrument to discover many new sounds of the recorder. Meanwhile, he has always continued to play and study the early music through reading various treatises applying them thoroughly in the most practical way in performing.

His approach to the early music as a performer whose first aim is to convey the expression in music has rendered him the most essential realization in his playing -the sound of the instrument as a human voice. No matter what music he plays - either early music or contemporary music, his reference to the human voice made him develop unique technique and phrasing. The technique never separate from music, the sound being realized only after the musical intention.“

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Category: Contemporary Early Music

Added on: Mar 01, 2012 | Hits: 7830

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(SE) Scharffeneck Collection of Contemporary Early Music  Popular

Site listing composers of early music written in the traditional early music styles. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 7431

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(US) Carolina Pro Musica  Popular

"Carolina Pro Musica Early Music Ensemble

* Established in 1977 to promote performance of music written before 1800 * Performs with historic instruments and/or copies and voices * Uses performance styles of the period in which the music was written * Has presented a concert series in Charlotte since 1978. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 6898

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(DE) Matthias Wagner, Lute/Oud and guitar making string distribution  Popular

... in this o­nline shop you will find all strings you need for your plucked or bowed instrument

  • strings for historical plucked instruments: lutes, Theorboe, baroque guitar,
    romantic guitars, renaissance guitares, Vihuela, baroque mandolin
  • strings for historical bowed instruments: viols, pardessus, violone , baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello
  • strings for Aoud & Saz
  • strings for modern bowed instruments
  • guitar strings
  • harp strings
  • some predefined search pages will help you to need o­nly a short time to find the correct strings "

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 6882

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(FR) Philippe Grisvard, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Philippe Grisvard was born in Nancy in 1980. There he studied piano and oboe before entering the harpsichord class of Anne-Catherine Bücher. In 1999 he got into the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he studied harpsichord and basso continuo with Jesper Christensen, and pianoforte with Edoardo Torbianelli. From 2002 he's called to join La Cetra (Barockorchester Basel) where he has played under the direction of René Jacobs, Jordi Savall, and participated as continuist and répétiteur to Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea and Rameau's Les Paladins with Konrad Junghänel. After getting his diploma in 2003, he becomes the regular harpsichordist of the ensemble Harmonie Universelle, leaded by Florian Deuter; with this group he plays as continuist and soliste threw Europe and US and made two recordings for eloquentia - Telemann and Fasch quartets and quintets (EL 0502) and Pachelbel's works for strings (EL 0606). Now Philippe lives in Paris and plays regulary with Vincent Dumestre's Le Poème Harmonique, with whom he participated since 2006, among other projects, to Molière and Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", staged by Benjamin Lazar, and plays with Le Concert d'Astrée (Emmanuelle Haim) and The Chamber Orchestra of Europe. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 6735

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(US) Vox Sæculorum  Popular

"Vox Sæculorum is an organisation devoted to the custodianship of the Baroque Revival in contemporary art music.

Taking inspiration from the Accademia dell'Arcadia, a 17th century Italian scholarly society that counted Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Georg Friedrich Händel as some of its more notable members, Vox Sæculorum offers composers of the contemporary Baroque Revival a forum to showcase their work and offer criticism to other like-minded artists. It is intended as a guild to maintain the integrity of a unique, living tradition ensuring its development and sustenance.

Vox Sæculorum is a natural outgrowth of an informal association between founding members Mark Moya, Giorgio Pacchioni, Michael Starke, and Roman Turovsky dating back to the early 1990s. As leading composers of the contemporary Baroque Revival, these four often shared musical knowledge, engaged in collaborative efforts, and offered constructive criticism of each other's work.

Unlike similar organisations that have been formed in the past, there is no ideological or philosophical slant to our activities. Our members share a common passion for writing music according to the æsthetic precepts of the Baroque era. As an organisational entity, Vox Sæculorum maintains its neutrality in the ongoing conflicts between the various currents of contemporary Western art music and does not assert the superiority of one type of music over another. There is plenty of room in the air for musical variety and it is hoped that, through the establishment of this society, the Baroque Revival takes its rightful place as a legitimate artistic movement. "

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 6728

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(US) Adrian Card Decorative Painting  Popular

"I've worked with Kevin Fryer since 1999, and together with the client we enjoy creating an overall visual scheme designed to compliment, but not compete with the instrument itself. I've applied the same sensitivity to the integrity of tonal and visual qualities in a number of highly successful collaborations with other instrument makers. " ...

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Oct 29, 2005 | Hits: 6418

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(UK) Hurdy-Gurdy Forum (Bulletin Board)  Popular

“Hello, welcome to the Hurdy-gurdy Forum. We are an online group for hurdy-gurdy players and enthusiasts. Hopefully you will make some great gurdy friends here, chat about tunes, events, workshops and strings and fluff. Swap information and stories and so on, and learn more about the best instrument ever!“

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Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Jun 05, 2010 | Hits: 6081

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(US) Fortepiano List  Popular

This is a forum for serious fortepianists, professional and amateur, as well as builders and restorers of fortepianos. Other topics could include performance practice,interpretation and technique, tuning, care and maintenance of historical pianos, recordings on historical pianos. Courtesy and respect toward all participants is encouraged. ...

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Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 5714

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(FR) The Festival of Sacred and Baroque Music at Froville  Popular

“The Froville priory, built in 1080, is one of the first settlements the benedictine monks of Cluny established in Lorraine. Its steeple dominates a small village, home of 120 inhabitants, midway between Nancy and Epinal.

The romanesque nave, inherited from the 11th century, is lengthened by a gothic choir and a magnificent cloister dating from the 13th century and of which several windows are exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

The nave's ceiling of Carolingian origin has been restored exactly according to historical and acoustic tradition. Therefore, the Froville church provides a prestigious arena for the mightiest voices during the festival of sacred and baroque music.

The Association of the friends Frovilles cultural patrimony has shown great dedication for animation and promotion this prestigious site since 1997 through especially organisation the festival of sacred and baroque music and the priory's 3D reconstitution project.

Its ambition is revealed in a fondatory text, "Odouin's choice".

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Jul 28, 2009 | Hits: 5548

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(US) Clavichord discussion forum on Yahoo!  Popular

Clavichord discussion list/forum.

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: May 14, 2008 | Hits: 5447

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(IT) Alt(r)a Dança  Popular

"Born in the summer of 2004, thanks to the historical dance courses organised by Alia Music and conducted by Lucio Paul Texts, Alt (r) Dança is a group of ancient dance that seeks the reconstruction of original music and choreography taken by first treated the "masters of dance" (Dominic from Piacenza, William Jew, Antonio Cornazano, Fabrizio Caroso, Cesare Negri, etc.)

Since its inception the group has participated in dinners, events and exhibitions of medieval and Renaissance music, and now works steadily with Alia Music, occupying an important role in the Review devoted to "Music in the places of ancient Via Francigena." (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: May 17, 2008 | Hits: 5119

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(ES) MúsicaAntigua.com  Popular

“MúsicaAntigua.com aims to show the immense wealth of the nearly ten centuries of music (from the eighth century to XVIII)”

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Sep 30, 2011 | Hits: 4760

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(US) Historical Harp Society Conference and Workshop  Popular

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 4617

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(US) Early Flute E-mail List  Popular

"A discussion list for those interested in historical (pre-Boehm) flutes: renaissance, baroque, classical or romantic. Postings must be related to the history, performance, or making of historical flutes. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 4608

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(CA) La Belle Danse  Popular

" La Belle Danse Baroque Dance Company was founded in 1996 under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Daniel Gariépy. The company is devoted to bringing to life the beauty of baroque dance.

Using original 18th century sources as our starting point, we also create unique, innovative works that honour the spirit and traditions of the past while building bridges to new audiences today. Our performances have been hailed by the critics as: "stylistically flawless and lovely to behold."

"The eight dancers of La Belle Danse were perfectly in tune with the period style, and enhanced and illustrated the emotions of the music."

Combining the ethos of baroque dance with our own contemporary creativity, we seek to foster an understanding and appreciation of this unique art form. We strive to create and perform works that are accessible, enlightening and inspiring. "

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Category: Early Dance

Added on: Sep 07, 2008 | Hits: 4553

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(CA) Les Petits Chanteurs Du Mont-Royal  Popular

“Enshrined in the tradition of the great masters whose origins date back to the sixth century in Europe, ”Les Petits Chanteurs Du Mont-Royal” was founded in 1956 by Father Leander Brault, csc. Since the beginning, choir’s mission is to enrich the religious services of the “Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal” in sacred song.

Aged eight to seventeen, the 210 boys in the choir come from different cultural backgrounds but share a common passion for singing, where, through the mastery of the repertoire, they discover the great polyphonic works from all periods and from all countries. Their repertoire ranges from Gregorian chant to contemporary choral works.” (Transl. Marc Paré, ed.)

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice - Latin Mass Choir

Added on: Nov 17, 2012 | Hits: 4202

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(UK) Friends of Square Pianos  Popular

“Friends of Square Pianos is a sort of on-line club for owners, potential owners, and friends of - Square Pianos!

  We are also happy to welcome owners of very old grand pianos – say before about 1840 – as they do not seem to have a website of their own. 

Our aim is to encourage ownership and enjoyment of these historic instruments, and to help owners to keep them in playing condition.  There is a special pleasure in playing (and hearing) music played on the instruments for which it was composed. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: May 14, 2009 | Hits: 4135

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(ES) iniciativas musicales s.l.-- Imusica (Artist Management)  Popular

Artist Management

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Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: Oct 11, 2011 | Hits: 4117

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(CO) Canticum Novum - Schola Cantorum Bogotensis  Popular

“CANTICUM NOVUM was formed in 1984, in Bogota City, Colombia, by Psychologist and Professor Dr. Ramiro Alvarez Cuadros. For many years the choir was conducted by Master Luis Torres Zuleta.

Professionals of the most diverse disciplines make up the choir, united by a passion for Gregorian Chant and the desire to study it seriously and to make it known.

The chorus name was taken from the first words of Psalm 97 that begins: CANTATE DOMINO CANTICUM NOVUM. The subtitle "Schola Cantorum Bogotensis" refers to Bogota City, where it was founded and currently functions.

The chorus interprets this Gregorian chant, named for Pope Saint Gregory the Great, using the notation of the 11th century that consists of neumes or groups of notes arranged on staves of four lines. It recognizes the rhythmic technique of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Solesmes, the institution to which Pope Saint Pius X entrusted the restoration of chant for the liturgy (1903). …

With this in mind, Canticum Novum has presented instructional concerts at universities and has participated in choral music festivals. It is within the Liturgy of the Church, however, (in Masses, in Requiems, at an Ordination, for a wedding anniversary, etc.), that the Spirit inspires the singers to give their best. Without doubt, Gregorian Chant was written for use in the Liturgy of the Church.”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice - Latin Mass Choir

Added on: Nov 14, 2012 | Hits: 4092

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(US) Washington’s Camerata Early Music Ensemble  Popular

“Washington's Camerata, established in 2009, is a period instrument ensemble dedicated to the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Founding flutists Kelly Kazik and Sarah McIver achieve innovative programming through the ensemble's unique instrumentation to bring charming and rarely heard music back to life.  …”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3916

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(DE) Marieke Spaans, Harpsichord/Fortepiano/Organ  Popular

"Marieke Spaans (b. 1972) strives for the maximum in musical expression and dialogue, combined with a thorough knowledge of early music practice. The result is a sparkling performance, full of spontaneity and deep emotions, driven by a boundless passion for the music of the 17th and 18th century.

Last student of Gustav Leonhardt, in 1997 she received her Concert and Teaching diplomas, after five years of study with this grand master of the harpsichord. Coming from this school of harpsichord playing, the keys to her performances are a refined and dynamic touch, historical awareness and respect for the composer and his intensions. Besides her harpsichord studies she studied organ and church music with Hans van Nieuwkoop and Wolfgang Zerer. She attended many master-classes, and received important impulses from musicians such as Lars-Ulrik Mortensen and Jesper Christensen. Currently she is also concentrating on fortepiano.

She was prizewinner at several renowned competitions, in 1997 at the harpsichord competition of NDR Hamburg, in 2000 at the Musica Antiqua Competition of the Flanders Festival in Bruges and at the Competition “Premio Bonporti” in Rovereto.

Marieke Spaans performs in Europe as soloist and as partner of the outstanding violinists John Holloway and Anton Steck. Her recording of W.A.Mozart's opus 1 together with Anton Steck received many rewards of the press (f.ex. "an absolute discografical highlight!" – www.klassik.com)

Marieke Spaans is Professor for Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Institute for Early Music of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen (Germany). Before her appointment in Germany she taught at the Conservatories of Amsterdam (1994-2000) and Rotterdam (1997-2000). She teaches regularly at courses all over Europe."

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 3882

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(US) Washington Recorder Society (WRS)  Popular

“The Washington Recorder Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recorder playing.  WRS is a chapter of the American Recorder Society.  Currently the WRS has about 46 members.

 WRS meets twice a month for ensemble playing, instruction, and guest recorder concerts  at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-4099, from 8:00-10:00 pm.  Sheet music is supplied to participants at each meeting. These meetings are  usually on the first and third Mondays from September through May. …”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3875

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(US) Hildegard Publishing Company  Popular

“ Our publishing mission is to seek out and publish compositions by women composers which display the highest level of excellence and musical merit. Because works by women composers have been historically overlooked and undervalued, our hope is to make these gems more widely available for concert performance. Our publishing mission reaches to all centuries including the present day and extends to a wide range of musical forms and genres. ..“

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jun 16, 2010 | Hits: 3873

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(US) Maryland Cantabile  Popular

“The Maryland Cantabile is a community chorus dedicated to exploring music from the early to contemporary period.  Our current focus is early music and we welcome the opportunity to collaborate with other music groups.”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3792

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(CO) Canticum Novum - Schola Cantorum Bogotensis  Popular

Website portal on Gregorian chant.

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Nov 14, 2012 | Hits: 3779

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(US) Hesperus  Popular

“Innovative, historically-informed and multi-cultural, HESPERUS’ collaborative artists perform a variety of programs designed to bring musical history alive including silent movie soundtracks of early and traditional music, musical portraits of a single culture through time, fusions of European early music with American traditional styles, and single-genre early music programs from medieval to Spanish and British Colonial music. Whatever the genre, HESPERUS performs with creative energy, technical assurance and a sense of fun.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3718

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(US) Maryland Early Brass Consort (MEBC)  Popular

“The Maryland Early Brass Consort is dedicated to the performance of early brass music of the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras on instruments of the period, such as natural trumpets and horns, cornettos, sackbuts, and baroque tympani, as well as early versions of valved brass instruments.  MEBC plays as an ensemble and joins with other musical groups to form larger ensembles.  MEBC also presents educational programs for elementary, high school, and university classes, in which students are encouraged to try out our collection of instruments.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3661

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(US) Peabody Conservatory Early Music Program  Popular

“The Peabody Conservatory continues to expand its offerings in the historical performance of music before 1800. The early music program provides instruction and performance opportunities in medieval, renaissance, baroque, and early classical music. Students play on period instruments and develop vocal techniques compatible with early performance practices. Our accomplished faculty brings a wealth of performing and teaching experience to developing artists.

Graduates of Peabody’s early music program have gone on to win prizes at international competitions, earn Fulbright and Beebe scholarships, and graduate from European conservatories with high honors. Peabody graduates have performed with Apollo’s Fire, the Baltimore Consort, Hesperus, Les Arts Florissants, the New York Collegium, the Waverly Consort, the Folger Consort, the Washington Bach Consort, and Tempesta di Mare.”

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Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3649

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(AU) Ian Watchorn - Maker and Conservator of Historical Stringed Instruments  Popular

"Ian Watchorn began his professional career as a maker & repairer of instruments in Sydney, Australia in 1976, moving to Canberra in 1979.

1982 received grants from Australia Council and NSW Premiers Department to study musical instrument conservation at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany under Friedemann Hellwig and John Henry van der Meer.

1984 accepted the post of conservator at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, and was later acting senior conservator there before returning to Australia in 1987.

1987 - 1990 worked on the conservation and collection development for the musical instrument collection at the Power House Museum, Sydney, and later as curator of the same collection.

1990 - present working privately as maker, conservator & consultant in Melbourne, Australia.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Mar 06, 2008 | Hits: 3579

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(FR) Festival of traditional musics and folk dances - Festival des musiques et danses traditionnelle  Popular

“Instrument-Makers, concerts, folk dances and a unique atmosphere, the festival has  become THE meeting place of traditional music in Europe.
 
A unique show of instrument makers which welcomes 130 instrument makers from the whole world presenting and selling their instruments: bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, accordions, wind instrument, percussion and many more…
 
30 concerts and folk dances are proposed, providing an opportunity to hear the variety and the wealth of traditional music.

Some animations are proposed in the day : initiations folk dances, presentation of instruments, competition, , folk dances for children, Apérosol, meetings with the musicians …“

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Apr 23, 2010 | Hits: 3576

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(US) Lutes for Sale, Lutes Wanted, and Stolen Lutes  Popular

“Here are some lutes for sale. I am posting this as a service, and I can not make any recommendations, as I have never seen these instruments nor met the sellers. They are listed with the most recent contributions on the top. Please reply to the sellers directly, and not to me. If you buy or sell one of these lutes, please notify me so I can take it off the list! If you are looking at instruments to buy be aware that people don't always tell me when they sell their instrument. ..“ Site maintained by Wayne Cripps.

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jan 02, 2010 | Hits: 3554

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(US) Larksong  Popular

“Larksong is a troupe of harmonious voices that loves the sound and performance of fine a cappella music.

We are available for hire for social events, festivals, or other get-togethers in the Baltimore/Annapolis (Maryland) area.

We have a wide repertoire of a cappella music from 16th to 20th century, sacred to secular, and love songs to holiday favorites. We will perform in Renaissance style clothing, Victorian era costumes or formal wear for your occasion.”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Nov 12, 2012 | Hits: 3487

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(IT) Aquila Early Music Strings  Popular

"Manufacturers of fine gut strings and Nylgut strings for historical and modern musical performance. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Mar 06, 2008 | Hits: 3453

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(FR) Ensemble baroque de Limoges (EBL)  Popular

"Founded in 1984 and directed by Jean-Michel Hasler. L’Ensemble baroque de Limoges quickly defines itself as an orchestral point of reference for XVII and XVIII century repertoire. In 1991, Christophe Coin assumes the direction of the EBL. ... "

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 3438

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(US) Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS)  Popular

"The mission of the Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is to promote and enrich public understanding and appreciation of early music in New York City.

GEMS will achieve its mission by

♦ providing administrative, marketing, and financial services to professional and amateur early music organizations based in the City;
♦ increasing the public's awareness of and access to early music events;
♦ producing concerts, seminars, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, and scholarly forums by New York City based individuals and organizations;
♦ acting as a liaison among performers, presenters, instrument builders, scholars, teachers, the general music industry, and educational institutions interested in early music; and
♦ disseminating information concerning the publication, performance and recording of early music."

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

Added on: Aug 19, 2007 | Hits: 3350

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(FR) Doulce Mémoire  Popular

"Doulce Mémoire is synonymous, above all, with energy and team spirit, and with the delight of coming together with the common aim of taking a new look at the sacred and secular music of the Renaissance.

Doulce Mémoire is a close-knit group of instrumentalists and singers who appear regularly together at major international festivals – Innsbruck, Saintes, Bath, Ambronay and Boston, to name but a few – but also in more unusual settings, such as on the esplanade in front of the UGC cinema in the center of Paris, in a restaurant in Portugal, 4000 metres above sea level in the city of Quito in Ecuador, or on a barge (not ideal for stability!) on the lagoon at Tahiti.

Positively averse to boredom, Doulce Mémoire constantly creates new and original performances and takes up all sorts of interesting challenges, such as giving a show on a horse-drawn caravan on tour in 2000, sharing a concert with the great Uzbek singer Munnajat Yulchieva and training amateur choirs or young Indians in Bolivia.

Open to every form of art, Doulce Mémoire has worked with the musicians and dancers of the internationally recognized Han Tang Yuefu company of Taiwan, the Italian dancers of Il Ballarino, the British singers of the Cardinall’s Musick, and with Spanish dancers in an exciting show combining Renaissance music and flamenco.

The humdrum and the monotonous are shunned by Doulce Mémoire, which moves with ease from Renaissance cabaret (La Dive Bouteille) to mystical music fir Holy Week and from the Requiem for the Kings of France to commedia dell’arte in its latest show, Viva Venezia !.

Doulce Mémoire records for Naïve, K 617 and Zig Zag territories. Its recordings have received many awards and distinctions, including Diapason Record of the Year and maximum ratings from Le Monde de la Musique and Télérama." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Ronn McFarlane, Lutenist  Popular

"Ronn graduated with honors from Shenandoah Conservatory and continued studies at Peabody Conservatory before turning his full attention and energy to the lute in 1978. The following year, Ronn performed his first solo recitals on the lute and became a member of the Baltimore Consort. Since that time, he has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe with the Baltimore Consort and as a soloist. Ronn was a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory from 1984 to 1995, teaching lute and lute-related subjects. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Shenandoah Conservatory for his achievements in bringing the lute and its music to the world. Ronn has numerous recordings on the Dorian label including solo recordings, lute song recordings with Julianne Baird, soprano and Frederick Urrey, tenor, over ten CDs with the Baltimore Consort and ballad recordings with Custer LaRue and members of the Baltimore Consort. Recently, Ronn has been engaged in composing new music for the lute, building on the tradition of the lutenist/composers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new music is the focus of his new solo CD, Indigo Road. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Peter Kooij  Popular

“Peter Kooij started his musical career at 6-years-old as a choir boy and sang many solo soprano-parts in concerts and recordings. He started his musical studies however as a violin student. This was followed by singing tuition from Max van Egmond at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, which led to the award of the diploma for solo performance.

He has been an active soloist in many concerts all over the world in the most important concert-halls like Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Carnegie Hall New York, Royal Albert Hall London, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Berliner and Kölner Philharmonie, Palais Garnier Paris, Suntory and Casals Hall Tokyo, where he performed with famous conductors like Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, Roger Norrington and Iwan Fisher.

His wide repertoire contains all kind of music from Schütz to Weill and he has made over 130 CDs for Philips, Sony and Virgin Classics, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, EMI and BIS. He was invited by BIS to record the complete Bach cantatas, passions and masses with the Bach Collegium Japan under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki.

Peter Kooij is the artistic director of the "Ensemble Vocal Européen". From 1991 to 2000 professor at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. From 1995 to 1998 Lehrauftrag at the Musikhochschule in Hannover. Since 2000 Professor at the Tokyo University of fine Arts and Music. From September 2005 professor at the Royal Conservorium in Den Haag. He was invited to give master classes in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Finnland and Japan. “

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(ES) Musicaantiqva (Music Forums)  Popular

Website forums and portal.

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(IE) East Cork Early Music  Popular

“Our mission is to promote and encourage the performance and appreciation of Early Music, principally but not exclusively in East Cork.

By the term "Early Music" we understand music composed before 1750, performed with instruments appropriate to the period. We aim to integrate the authentic style and spirit of an earlier time with performances which are vital and coherent in the present. Therefore, later music may be included and connections made to contemporary music, traditional music from various cultures, non-written-down forms of music, and other art forms such as dance, theatre, literature, visual art, film etc. In this way, we acknowledge 'Early Music' as a vital root of our present culture.

East Cork Early Music will work to nurture and support Irish and Irish-based musicians at every level, as well as attracting specialist performers from overseas. Our audiences should be both local and international. We will promote concerts of the highest quality and innovation. Together with concerts we will create an educational programme consisting of intensive masterclasses, lectures and school performances. Theses are aimed at a wide range of students: from primary school-children to college level and adults, both music students and non-specialists. We will encourage participation in masterclasses by those who are new to Early Music performance, as well as by those already specializing in it.“

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(US) Chatham Baroque  Popular

"Chatham Baroque, western Pennsylvania's only professional baroque ensemble playing on period instruments, excites audiences with dazzling technique and artful interpretation. In recent years the trio has taken its performances and educational programs to Montreal, Mexico City, the British Virgin Islands, California, Texas, Ohio, Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama and Washington, DC. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Ensemble De Caelis  Popular

“Formed in 1998 by its artistic director Laurence Brisset, the De Caelis Ensemble specialises in the performance of unaccompanied vocal works of the Middle Ages. The Ensemble’s passion for this little-known repertoire has resulted in a body of work that is based upon knowledge of original sources, of systems of notation and of the context of the works concerned. The quality of De Caelis’ original and lively performances is recognised not only by specialists but also by audiences in general.”

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(DE) Die Viola da gamba-Gesellschaft (Viola da Gamba Society-DE)  Popular

German Viola da Gamba Society ... site is in German. (ed.)

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(FR) Harmonia Sacra  Popular

“Harmonia Sacra was founded in September 2002 and is comprises of the young singers and musicians of the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais under the musical direction of Yannick LEMAIRE. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Hobart Society of Recorder Players Inc.  Popular

“Activities:

  • We play fortnightly at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 207 Davey St
  • We have an Annual Concert, normally in Hobart
  • We usually have one or two Weekend Workshops per year and recent instructors have been:
    • Anthony Roland-Jones (UK)
    • Robyn Mellor (Canberra)
    • Glyn Marillier (Perth)
    • Ruth Wilkinson (Melbourne)
    • David Bellugi (Italy)
    • Roy Sansom & Roxanne Layton (USA)
    • Colin Touchin (UK)
    • Drora Bruck (Israel)

    These are also Culinary extravaganzas (if you don't like the music, come for the food)“

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(BE) Hannelore Devaere, historical harp  Popular

"Hannelore Devaere studied historical harp at the Akademie für alte Musik, Bremen, with Andrew Lawrence-King. Her main focus is on music of Spain and Italy from the Renaissance and Baroque periods . As a soloist she can be heard in many recordings and is often featured on national radio. As a continuo player, she records regularly with many national and international ensembles, including Zefiro Torna, Romanesque, Elyma and Al Ayre Espanol. Hannelore is also a musicologist specialized in 16th- and 17th-century iconography and organology; as such, she has worked for the Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels. She is a very active lecturer at symposia and music festivals, and is a published scholar.

Hannelore teaches the harp, continuo, improvisation and primary-source reading at the music schools of Tielt, Knokke and Woluwé (Brussels). She is often invited to give masterclasses in Belgium (Festival Van Vlaanderen) and abroad.

Hannelore was the first harpist on record to perform on the ice cap in the Antarctica and has a landing spot under her own name. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Amherst Early Music Festival  Popular

"Amherst Early Music is the largest and most comprehensive teaching music festival for historical performance in the world. Held at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, for two weeks in July, our diverse programs include Recorder, Viol, Voice, Baroque Strings, Harpsichord, Reeds, Brass, Lute, Harp and Historical Dance. International faculty and staff provide high quality instruction and concerts for early music at all levels. In addition, audition-only special programs such as the Amherst Baroque Academy and Virtuoso Recorder provide advanced training for the serious amateur and the pre-professional musician. Weekend workshops are provided year-round featuring the world's finest early music artists. " ...

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(FR) Embar(o)quement immédiat!  Popular

Early music festival in the region of Valenciennes (FR). Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Polyphony.com (New York)  Popular

"Polyphony.com is a Web based concert listing of all early music and historically informed performances held within the greater New York City metropolitan area, including New York State, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

We define early music as all European influenced music, both vocal and instrumental, composed prior to 1900's and performed on original instruments or historically informed replicas.

Polyphony.com is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of historical performance by providing services and information that empowers performers and enhances the audience experience. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Track of the Wolf Inc.  Popular

"Celebrating 29 years in business. Our customers say that we have the best catalog in the business. We Specialize in Muzzle loading guns, kits, parts, accoutrements, rendezvous gear & primitive Americana." Of particular, their inventory of period screws and nails may be of interest to some. (ed.)

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(DE) Ekkard Seidl, Violin Maker  Popular

"I started my training as violin maker in Jochen Voigt in 1979.

I gained more valuable experience from many abroad including the violin builder Alexander Krylov at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

With my longtime companion Jens-Uwe Ott I work in my workshop. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(NL) Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century-Frans Brüggen, conductor  Popular

" Frans Brüggen founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, 50 members from 23 countries, in 1981.

Three, four or sometimes even more times a year the Orchestra gathers for an international tour. The musicians, all specialists in eighteenth and early nineteenth century music, play on period instruments or on contemporary copies. It is their intention to try to achieve the most authentic as possible performances of the masterpieces of the late baroque and classical era.

Frans Brüggen's wide ranging repertoire with his Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century includes works by Purcell, Bach, Rameau, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn.

In its structure and size, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century resembles the luxurious "Classical" orchestras of the period as we know them from London, Paris and Vienna. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Association de Clavecin en France  Popular

The Association of Clavecin en France is a collection point for professional/amateur harpsichordists, makers, musicologists, composer on a national scale in France. Please see site for more information. / "Ce site s’adresse aux clavecinistes professionnels ou amateurs, luthiers, musicologues, compositeurs... Vous trouverez dans la rubrique Association une présentation de l’association, ses prochaines activités, et un bulletin d’adhésion à télécharger. "

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(FR) Le Concert d'Astrée & Emmanuelle Haïm, Harpsichordist  Popular

"After training as a pianist and organist, Emmanuelle Haïm studied the harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) with several premiers prix. Her love for the human voice led her to concentrate after that on conducting vocal music, first of all at the Versailles Centre for Baroque Music (CMBV), then at the Paris Conservatoire. She was soon invited to accompany many distinguished singers in recital, and she developed a regular activity as a continuo player as well. ...

In 2000 Emmanuelle Haïm gathered together a group of accomplished singers and instrumentalists who shared not only a great musical experience, but also a common temperament and a stylistic approach that is both expressive and natural. Thus she formed her own Baroque music ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée. And within three years she had taken it from success to success, appearing at venues from Paris to New York, as well as at festivals in France and abroad. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Lute Society of America bi-annual Seminar and Lute Festival  Popular

Visit the Lute Society of America website for more information re: their bi-annual Seminar and Lute Festival. (Admin)

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(IT) Fernando De Luca Harpsichordist  Popular

"1987 Diploma in pianoforte, sotto la guida di Velia De Vita. Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” - Roma

1992 Diploma in clavicembalo con il massimo dei voti, sotto la guida di Paola Bernardi. Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” - Roma

Durante il corso della sua formazione musicale si è dedicato allo studio dell’organo, con particolare approfondimento della musica sacra con il mons. Domenico Bartolucci. " See site for more info. (ed.)

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(US) NewOlde.com  Popular

" NewOlde.com has arisen from a personal housekeeping project. To improve the accessibility of early music resources, I decided to organize interesting material in web format for my personal intranet. As the pages began to take shape, I realized that others might find them helpful and posted the results to date on the Internet.

The main point of the website is to provide fast access to important information resources. Most of the originality is in the organization and compilation, although, as time permits, I will add additional reviews and comments on recordings, books, music, instruments and performances.

Since this is a personal website gone public, it strongly reflects personal tastes and interests and does not purport to be comprehensive. My own principal interests are historic stagings of early opera, historically-inspired (or restored antique) keyboard instruments, historic pitch and temperaments, and recordings of little-known works that deserve to be better known.

If you have a website and would like to deep link to some specific place on a page of NewOlde.com, please let me know and I will be happy to add a bookmark for your convenience.

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(CA) Spaenaur  Popular

"Spaenaur is recognized throughout North America as a leading wholesale distributor for industrial fasteners, hardware components and tools. Spaenaur operates out of a 115,000 sq. foot warehouse in Kitchener, o­ntario and has positioned itself as a master distributor serving Distribution, MRO and Production markets.

One of Spaenaur’s key strengths is its catalog. Spaenaur’s catalog consists of 1,784 pages that contain over 70,000 standard and hard-to-find products and is regarded as o­ne of the best fastener resource guides in the industry." ...

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(UK) Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichordist  Popular

“Praised by The Times as ‘exceptionally gifted’ and by Early Music Today for his ‘sensitivity and vibrance,’ the Iranian-born Mahan Esfahani (b. 1984) is quickly establishing himself as the leading concert harpsichordist of his generation. He was the first harpsichordist to be named a BBC New Generation Artist and to be awarded a fellowship prize by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. Recent highlights have included performances of of Kalabis’ Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1975) with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Martinu’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1935) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek, and Poulenc’s Concert Champetre (1928) with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Last season, he also gave his solo debut at the Wigmore Hall (broadcast on BBC Radio 3) – about which the Daily Telegraph exclaimed ”the harpsichord comes out of hiding…magnificent” – and appeared at the City of London and York Early Music Festivals. In addition, his recording of the Poulenc concert was selected as a CD of the month for the May 2010 issue of BBC Music Magazine, and he has been featured as a “Hot Property” by Classic FM magazine.

Further highlights of the upcoming season include a May 2011 appearance at the Wigmore Hall with the countertenor James Bowman, and directing the Manchester Camerata, the Arion Baroque Orchestra (Montreal), and The English Concert at the 2011 Lufthansa Festival. Further afield, he will return to the United States for solo recitals and make his concerto debut in the Far East with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2011.

As a soloist and guest director Esfahani has appeared with The English Concert, the Manchester Camerata, and the Seattle Baroque Orchestra; His series and festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, the Goettingen Handel Festival, the Settimana Mozart of Milan, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the San Francisco Early Music Society.

Esfahani studied as a President’s Scholar at Stanford University where his principal mentor was the musicologist George Houle; he went on to pursue his performance studies under the supervision of the Australian harpsichordist Peter Watchorn (Boston) and the Italian organist Lorenzo Ghielmi (Milan) before settling in the United Kingdom in as Artist-in-Residence at New College, Oxford. In the autumn of 2010 he was further elected an honourary member of Keble College, Oxford.”

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(AT) Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik- Innsbruck Festival of Early Music  Popular

“In the year 1963, to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Tyrolean apartenage to Austria, the Innsbruck musician Prof. Otto Ulf (1907 - 1993) presented the first Ambras Castle Concert, and every August since 1976 Innsbruck with its Festwochen has been a mecca for Early Music fans. Famous conductors such as René Jacobs, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, John Eliot Gardiner and Alan Curtis have performed here, opera stars such as Jennifer Larmore and the counter-tenor Derek Lee Ragin have enthralled audiences, musicians such as Jordi Savall and Sigiswald Kuijken have given spellbinding concerts in Innsbruck.”

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(UK) Cantata Editions  Popular

"This site and its affiliates make available the research, editions and transcriptions of a number of musicologists and performers around the world. We invite submissions for inclusion from anyone interested in the field, encourage discussion of issues concerning the genre as well as any related issues.

We specialise in publishing works which are difficult to find or have not been reproduced in modern editions. All of our editions are based upon the original manuscripts or period printings and editorial changes are clearly marked so that performers are able to make informed choices in preparing the works. Most of the music in the catalogue has never before been available in modern editions or recordings - we invite you to enter the world of this great vocal music.

Cantata Web editions are high quality but incredibly low-priced, presented with informative prefaces and translations where appropriate/available. All Cantata Web editions are printed on heavy (100gsm) paper, comb-bound for easier reading and protected by card and plastic covers. Continuo lines are not realised due to the importance of interpretation for each individual. All editions are provided with a single copy of the score and all instrumental parts. Parts are generally single-sheet except for collections where parts are similarly bound. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Wolkenstayn Portative Organs -- Stefan Keppler – Pipe Organ Builder  Popular

"I design und build exclusive, reliable portative organs in different styles, in small series or individually according to my customers’ wishes.

Due to my personal knowledge and experience with music from the middle ages, I´m able to offer absolutely reliable instruments for everyday use as well as for the stage.

Following renovations, my small, but very fine organ workshop here in Koetz, (about 80 km from Munich), is ready for new adventures.

I offer: building and sale of instruments, consultation, service, lessons, instruments on loan and much more. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(JP) Tatsuo Takahashi - Harpsichord and Clavichord Maker  Popular

"Tatsuo Takahashi was born in 1952 in Tokyo. His grandfather was a master furniture artisan who lived through the Art Deco period in his youth, and his two uncles are also furniture artisans of the highest level.

In such an environment, Takahashi was able to develop woodworking skills and an intimacy with the spirit of wood from a young age. He took interest in the harpsichord as a 17 year-old high school student, and gradually began researching the instrument. He was only 20 years old when he finished building his first harpsichord, during his days as a student at the Musashi Institute of Technology. Since then, he has continued to build harpsichords and clavichords using his own unique methods. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Baroque Trumpet Shop  Popular

"The Baroque Trumpet Shop is owned by Baroque Trumpet specialist Barry Bauguess. Offering the highest quality instruments, cases, mutes, mouthpieces, Baroque trumpet music and books, as well as impeccable service, we are the first shop in the U.S. to cater exclusively to Early Brass players. We offer Baroque trumpets, sackbuts, modern trumpets, cases, and accessories from the world's finest makers including Egger, Naumann, Tomes, Münkwitz, Brass Bags, ProTec, Marcus Bonna Cases, Holmgren Mutes, & Schilke. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Press Duquesne University Press  Popular

“Duquesne University Press, founded in 1927, has a long and rich tradition of scholarly publishing in a variety of subject areas. Over the years, Duquesne’s editorial program has included award-winning titles in literary studies, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies; its early entry into fields such as existentialism and phenomenology long ago cemented its reputation for books that shape and influence serious thought.

In the early 1970s, The American Scholar commented on “the series of high level books on philosophy which Duquesne University Press has issued,” and America magazine wrote: “Duquesne has concentrated on making a contribution in restricted areas. . . . The overall achievement of this relatively small operation has been extraordinary. . . .”

More recently, the Sixteenth Century Journal declared, “For several decades now, Duquesne University Press has been one of our best sources of solid, substantial work in English Renaissance studies. . . .” And the editors of the Ben Jonson Journal have singled out our publications for their overarching high quality, commenting on titles that are “handsome in the ways we have come to expect of books produced by Duquesne University Press,” but noting their “real value [which]lies in impressive content and intelligent design.”

As we continue through our ninth decade in academic publishing, Duquesne University Press titles continue this tradition, representing a continuing commitment to scholarship, innovation, and the sharing of valuable ideas.”

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(CZ) Václav Luks (Conductor, Harpsichordist, French Horn)  Popular

“Václav Luks (1970) fully developed his passion for early music while studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, studying keyboard performance in the studios of
J.–A. Bötticher and J. B. Christensen. Among his activities there was the co-founding of the wind octet Amphion, and he played principal horn at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
After returning to the Czech Republic, in 2005 he transformed the ensemble Collegium 1704 into a full-time baroque orchestra, and he founded Collegium Vocale 1704. He has earned renown in the world of early music not only as an outstanding player of orchestral and chamber music on the harpsichord and French horn, but also foremost as an exceptionally conductor gifted with unerring intuition and a feel for the interpretation of the works of such old masters as J. D. Zelenka, J. S. Bach and G. F. Händel.“

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(IT) Studiomusica  Popular

“A very dynamic company, which in a very short time has become an important point of reference for organizers and artists alike in the field of classical music. Studiomusica is responsible for the promotion and management of concert activities of the musicians represented, overseeing every aspect linked to the production of concerts and events, from artistic to logistic- administrative. Over time, Studiomusica has diversified and strengthened its fields of action and today, in addition to managing the activities of its own artists - around 250 - it develops and coordinates special projects and recordings, offers business advising and takes care of the press agency and advertising planning for artists, festivals, exhibitions, theaters, event organizers, and conventions. Studiomusica also deals with the production of shows and concerts throughout all of Italy.

Studiomusica collaborates frequently with some of the foremost international companies and with important agencies and musical institutions in the planning and promoting of projects. For a long while now Studiomusica has had an established relationship with California Music Productions, Inc., a company based in Los Angeles that handles promotion of Italian artists in North America. ..“

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(UK) Cappella Nova  Popular

"Cappella Nova, founded in 1982 by Alan and Rebecca Tavener, has an unrivalled reputation as champions of Scotland’s unique treasury of early vocal music. The group is also “famous for its performances of contemporary music” (The Guardian), having commissioned and premiered more than 60 new works since 1986. These include John Tavener’s monumental three-hour oratorio, Resurrection (1990), broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and James MacMillan’s cantata for Holy Week Seven Last Words from the Cross (1994), which was the subject of seven short films for BBC2 TV. In 1996 they recorded the award-winning soundtrack by William Sweeney for the Tartan Short film an iobairst. In 2003 they provided ensemble vocals for the critically-acclaimed album Hate by The Delgados. In 2009 they premiered Red, the first a cappella work by Craig Armstrong. Also in 2009, the group appeared in the BBC Scotland television documentary Grace Notes, singing medieval and renaissance Scottish sacred music.

Cappella Nova and its medieval offshoot ensemble, Canty, has made 15 CDs, including ten of medieval and renaissance music for the Sanctuary Classics (Universal) Gaudeamus label, all of which are ‘world premieres in modern times’, and the group is particularly well-known for championing the music of the 16th century Scottish polyphonist, Robert Carver. Besides appearances in many British festivals, the group has toured many times abroad, including several visits to Germany and France, and tours in Ireland, Belgium, Hungary, Russia and the USA. Among Cappella Nova’s awards are several Enterprise Awards from the Performing Right Society and a Glenfiddich Living Scotland Award for their ground-breaking performances of Scottish early music. Cappella Nova is Vocal Ensemble in Residence at the University of Strathclyde and the Company has an office sponsored by the university which also hosts this website."

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(EU) Antonio Vivaldi (The Vivaldi Link site)  Popular

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The purpose of this site is to provide the public with accurate, documented biographical information in an easy-to-consult format that will continually be updated as new elements come to light. It addition, it provides difficult to find information on modern editions of Vivaldi’s music, a bibliography, a tour map of Vivaldi’s Venice, and a listing of all recordings of Vivaldi’s music since 1999. Here you will be able to listen to much of Vivaldi’s music, see “backstage” films of recording sessions and listen to radio interviews which function as a guide to listening to Vivaldi’s music. Finally, a forum will allow the public to ask questions and exchange ideas.  ..“

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

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(FI) Finnish Baroque Orchestra  Popular

“A period-instrument orchestra with a fresh approach

The Finnish Baroque Orchestra specialises in performance on period instruments –  a mode of performance requiring profound study of the practices and instruments of the period in which a work was composed. Its foremost feature is, however, its fresh, vibrant and open-minded desire to establish a fresh approach to early music.

These days Finnish Baroque Orchestra is working with artists like Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, Georg Kallweit, Topi Lehtipuu, Hannu Lintu, Sandrine Piau, Karina Gauvin, Juha Kangas, John Storgårds, Aleksei Lybimov, Piia Komsi, Wolfgang Gaisböck, Andres Mustonen, Björn Colell, Alfredo Bernardini,  Marianne Beate Kielland, Arttu Kataja, Erich Hoeprich...”

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(BE) World Wide Keyboard Bank  Popular

This site contains a list of harpsichords, spinets, virginals, clavichords and pianofortes that are for sale throughout the whole world.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

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(CA) Toronto Masque Theatre  Popular

"TMT's mission is to bring the centuries-old art form of the masque alive for contemporary audiences. TMT presents multimedia performances combining elements of theatre, music, and dance from the Renaissance to today." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

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(US) Boston Early Music Festival  Popular

"The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is universally recognized as a leader in the field of early music. Since its founding in 1980 by leading practitioners of early music performance in the United States and abroad, BEMF has promoted early music through biennial Festivals featuring newly revived baroque operatic masterpieces, concerts by the world’s leading soloists and ensembles, scholarly symposia, performance masterclasses, and fringe concerts by emerging artists. Through its programs, BEMF has earned its place as the nation’s premier presenting organization for conservators and performers of music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and has secured Boston’s reputation as “America’s early music capital” (Richard Dyer, Boston Globe.)"

Summer workshop is also offered.

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(FR) Les Sacqueboutiers  Popular

“Les Sacqueboutiers, an ensemble based in Toulouse, playing on early brass instruments. Les Sacqueboutiers have been in existence for just over a quarter of a century, during which time they have built up a reputation as one of the finest early music ensembles on the international scene.

Regarded by specialists and the public alike as a reference in the interpretation of seventeenth-century instrumental music, particularly that of Italy and Germany, the ensemble has reaped the highest awards for its recordings.

When they decided to form Les Sacqueboutiers in 1974, Jean-Pierre Canihac and Jean-Pierre Mathieu were among the first to embark on the adventurous rediscovery of early instruments. The quality if their work soon attracted attention, and they took part in the groundbreaking recording of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine, conducted by Michel Corboz. Since then, they have performed music ranging from the Renaissance to Mozart, with many prestigious ensembles including Les Arts Florissants (William Christie), La Chapelle Royale (Philippe Herreweghe), A Sei Voci (Bernard Fabre-Garrus), Elyma (Gabriel Garrido), La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy (Jean-Claude Malgoire), and the Clément Janequin Ensemble (Dominique Visse). ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

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(AT) Triagonale Festival der Alten Musik  Popular

"The Trigonale is now entering its sixth year, and is thus in comparison with other festivals a young enterprise. Nevertheless, since its inauguration, the Trigonale has noticeably made a difference to the Carinthian music scene. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(UK) Thames Valley Recorder Orchestra  Popular

"The Thames Valley Recorder Orchestra (TVRO) is the UK's newest recorder orchestra. It was set up in March 2007 by Anne Helmore, with Helen Hooker as Musical Director.

TVRO currently has around 20 members but is interested in recruiting more players. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(CA) Les Voix Baroques  Popular

"Les Voix Baroques is a professional chamber ensemble dedicated to historically informed performances and recordings of unexplored 17th and 18th century repertoire for voices and instruments. Founded in 1999, the group has a regular concert series of baroque vocal and instrumental programs. The ensemble regularly invites both young singers and world-renowned guest artists and singers to perform with them. Les Voix Baroques has been the ensemble in residence at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal since January 1999. In January 2004 Les Voix Baroques was awarded the 2004 Cannes International Classical Award for their 2003 release Elegeia, produced by Analekta. In March 2004 the group, fronted by Canadian soprano Shannon Mercer, participated in Prarie Debut that saw them perform in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Les Voix Baroques has toured in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, has performed at The Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, The Ponticello Music Series, the West Brome Concert Series, CBC McGill, CBC o­nStage, and Le Festival de l’Art Vocal" ...

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(BE) Belgian Lute Academy  Popular

"The Belgian Lute Academy is an association formed to promote contacts between people interested in lute activities taking place in Belgium. "

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(US) Musicians of the Old Post Road  Popular

“Described as one of the discoveries of the 2001 early music festival in Regensburg, Germany, Musicians of the Old Post Road has been captivating audiences in the US and abroad with its exciting programming and virtuoso performances. As a chamber ensemble specializing in the period instrument performance of music from the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods, the ensemble specializes in offering a dynamic and diverse repertory that includes rediscovered works that have been lost to audiences for centuries.“

Also, visit these associated Old Post Road sites:

Podcasts: Discover Podcasts
YouTube Channel: musiciansopr
OPR Editions: Old Post Road Editions

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(CA) Nota Bene Baroque Players (NBBP)  Popular

(Previously known as "Nota Bene Period Orchestra")

"Nota Bene Period Orchestra was founded in 2001 by Daniel Zondervan, Michael Purves-Smith and Richard Cunningham. Their intention was to treat Waterloo Region music lovers to 17th- and 18th-century music as audiences experienced it at the time.

Playing on authentic or replica instruments, Nota Bene's professional musicians come as close as possible to recreating what Bach, Vivaldi and others from the early Baroque to the early Classical period intended us to have.

Nota Bene Baroque Orchestra was renamed to Nota Bene Baroque Players in the early Fall of 2011. The change was made so that the name clearly reflect the orchestra's identity as Kitchener-Waterloo’s professional Baroque group."

Note: “Nota Bene Period Orchestra” underwent a name change on September 10th, 2011 -- Admin

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(IT) Arnaldo Forni Editore  Popular

"hough officially founded in 1973, the publishing firm of Arnaldo Forni began its operations back in the early sixties. Ever since then, owing to the quantity and quality of its output, it has held a leading position in the facsimile reprinting market.

The basis of the firm's publishing activities was the long and wide experience of the antique books market of its founder, Arnaldo Forni. The main incentive to transfer this experience from the commercial sector to that of industrial production was the increasing scarcity of antique books in the post-War years, as well as a growing demand, which could never hope to be satisfied by the available supply of original editions. Hence the decision to reproduce the original texts in limited editions, to be sold slowly over the years. Those were also years in which people were rediscovering the pleasure of reading, and particularly of reading books about one's "roots". From the very start, therefore, many of the Forni reprints were historical volumes on the towns, cities and regions of Italy." See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(DE) Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra  Popular

"With local roots and a passionate interest for the city's own musical history, and yet with its ears, eyes, and hears open to the rest of the world, the members of Elbipolis stand prepared to partake upon musical adventures. The young ensemble, the core of which is made up of musicians from Bremen, Hamburg, and Berlin, has achieved a great deal in a short period of time. Invitations to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Music Festival at Potsdam Sanssouci, the Rheingau Music Festival, as well as an exclusive appearance at the Yellow Lounge in Berlin (a club operated by Universal Music,) are just some of the milestones of the orchestra's history. In 2005 the ensemble received an invitation by DeutschlandRadio to give a performance together with the star recorder player Maurice Steger at the Cloister Neuzelle in Brandenburg. In 2007 NDR (North German Radio) in Hamburg dedicated an entire wekend for the ensemble to explore the theme of Orpheus in music, and in November of 2007 the orchestra gave its successful debut at the Kölner Philharmonie. The North German musicians have made themselves noticed again and again through their refreshing combination of high caliber technique and unconventional appearances.

The ensemble's debut CD 'Don Quichotte in Hamburg', recorded on the Raumklang label in 2005 and featuring music of Telemann, Mattheson, and Conti, ws met with great public enthusiasm. The next recording is planned for the beginning of 2008.

The driving philosophy and motto behind the ensemble has been borrowed from Georg Philipp Telemann, who once wrote: 'Will and industry can break even the deepest paths, and a keen sense of daring will always win over what appears impossible. Do mountains immdediately appear before you? Take them on with zeal, and regard difficulties as dwarves against the giant within yourself.' " Visite website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Ensemble Phoenix Munich  Popular

"Ensemble Phoenix Munich was established in 2003 by Joel Frederiksen, leading early music specialist, after moving to Munich, Germany. Munich is the resident city of the ensemble and the ensemble is proud to put the name of the city into its name. The ensemble is heir to Mr. Frederiksen’s previous group, the well-known L’antica musica New York (1989-2001). Ensemble Phoenix Munich presents early music at international standards using top international players and singers. The group is planning a concert series for 2007-8 in Munich and already has invitations to perform at international festivals. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Timesyle  Popular

"Timesyle is an association of craftpeople and academics dedicated to producing an accurate view of the past. Informed by academic research and the examination of artefacts in museums and private collections, the following craftspeople are Timestyle associates;

ARMOURERS, BLACKSMITHS, BRIDLEMAKERS, CALLIGRAPHERS, CANEMAKERS, CARPENTERS, CORSETTIERES, CUTLERS, DYERS, GLASSBLOWERS, HATTERS, HORNERS, JEWELLERS, JOINERS, LOST WAX CASTERS, MILITARY TAILORS, MINIATURISTS, PAINTERS, POTTERS, SADDLERS, SEAMSTRESSES, SHOE MAKERS, SILVERSMITHS, SWORDSMITHS, STONEMASONS, WEAVERS, WOODCARVERS AND WOODTURNERS. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Abbaye de Saint Michel  Popular

"Home to the famous Jean de Boizard organ (1714) the Saint-Michel abbey has welcomed for the last several years, the most sought after artists of ancient music. The music coproduced by radio France MUSIQUE with the choreographic collection called TEMPERAMENTS, confirms the baroque destiny of the abbey in harmony with the site. The ancient and baroque music festival The festival has its roots in the restoration of the prestigious historical organ (1714) of the abbey church and the artistic activity that followed as a result since1984. The festival was started in 1987 with the important decision by Radio France and the Conseil General of the Aisne departement : Every Whit Monday the train of FRANCE MUSIQUE radio would, for a whole day of music, take several hundred Parisian music lovers to attend two concerts transmitted live on radio. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

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(CA) Jean-Luc Boudreau, Recorder Maker  Popular

"Jean-Luc Boudreau has been making recorders since 1980, after having studied science and music! His main interest is the development of instruments inspired by early recorders found in various collections. These handmade recorders are classified into two families, baroque and renaissance, and allow all repertoire written for the recorder to be explored.

Two years ago we added a line of "whistles", diatonic instruments to play folk repertoire. And there's more to come...

As well, the workshop does a lot of research into manufacturing methods using the latest technology, and offers its expertise for specific projects related to the manufacture of wind instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(HU) Sonatores Pannoniæ Brass Ensemble  Popular

"Formed in 1991 and led by László Borsódy, Sonatores Pannoniæ Brass Ensemble plays 16th-17th century festive music on replicas of the musical instruments of that era. With the members having found a common voice both as musicians and friends, Sonatores is dedicated to play early music with an authentic feel that offers their audience the experience of a true journey in time as opposed to that of visiting a museum or a dusty archives of sheet music.

Sonatores Pannoniæ is the only historical brass ensemble in Hungary and is one of the few such groups in Europe. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) John Sankey Harpsichordist to the Internet  Popular

"I began studying piano with my mother at age three on the Niagara Peninsula (Canada). I later studied violin with Artur Garami and keyboard with Eric Dowling. My childhood inspiration was a series of articles about Vladimir Horowitz in Etude Magazine.

By the age of sixteen I was an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. I was introduced to the harpsichord and Fenton House by Thurston Dart in London England, to gamba making by Juliet Beamont of Cambridge, and to the baroque violin by Alice Harnoncourt.

For a variety of reasons, I took time out from a music career to raise five wonderful children: a minister, a teacher, a scientist, a guitar maker and a writer. When they were grown up, I cashed in my pension and returned to my music.

Originally, I planned to record all copyright-free works for the harpsichord in General MIDI format for free distribution on the Internet. If you enjoy the trip, who cares if you get there! But, something happened on the way - the trip got nasty.

I play for myself now. " See site for more info. (ed.)

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(AU) Carey Beebe Harpsichords (CBH)  Popular

Carey Beebe is probably the most traveled and best known Australian harpsichord maker. After a music degree and three performance diplomas he became more interested in harpsichord construction, and trained at the prominent American workshop of D. Jacques Way. In 1982 he was made the youngest ever International Agent for Zuckermann Harpsichords Inc, but since 1999 has been working exclusively with Marc Ducornet and THE PARIS WORKSHOP.

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(US) Early Music in Chicago and Beyond  Popular

"Welcome to Early MusiChicago -- your source for news and information about Early Music in the Chicago area and elsewhere.

Learn about Early Music at the Composers, Instruments, Genres, Organizations, Web Resources, and Publications pages.

Get to know area performers at the Musicians, Ensembles, People, PhotoAlbum, and Recordings pages.

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

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(CA) Société de Flûte à Bec de Montréal (Montreal Recorder Society)  Popular

"Since 1964, the Montreal Recorder Society (MRS), a non-profit organization, has been providing amateur musicians of all ages the opportunity to play music together under the leadership of professional musicians. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(US) Annette Bauer, Recorder  Popular

"Annette Bauer, a native of Germany, studied medieval and renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, specializing on recorder techniques with Conrad Steinmann (2001). She holds an MA in music from UC Santa Cruz (2004), and has been a student at the Ali Akbar College of Music in California since 1998, where she studies North Indian classical music on sarode, a stringed instrument. As a recorder player, Annette regularly performs with Baroque ensemble Les graces, Istanpitta medieval music ensemble, Farallon recorder consort, and has appeared at the Santa Cruz Baroque and the Carmel Bach Festivals, as well as with Texas Early Music Project, Chamber Music San Francisco, the Catacoustic Consort, and the California Bach Society. She has served on the recorder faculty for several of the San Francisco Early Music Society summer workshops, Amherst Early Music Festival, as well as for the Texas Fall Toot, and the San Francisco Orff Certification Course. Annette currently also teaches music at a K-8 school in Oakland, CA, and regularly conducts recorder workshops and classes in medieval notation in the San Francisco Bay Area. She plays Brazilian percussion with Maracatu Luta, and is the co-founder of Magic Carpet, a duo dedicated to the art of improvisation. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) RISM - International Inventory of Musical Sources - Répertoire International des Sources Musica  Popular

“The International Inventory of Musical Sources - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) - is a crosscountry
non-prof it joint venture which aims at comprehensive documentation of the w orldw ide existing musical
sources.

Musical sources are manuscripts or  printed music, w orks on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections.

The organization, founded in Paris in 1952, is the largest and the only global operation that registers w ritten musical sources.

RISM documents what exists and w here it is stored. On the one hand the musical traditions are protected through cataloging in a comprehensive encyclopedia and on the other made available to musicologists and musicians.

Archiving is thus not an end in itself, but leads to practical application.“

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Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

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(CH) Bernard Brauchli, Clavichord; Fortepiano; Square Piano; Organ  Popular

“Since his first clavichord performance in Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1972, Bernard Brauchli has entirely devoted himself to the performance, study and revival of early keyboard instruments. He has travelled extensively with his instruments in the United States, Canada and Europe, concertising, lecturing and introducing audiences to early keyboard instruments and historical performance practises.

Major appearances have included the Boston Early Music Festival, the Shrine to Music Concert Series (South Dakota), the Festivals of Santander and San Sebastian (Spain), the Festival do Algarve, (Portugal), the Salzburg Festival and the Internationale Musikwochen in Millstadt (Austria), the Festival of Valère (Switzerland), the Corso Internazionale di Musica Antica in Urbino and the Festival dei Saraceni in Pamparato (Italy). He has worked with national television and broadcasting stations in many countries including WGBH National Public Radio Network in Boston, France-Culture, Radio Nacional y Televisión Española, Radio Nacional y Televisión de Venezuela, Radio Difusão Portuguesa and Radio Suisse Romande. Bernard Brauchli has made six record albums and ten compact discs (for Titanic Records, EMI, Stradivarius, MAM) on historical instruments and copies.

Continual research has led Bernard Brauchli to publish numerous articles on both sides of the Atlantic and his book, The Clavichord was published by Cambridge University Press in 1998, for which he received the Nicholas Bessarabof Prize from the American Musical Instrument Society in 1999. In 1983 he was awarded the Julius Adams Stratton Prize for Cultural Achievement. ..“

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(IR) Ray Sloan, Irish Uilleann Pipes & Scottish Smallpipes  Popular

" Ray Sloan vividly remembers the day he first heard bagpipes other than the ubiquitous Great Highland Bagpipes. It was in 1964 as an 11 year old at school in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne when his Art Teacher emerged from the store room strapped in to an instrument driven by a flapping arm attached to bellows, that instrument was the Northumbrian Smallpipe. He remembers being absolutely smitten by the sound of the pipes at a time when the Beatles and Rolling Stones were the preferred sound of his generation, little did he know that 16 years later history would repeat itself when Ray himself became an Art Teacher and Piper/Pipemaker. That experience as a young boy never left Ray but it was not until as a young man of 24 that he was financially able to achieve his dream and buy a set of pipes.

It was as a fine maker of Northumbrian Smallpipes that Ray first established himself as a Pipemaker of International repute, but what really changed his life further was his introduction to the traditional music of Ireland played by the likes of ‘The Bothy Band’, ‘Planxty’ and ‘The Chieftains’, more specifically the wonderful and compelling sound of the Uilleann Pipes. After 10 years or so experience in making Smallpipes he embarked upon the next stage of his journey as a Pipemaker and started to make the Irish Uilleann Pipes eventually choosing to make these in preference to anything else.

Ray gave up Teaching to become a full-time professional Pipemaker in 1988 and to this day continues to develop his style and design in pursuit of perfection. The importance of his experience and training in Art & Design cannot be underestimated when it comes to making Pipes as his visual skills and attention to detail and design shine through in every aspect of his work. While being uniquely his own the design of his Uilleann Pipes is eclectic and broadly based upon the traditions and styles set by the old masters such as Coyne, kenna, Rowsome and Reid. Ray approaches each set of pipes he makes as completely individual and different in some small way to the previous, which means that you as a client will receive a set of Pipes hand-made for you personally.

Ray currently lives in SW France and is preparing to move to the West of Ireland this year – 2008. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute  Popular

"The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute is led by some of the world's finest musicians in the field of baroque performance. The Institute is held at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. The comprehensive training program includes orchestra and choir rehearsals, masterclasses, opera scene study for singers, chamber ensembles, private lessons, lectures and workshops, and concerts by both participants and faculty. We invite advanced students, pre-professional and professional musicians to apply. "

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(US) Roberto José Bancalari, Composer  Popular

"What you are listening now are a few compositions I've written over the course of 20 years. I make my living as a musician, playing mandolin in a duo called The Kombis and writing/producing for an original project with Michele Rene. If you want to check those out, they should be in my top 8. Meanwhile, my passion has always been classical music, mostly 17th-18th century music. I've written some books for Mel Bay, but only other people's music transposed for modern-day instrumentation. Lately, I've been back to writing some original compositions and wanted to post them up for others to hear. Maybe I can get them played in a movie or something. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

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(AU) Laura Vaughan, Viola da Gamba and Lirone  Popular

"Laura Vaughan is gaining a reputation as Australia’s most exciting viola da gamba and lirone player of the rising generation and has had a distinguished list of teachers including Wieland Kuijken, Philippe Pierlot, Miriam Morris and Anneke Pols. Following her return to Australia from studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 2004, she has established a busy schedule of teaching and performing from her base in Melbourne and performs a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire across Australia, Europe and the United States. Passionate about the sound world of the viol, Laura is committed to bringing this exquisite repertoire to audiences around the world." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(NL) Johan Hofmann, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Johan Hofmann studied the harpsichord with Jacques Ogg and Siebe Henstra . His repertoire encloses works from the 16th, 17th, and 18th century as well as contemporary, although he specializes in music from the early and mid baroque period. His interpretations are grounded in thorough theoretical and organological knowledge and are at the same time renowned for their spontaneity and purity of style. He gave concerts in Austria , Denmark , France , Germany , Italy , Scotland , Spain , The Tsjech Republic, The United States and Sweden . In the Netherlands he regularly plays with ensembles and orchestras like The Northern Consort, Cappella Groningen, the Brabants Kamerkoor, Ensemble Occhio di Falcone (with Judith van Wanroij, Susanne Braumann and Bert Honig), the Combattimento Consort and cappella Frisae. Johan Hofmann also performed with distinguished players like Michael Chance, the Egidius Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Paul Leenhouts, Xenia Meijer, Robert Muuse and Marc Pantus. ...

Johan Hofmann teaches an international harpsichord class at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen. At the same institute he teaches thoroughbass and chambermusic. At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Johan Hofmann teaches harpsichord and thoroughbass as minor subjects, and lectures the course “Harmony in Performance Practice”. He is also regularly invited by the conservatories in Tilburg, Zwolle, Arnhem and Enschede and gives courses in the Netherlands as well as abroad. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(IT) Cantar Lontano Festival  Popular

"The event aims to return with scientific methodology - philological and through concerts, conferences and recordings vocal technique known as the "Cantar lontano". The objective of this project is to shed light over the years on this important aspect of seventeenth-century practice voice not yet studied, both as to its origin, to be placed in Pesaro in 1612 and its development in the Marche in Italy and abroad all its forms and characteristics. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(CA) Arion Baroque Orchestra  Popular

“Arion Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1981, is the only early music orchestra performing on period instruments in Québec and one of the most renowned early music ensembles in North America. Led by the enlightened artistic vision of flutist Claire Guimond, the orchestra offers a prestigious concert series in Montréal featuring more than twenty musicians and with the participation of internationally known guest conductors. The clarity and freshness of Arion’s interpretations have been remarked through the concert tours in Japan, United States, Europe and Mexico. Arion has also put together an impressive recording collection with 26 titles both as an ensemble and as an orchestra, distributed internationally and on the web.”

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(SE) Miguel Robaina, Composer  Popular

"I am a swedish composer and I´m living in Tyresö, which is about 20 km southeast of Stockholm, Sweden.

I compose in different early music styles (before 1800). In 2003 I established an assemblage of music in different ancient styles, all composed by contemporary composers. I´ve named it Scharffeneck Collection Of Contemporary Early Music, after the area where I´m working as a church music director, Skarpnäck. Scharffeneck is the 17th century spelling of the name Skarpnäck. The collection includes music of 22 composers from different parts of the world, and at the moment there is some 800 works registred. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

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(BE) Early Music Artists (EMA)  Popular

"Early Music Artists (EMA) is a music management and administration company operating solely in the field of early music and historical performance. EMA applies contemporary business techniques to the management of artists and ensembles. We offer a wide range of services, such as planning, organizing, staffing, fundraising, promotion, broadcasting and concert management. We provide supportive artist management and project controls that allow creative processes to remain visible. We have many years international management experience in the field of performing arts, predominantly early and baroque music.

EMA is a full member of IAMA (International Artist Managers' Association). IAMA is the leading worldwide association for classical music artist managers and concert agents. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Music Agent/Management

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(RU) Universalia in Re Ensemble  Popular

"Medieval music ensemble "Universalia in Re" was founded in 2001 with a view to revive a medieval attitude to music as an internal experience capable to change a man. This aim determinates unusual instrumental stuff of the ensemble as well as its repertoire (mostly European music of XIII-XIV centuries).

Together with careful study of musical treatises and analysis of medieval European manuscripts, which keep traces of a unique minstrel culture, the ensemble pays a significant attention to living verbal professional musical traditions of Central Asia and Middle East

The ensemble members participated in workshops of leading medieval music teachers and musicians. The ensemble made concerts in Russia,Ukraine, Switzerland, Estonia, Poland and took part in international early music festivals in Lviv (Lviv Early Music Festival, Ukraine, 2002), Tartu (VI Tartu Early Music Festival, Tartu, Estonia, 2003) and Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia, International Machaut Festival, 2004, EARLYMUSIC, 2005). " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Bach-Wettbewerb Leipzig  Popular

“The Bach Competition in Leipzig is one of the world's major competitions for young performers. He was first issued in 1950, carried out from 1964 to 1996 in the four-year cycle with five compartments and is since 1996 every two years instead of three in varying subjects. ..“ (Google Translate)

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(US) OPR Discover Podcasts (Musicians of the Old Post Road)  Popular

Each podcast focuses on a unique aspect of music history through narration and excerpts of live musical performances by Musicians of the Old Post Road.

Also, visit these associated Old Post Road sites:

Website: Musicians of the Old Post Road
YouTube Channel:
musiciansopr
OPR Editions:
Old Post Road Editions


 

Category: Web Radio/Television

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(CA) Exultate Chamber Singers  Popular

"Over a 25-year history, the Exultate Chamber Singers have garnered praise from all quarters for sensitive, precise and seamless performances. The choir was established in 1981, when conductor John Tuttle brought together a group of graduating university students who wanted to continue performing choral music at a high standard. The choir is enriched not only by the excellent musicianship of its members but also by their varied academic and professional backgrounds. Together, they form a passionate, committed ensemble with a wide-ranging repertoire." ...

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(US) Folkers & Powell  Popular

"Folkers & Powell make professional-quality baroque flutes and other historical transverse flutes closely modeled on excellent original designs from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

We believe that music, instruments, and playing styles are all interconnected, so that music has the best effect when realized with sympathy, using instruments and performance conventions current when it was created.

For this reason we make every effort to capture the unique qualities of tone and intonation in the original instruments we copy. Since our partnership began in 1984 our flutes have earned a worldwide reputation for uncompromising accuracy and faithfulness of spirit. Our customers range all the way from beginners on the baroque flute to the world's leading exponents.

Research on contemporary music and playing styles also plays a large part in our work. We have built a separate educational site at flutehistory.com to give information on historical matters not directly related to the flutes we make.

If you are new to the world of historical flutes, begin at our start page. If you would like help staying in touch with the latest ideas and research, we suggest you subscribe to the quarterly newsletter TRAVERSO. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(CA) Chants de Vielles  Popular

“Festival Chants de Vielles  takes place amidst the autumn glory in September, in the lovely, country setting of Calixa-Lavallée, a quaint and historic Québec village. Every year, Chants de Vielles brings in a fresh and delicious musical harvest by providing a place for sharing and learning on a human scale. We invite you to check out last year’s programme, watch a short video or visit the souvenirs page for a sampling of festival spirit in images.“

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(UK) Andrew Crawford, Fine Decorative Boxes  Popular

" ... In 1986 an offer to share a workshop with an antique restorer friend started me thinking about using some of my enthusiasm and interest in wood to real benefit. I restored musical instruments for a time - but I soon decided I wanted to actually make something.

I was fascinated by boxes, and still am. Isn't everyone? ... boxes contain things and, more importantly, HIDE things from view. Human nature being what it is one naturally wants to know what is inside a closed box - so a natural reflex is to open it, and if it's locked you really want to open it. What is it that is being so carefully protected, or hidden - what can it be that justifies this special treatment, particularly if it is an elaborate and valuable box.

I wanted to create these 'precious' and fascinating items -the 'jewellery' of the cabinet makers art - and this also suited the logistics of being in a small, shared workshop surrounded by chests of drawers, tables, chairs and partner's desks. Actually I had made my first box around the time I moved into the workshop [click here] and this was so well received that I decided to phase out the musical instrument work to concentrate on the box making. Things just took off from there and I have been making boxes ever since. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

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Countertenor Webring  Popular

"Linking professional and amateur countertenors and people interested in the CT repertoire" ...

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

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(AR) Ana Paula Segurola Pita, keyboardist  Popular

“Ana Paula Segurola Pita started her harpsichord studies with Eduardo Gilardoni (scholarship of the Mercedes Olivera Foundation, 1990-91), and has since then attended master-classes with renowned harpsichordists like Jacques Ogg, José Luis González Uriol, Mario Videla, Edmundo Hora, Alessandro Santoro and Françoise Lengellé among others, and with musicologists like Bruno Turner and Kelley Harness.

She studied with Edmundo Hora at the State University of Campinas and with professor Ilton Wjuniski and his assistant Maria Eugênia Sacco at the Magda Tagliaferro Foundation in São Paulo.

Former piano student of Raquel Boldorini, she took lessons with Eliane Richepin (Annecy, France, 1997), and attended master-classes with foreign pianists performing in Montevideo, between 1991 and 2000.

At present, she studies Organ as a disciple of Cristina García Banegas at the University in Uruguay. ..”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(US) Honeysuckle Music  Popular

Early Music supply house -- large number of titles for recorder, strings and guitar, vocal music, very large number of chamber works for various combinations of instruments, manuscripts etc. See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Mar 27, 2008 | Hits: 2494

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(US) Atlanta Baroque Orchestra  Popular

"In the fall of 1997, a group of Atlanta musicians met to organize the first permanent period instrument orchestra in the Southeast--the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. The ABO gave its premiere concert in January 1998, and since then the ABO has grown to be one of the best orchestras of its type in North America ... " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

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(FR) Etienne Holmblat, Recorders  Popular

Recorder maker.

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(US) MasterCraft Supply Company  Popular

“We are an international trading company specializing in natural materials, decorative synthetic materials and rigid composite laminates for knife handles, gun grips, pens, musical instrument inlays, pool cue inlays and many other creative applications. Several of these materials are exclusive to us. Our customers include major manufacturers, artisans and hobbyists.

Our line of natural material includes Pearl (White Mother of Pearl, Black Lip Pearl, Gold Lip Pearl and many kinds of Laminated Pearl Veneer), Stag, Bone Horn and Exotic Woods. We also offer Rigid Composite Laminated sheets (Canvas, Linen and Paper Micarta, G-10's and Carbon Fiber).

Our decorative synthetic materials include Ivory Alternative and many other decorative Polyester materials in sheet, rod and bar, Acrylic sheet and rod, Reconstituted Stone slabs and blocks and Corian slabs and sheet. There are literally hundreds of colors and patterns available. ..“

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(UK) BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources -- Early Music  Popular

"BUBL uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system as the primary organisation structure for its catalogue of Internet resources. The Dewey Decimal Classification is (c) 1996-2005 OCLC Online Computer Library Center. Used with permission. "

BUBL Information Service, Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, Scotland Tel: 0141 548 4752 Email: bubl@bubl.ac.uk

Category: Links to links

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(AU) Festival Baroque Australia - Solo to Symphony  Popular

“

Australia's first Baroque Music Festival is coming to Perth from 18th - 21st September 2009. A celebration of the music of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and other greats of the Baroque era.

Go for Baroque - it's the New Music of the 21st Century!

Why an Australian Baroque Music Festival?

Baroque music, composed between 1600 and 1750, is the New Music of the 21st Century. Over the last 40 or so years, music scholars, performers and audiences have been discovering just how vibrant, elegant and relevant to our lives this music is.”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Australia

Added on: May 15, 2009 | Hits: 2463

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(IT) Cembalo e tastiere antiche (Harpsichord and ancient keyboard)  Popular

"A discussion group for lovers of harpsichord, clavicytherium, clavicordo, spinet, virginal, muselaar, lautenwerk, tiorbino, claviorgano. The group also wants to become a site of reference for anyone who is approached for the first time these facilities or people who want to know more. In this regard, it will seek to have all internal site files and links of interest to the investigation and added for this purpose, by members, photos, documents, scores, sites and reviews of concerts. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

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(CA) Opera Atelier  Popular

"Opera Atelier holds a unique place in the North America theatre community, producing opera, ballet and drama from the 17th and 18th centuries. These productions draw upon the aesthetics and ideals of the period, featuring soloists of international acclaim, period ballet, original instruments, elaborate stage décor, exquisite costumes and an imaginative energy that sets Opera Atelier apart. Opera Atelier is not in the business of “reconstruction”, rather each production is original providing a thrilling theatrical experience for modern audiences." See the website for more information.

Category: Early Opera

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(CZ) Cantio Antiqua Praha  Popular

"Mixed chamber choir Cantio antiqua Praha was establish in the end of 80's by ex-members of student choir Cantus semper vivus, which was run by Grammar school Budejovicka in Prague 4 and which was conducted by Mrs. Vera Jankovicova. In the present structure Cantio antiqua Praha performs from cca 1999.

Cantio antiqua Praha is mainly concentrate on renaissance and early baroque polyphonic music. The repertoire is build from up to octovoiced secular and sacred vocal works from Italian, French, British, German and Spanish composers. The independent part of our repertoire are Christmas songs, which represent character of this music in Bohemia and Moravia from beginning of 15th century until works of early baroque composers.

Cantio antiqua Praha's chamber cast (four sopranos, one mezzo-soprano, three altos, one tenor and one bass) enables to approach to period interpretative practise, when every voice went about perhaps only one singer or instrumentalist. Cantio antiqua Praha occasionally collaborate with instrumentalists who play recorders, lutes, guitars, stringed instruments or harpsichords. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

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(CA) Academy Concert Series  Popular

"Since 1991, the Academy Concert Series has been presenting chamber music programmes of excellent artistic quality and entertainment value, using period instruments and historically informed performance styles. Using this very original approach helps our audiences appreciate the music as composers intended it to sound. And the moment you hear it, played by some of Canada’s finest musicians, you feel that you are a part of a unique musical act.

We present music that engages you in the creative listening process, something we think everyone can enjoy. And at the Academy Concert Series, everyone can. Our concerts are one of the best musical values in the city (Toronto, CA)

Located in the heart of vibrant Danforth Avenue, we present our concerts in the historic Eastminster United Church where outstanding acoustics contribute to a pure joy of music experience. Join us for our new season and discover for yourself what’s so special about the Academy Concert Series. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Concert Series

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(CA) Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival  Popular

"An acclaimed series of summer courses and concerts jointly sponsored by Early Music Vancouver & the School of Music, University of British Columbia”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

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(US) Lute: Renaissance, Baroque, Medieval, Builders; Smallpipes; Dance Vihuela; Cittern; Guitar  Popular

The lists that you can join are:

list subject subscription address
(Renaissance) Lute lute-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Baroque Lute baroque-lute-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Medieval Lute medieval-lute-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Lute Builders lute-builder-request
Northumbrian Smallpipes nsp-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Baroque Dance
(Feuillet)
feuillet-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Vihuela and Baroque Guitar vihuela-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Cittern cittern-request@cs.dartmouth.edu
Early Romantic Guitar early-guitar-request@cs.dartmouth.edu

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

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(AU) Victorian Recorder Guild  Popular

"The Guild is a society for recorder players and for all who enjoy recorder music.

The Victorian Recorder Guild is located in Victoria, Australia and many of its activities are based in Melbourne. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(AT) Internationales Seminar für alte Musik  Popular

“This course is meant especially for professional musicians, music teachers, students and all music-makers who wish to widen their experience. Chamber music, Orchestra, lectures and concerts in the wonderful hall of the baroque castle of Zell/Pram.“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(DE) Hendrik Hasenfuss  Popular

Lute, theorbo and guitar maker.

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

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(IT) Gruppo Seicento  Popular

"Gruppo Seicento early music ensemble was established in 2002 by the effort of musicians dedicated for a long time to the early music in the will to face the baroque repertoire, with a special interest in Seventeen century Italian music, using original instruments or copies, studying the original sources of this period and performing on historical tunings.

The Gruppo Seicento has played in several early music concert seasons and festivals in Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and South America obtaining unanimous approval from the public and the critic. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Viola da Gamba Society Viola da Gamba Society New England  Popular

"With members in all six New England states, as well as New York, New Jersey, and eastern Canada, the VdGS-NE is dedicated to promoting viol playing and related activities in the New England area. From the "First Gathering" in 1976, workshops have formed the backbone of the program of the Viola Da Gamba Society - New England. Three one-day workshops a year, led by master coaches, allow members to explore the viol literature through the music of an individual composer or of a particular repertoire or style, or to focus on specific aspects of viol consort playing." ...

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(CA) Early Music Fredericton  Popular

"Early Music Fredericton is an organization which strives to bring live professional and amateur performances of classical, renaissance and baroque music to the audiences of New Brunswick." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

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(UK) Georgian Concert Society  Popular

"For over twenty years the Georgian Concert Society has brought musicians specialising in the field of Early Music to Edinburgh. The GCS is dedicated to the promotion of the highest standard performance of historically-informed playing on period instruments and in period settings. The GCS has built up an audience base of over 600 people who attend at least one concert per season, and a core audience of over 100 subscribers. It regularly attracts capacity audiences at St Cecilia’s Hall, drawn mostly from the Central Belt, but with some subscribers travelling from as far away as Aberdeen, Newcastle and Dumfries.

St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the internationally-famous Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments, provides an appropriate setting for many GCS concerts. The opportunity to use an instrument from the Collection uniquely suited to the repertoire being played is relished by the artists and their audiences alike. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Concert Series

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(CA) Toronto Continuo Collective  Popular

"The Toronto Continuo Collective is an educational and performing group dedicated to exploring the art of Baroque accompaniment. The ToCC was launched in the fall of 2005 by Lucas Harris and Borys Medicky, who spent time with the New York Continuo Collective and recognized the need for a similar group in Toronto.

In the ToCC, we share ideas about the performance of basso continuo and its role in various genres of Baroque music, with particular focus on church, chamber, and theatre music of the seventeenth century. Topics discussed include figured bass harmony, supporting text inflection and delivery, ornamentation, rhetoric, word painting, and improvisation. We accompany different guest soloists from week to week, and welcome guest presenters to provide special workshops and coaching sessions. We perform at least two programs per year, and have given concerts of seicento repertoire in several Toronto venues: Fort York National Historic Site, Church of the Holy Trinity, Royal St. George's Chapel, The University of Toronto Faculty of Music (during the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute), Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, and at the CanAsian Dance Festival. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

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(UK) Aurora  Popular

"Maria Sangers, Recorders; Dawn Johnston, Lute, Theorbo, Guitar

Aurora provides small scale music-making of a particularly intimate kind. Employing a wide range of recorders and plucked string instruments, the performers recreate the sound world of a renaissance chamber.

Aurora's programme style and content makes them particularly suitable for smaller, historic, or candlelit venues, and they have been heard to fine effect in various National Trust properties.

Aurora is also available to provide stylish and atmospheric music to enhance events such as weddings or receptions. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

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(UK) Ibi Aziz, Viola da Gamba  Popular

"Ibrahim (Ibi) Aziz was born in Malaysia and began music lessons when he was eight. In 1999 he went to Trinity College of Music London to study the viola da gamba under Alison Crum. During his studies he was also privately taught by Sarah Cunningham, and attended various master classes in the UK and Europe given by Jordi Savall and Wieland Kuijken. He is the recipient of many awards and prizes: while at Trinity he became the first winner of their Early Music Prize, and was the first person in the college’s history to win its prestigious Gold Medal on a period instrument over all other mainstream instrumentalists. Mr Aziz now divides his time performing and teaching. He plays with a number of period groups and ensembles in the UK and abroad, most notably Sestina Consort, Charivari Agreable and The Maresienne Consort, with whom he has recorded for Signum Classics. He is a member of the internationally acclaimed Rose Consort Consort of Viols. As a young player he recently helped found ‘Chelys’, a young professional viol consort based in the UK. Mr Aziz is the viol tutor at Morley College, London, and regularly teaches at The Dartington International Summer School, The Benslow Early Music Courses, The Ascot (and Irish) Early Music Courses, among others. Recent engagements include appearances in concerts at the City of London Festival, The York Early Music Festival, Italy, Ireland and on BBC Radio 3's In Tune with Sean Rafferty. Forthcoming events include performances in Switzerland, at the Brighton Festival, Greenwich International Early Music Festival, The Snape Maltings concert hall in Aldeburgh, and a broadcast on the Early Music Show on BBC Radio 3 with The Rose Consort of Viols. Mr. Aziz plays a seven-string bass viola da gamba by Jane Julier after Nicholas Bertrand, and a treble viola da gamba by Kazuya Sato. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(DE) Berliner Tage Für Alte Musik (Berlin Days for Early Music)  Popular

Festival of Early Music

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(UK) Early Opera Company  Popular

"The Early Opera Company is a vibrant, young professional ensemble. Founded in 1994 the company made its debut with a production of Handel's Agrippina at Mannes College New York, with a London debut of Handel's Serse in 1996. ... " See the website for more information.

Category: Early Opera

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(AU) Rosemary Hodgson, Lutenist  Popular

"Born in Melbourne, Australia, Rosemary Hodgson has lived and worked abroad, performing in Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Germany and Venezuela.

Since her return to Australia in 2000, Rosemary has been in constant demand. Her recent engagements include Richard Mill's opera Batavia with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Vespers in the Melbourne Early Music Festival, Monteverdi Madrigals with e21, Backgammon Baroque Tasmanian tour, Bach St John's Passion with the Australian Baroque Ensemble, Vivaldi Vespers with The Choir of Newman College and guest soloist in the Palestrina Project's Victoria Requiem.

As a freelance musician, Rosemary balances accompanying, solo and continuo performances and teaching. She has appeared frequently on ABC television and radio, Channel Seven and 3MBS and is featured on La Compania's CD Music of the Spanish Renaissance (Move). Her debut solo recording, rosa, was released in March 2004. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(CA) Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS)  Popular

“Founded in 1971, the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) aims to promote, support and disseminate research on the eighteenth century. The Society is a bilingual and multidisciplinary organization interested in the overall cultural heritage of an era that has played a decisive role in constituting our modernity.

Each year, CSECS hosts a conference in one of Canada's various regions and publishes an issue of the scholarly journal Lumen. It awards a prize to the best graduate paper read at the conference (the Mark Madoff Award) and offers an annual fellowship (the D.W. Smith Research Fellowship).

CSECS fosters a particularly rich and invigorating scholarly sociability through its annual conference and its links with the international eighteenth-century studies community. It has, notably, delegates to the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Pascal Bastien), the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Don Nichol), and the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (April London).“

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Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

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(CA) Les Violons du Roy  Popular

“Les Violons du Roy came into existence as the dream of a group of young musicians. We wanted to take a new and different approach to the performance of works written for chamber orchestra, especially during the Baroque period. For over twenty years, we have been pursuing this vision with the support of all those who attend our concerts and buy our recordings. I would like to invite you to discover the other facets of our work, and to join us in achieving our dream.” ...

Bernard Labadie
Artistic and Music Director

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

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(US) Douglas Yeo -- Tempted by a Serpent  Popular

" ... The serpent was invented in 1590 by a Frenchman, Edme Guillaume, making it one of the oldest instruments currently in use today. Conceived as the bass member of the cornett family (the group of instruments - including the cornett, bass horn, serpent and ophicleide - that preceded today's modern keyed brass instruments), the serpent immediately found a home accompanying the plainsong of the Church. It became popularized in England in the eighteenth century where in addition to being used in church services, it became the bass of the military wind band.

The serpent has a tone quality unlike any instrument in the modern orchestra. When played loudly, its powerful sound carries easily and with authority; quietly, it blends well with bassoons and voices. But with only six open holes and no keys, the serpent lives up its name in more than just its appearance - it is as treacherous as its namesake from the Garden of Eden. While numerous fingering charts for the serpent have been published, no printed matter can disguise the fact that playing the serpent is an inexact science at best, relying on the steady lip of the performer to get a firm grip on the intonation of any given note. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(Anon Country) Otto's Baroque Musick  Popular

All Baroque music listening online.

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(US) Melvin Kaplan, Inc.  Popular

“For more than fifty years, Melvin Kaplan, Inc., has represented the world’s finest musicians, specializing in extraordinary chamber ensembles and soloists. The artists on our roster are known for their artistic excellence, fertile imaginations, limitless creativity, and warm personalities. They are emerging stars and established, household names.“

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(UK) National Early Music Association (NEMA) Links  Popular

"The National Early Music Association of the UK has existed since 1981 to bring together all concerned with early music and to forge links with other early music organisations in the UK and around the world. Nema also acts to represent musicians in the early music field to outside bodies, when required." NOTE: This entry will lead you to NEMA's "Links" page. (ed.)

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(AT) Ars Antiqua Austria  Popular

"ARS ANTIQUA AUSTRIA, director: Gunar Letzbor Ars Antiqua Austria was founded in Linz in 1995 with the aim of introducing audiences to the roots of specifically Austrian baroque music played on period-instruments. The music performed at the imperial court in Vienna at this period shows the strong influence of Italy and later of French forms, while Spanish court ceremonials also shape the character of the works. The typical Austrian sound of the period also betrays the influence of the many Crownlands. The political and social boundaries of Austria in the baroque era were far wider than in the 20th century. Elements of Slav and Hungarian folk music mingle with alpine sounds and can be heard in the art music of the period. The Austrian sound also reflects the temperament and character of the Austrians of that period - a unifying element in the melting-pot of many different cultures: the joie de vivre of the South, Slav melancholy, French formality, Spanish pomp and the Alpine character of the German-speaking regions. This fusion of court- with folk music and a strong element of dance music form the typical Austrian sound.

The core of Ars Antiqua Austria comprises 8 musicians directed by Gunar Letzbor. The ensemble is readily augmented to accommodate a still wider repertoire.. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Damian Dlugolecki, StringMaker  Popular

"Damian Dlugolecki enjoys an international reputation as a designer and craftsman of the highest quality gut strings for renaissance, baroque, classical and modern performance. His innovative designs are based on historical practices and methods and are sought after by many prominent artists. Included in his String Catalog is a complete selection of gut strings for the violin, viola, cello and for the viola da gamba. Also available are custom made strings for double bass and violone and for all bowed stringed instruments. Mr. Dlugolecki combines quality with prompt efficient service aided by advanced information and delivery systems. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

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(ES) Grupo Cinco Siglos  Popular

"Cinco Siglos is a society devoted to the study and diffusion of medieval music. Sociedad Cultural Cinco Siglos sponsors concerts and recordings. Both activities are carried out by Grupo Cinco Siglos. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Early-Dance.de -- The Calendar of Early Dance  Popular

“early-dance.de is dedicated to early dance. It covers dances from Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century Periods.

The mission is to bring lovers of early dance together!”

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Category: Early Dance

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(FR) Pierre Etchegoyen, Baroque Transvers Flutes and Andean Flutes  Popular

“On this website you will find pages devoted to two types of wind instruments, quite different, but ultimately close in many aspects. These are my two passions which I now devote my life to creating and which I offer to you.

Firstly, there are the baroque transverse flutes, also called traversos or one keyed flutes.

I offer several hand-made concert flutes, the perfect woodwind instrument for playing baroque music, in it’s varied styles and typical of that period.

In my work, I am looking to recreate the unique sound peculiar to the musical individuality of each of the baroque flute models that I offer and to provide an individual musical quality, sympathetic to the original sound. ..“

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(FR) Marc-Antoine Charpentier (the composer)  Popular

Link dedicated to the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Visit website for multimedia view of the composer. (ed.)

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(BE) Claire Chevallier, Fortepiano and Early Piano  Popular

"French pianist Claire Chevallier (°1969) combined the study of the piano at the musical academies of Nancy, Strasbourg (Hélène Boschi) and Paris (Bruno Rigutto) with her traditional studies in mathematics and physics.

She then continued her musical education at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden and Guy Van Waas, where she was awarded first prize in piano and chamber music. She became fascinated with the fortepiano during her studies via a master class given by Jos van Immerseel. She began to concentrate on the historical background and the evolution in the "construction" of the fortepiano, and for a number of years studied the specific characteristics and maintenance requirements (tuning, strings, etc) of the instrument completely on her own. She thus developed extensive expertise in historical keyboards as fortepiano specialist and as pianist.

As musician-researcher, she began her own collection of French historical keyboards, which has grown in the meantime to 5 instruments covering the time span 1842-1920. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Apollo's Fire - The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra  Popular

"Taking its name from the classical god of music and the sun, Apollo's Fire is dedicated to the performance of 17th and 18th century music on the period instruments for which it was written. The ensemble unites a select pool of renowned early music specialists from throughout North America and Europe."

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(EE) Central European Festivals of Early Music Association (CEFEMA)  Popular

"Fifteen managers and artistic directors of Early Music Festivals in Central Europe met on 14 and 15 October 2000 in Bratislava and they decided to establish the Central European Festivals Early Music Association or CEFEMA. They signed the 'Bratislava Document', thus confirming this intention.

Six different Central European countries were represented: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

In anticipation of the formal establishment of CEFEMA, the co-signatories separated in national groups and each group appointed a National Representative. The six National Representatives formed a preliminary Supervisory Board from which an Executive Board was chosen. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Faculty of Music, Oxford University  Popular

“Welcome to the Faculty of Music of Oxford University, one of the largest and liveliest music departments in the country, and an internationally renowned centre of musical teaching and research. The Faculty came top of the ‘research power’ rankings in the most recent (2008) Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), with 50% of its research rated as ‘world-leading’ and the largest number of research active staff submitted by any Higher Education Institution in the UK. It gained the highest (5*) rating in the two previous RAEs of 1996 and 2001, and was ranked best UK music department by both The Times and The Independent in their most recent surveys.

… Our undergraduate and graduate curricula are strong in traditional musicological and musical skills, but are also notably wide-ranging and imaginative, reflecting contemporary developments in music and musicology; and alongside these formal programmes we organise and participate in a stimulating variety of concerts, masterclasses, workshops, public lectures, and conferences. Our resources include the internationally important Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, a high specification electronic music studio, an Indonesian gamelan,  and specialised resources for the study of performance. The Faculty's research and teaching strengths cover a broad spectrum, including European music of many periods, ethnomusicology, composition, opera, film music, analysis and music theory, the psychology of music, performance, and performance practice.”

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Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

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(US) The Gregorian Chant Home Page  Popular

"The main purpose of the Gregorian Chant Home Page is to support advanced research on Gregorian chant, particularly in the graduate seminar "Problems in Early Christian Music" (Music 511) taught at Princeton. The scholarly study of Gregorian chant is a wide-ranging, multi-faceted venture that interacts with many other areas of study, just as the liturgy for which it was created influenced many other areas of individual and social life. "

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(BE) Brepols Publishers  Popular

“Brepols Publishers is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities.

The focus of its publications lies in "source-works" from Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. By this is meant critical editions of original texts and documents in their original language, reference works such as encyclopaedias, handbooks and bibliographies, as well as monograph studies and cutting-edge research.

Brepols Publishers' mission is to publish works with an outstanding academic reputation in the field of Europe’s cultural roots and sphere of influence. Such publications fall mainly within the disciplines of history and archaeology, language and literature, music, art and architectural history.“

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(AU) La Compañia  Popular

“With a desire to create a period instrument ensemble dedicated to the music of the Renaissance and Early Baroque, La Compañia was formed in 1997 by its artistic directors Danny Lucin and Mitchell Cross, who share a long collaborative partnership which commenced whilst studying improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts.

La Compañia is a unique Australian ensemble, performing a rarely-heard repertoire on historically important instruments, to form a consort rich in possibilities. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) I Fagiolini  Popular

"I FAGIOLINI was founded in 1986 while the singers were students at Oxford University. In 1988 the group won the UK Early Music Network’s Young Artists’ Competition and has since released 14 CDs and 2 DVD. It gives about 50 concerts a year from the BBC Proms and major European festivals to further afield such as the Far East and both ends of Africa. Its unusual name has been misspelt, mispronounced and misunderstood throughout the world.

‘Like their concerts the disc is lively, imaginative, even anarchic... and a lot of fun.’ BBC Music Magazine

I Fagiolini’s core repertoire is Renaissance and contemporary solo-voice ensemble repertoire. In recent years it has pioneered innovative staged presentations with a project called The Theatre of Music, which brings classics of Renaissance secular music to life. This project has been a huge success with promoters and audiences. It recently released two DVDs on Chandos (Vecchi L'Amfiparnaso with Simon Callow) and Naxos ('The Full Monteverdi' - also broadcast around the world). " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(NL) Annelie De Man, Harpsichordist  Popular

"ANNELIE DE MAN studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Janny van Wering and Bob van Asperen. After devoting herself to Baroque music for several years, she turned to the performance of contemporary music and stimulated composers, both at home and from abroad, to write for her. One of the first was Dutch composer Louis Andriessen with "Overture to Orpheus" (1982).

Annelie de Man plays a double-manual instrument built in 1978 by Theo de Haas and redecorated by Frisian graphic artist Sies Bleeker in 1987. It features on the cover of "Harpsichord and clavichord music of the twentieth century" by Frances Bedford (published in 1993 by Fallen Leaf Press, Ca/USA).

As professor of contemporary harpsichord music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, she teaches students from all over the world. She gave masterclasses and lectures a.o. at conservatories and universities in The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland , Russia (Tsjaikovski Conservatorium Moscow) and Canada. In 1994 she collaborated with Music Centre "De IJsbreker" in organizing the International Harpsichord Week in Amsterdam and in 1997 she was on the jury of the International Gaudeamus Young Interpreters Competition. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary New Music

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(CA) Early Music Vancouver  Popular

Early Music Vancouver has gained international acclaim as one of the foremost organisations in North America devoted to the performance and study of music from the Middle Ages through the late Romantic era. Through its winter & summer concert series featuring both local and international talent, through its extensive range of summer courses & workshops as part of the Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival, and through its many other activities and innovative programming, Early Music Vancouver has been an important force in the development and growth of early music. ...

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

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(DE) Tree Edition Music Publishers  Popular

Music for the lute.

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(ES) El Concierto Espanol, Emilio Moreno, director  Popular

El Concierto Español, directed by Emilio Moreno, specializing in repertoire from the Spanish baroque and pre-classical periods. See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

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(IT) Marcello Armand-Pilon, Maker of lutes, archlutes, theorboes and baroque guitars  Popular

"All the listed instruments are built upon original historical models surviving in Museums and collections. The description of the models is just informative and not a bond; the construction will follow any wish and need of the customer.

I've been making lutes since 1988, and have built instruments for players from Europe, United States and Japan. Thanks to the help and suggestions of many distinguished players, I've been able to fine tune my workmanship and to develop the sound quality and a more personal style. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) L’Arpeggiata – Christina Pluhar  Popular

L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000.

Discography

  • Kapsberger: La Villanella (2001)
  • Stefano Landi: Homo fugi velut umbra... (2002)
  • La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae (2002)
  • All'Improvviso (2004)
  • Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (2004)
  • Los Impossibles
  • Monteverdi - Teatro d'Amore (2009)
  • Via Crucis (2010)
  • Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine (2011)
  • Los Pajaros Perdidos (2012)

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(US) Pipe Organs and Related Topics (PIPORG-L)  Popular

"PIPORG-L is an electronic mailing list whose members discuss musical, technical and historical aspects of organs of all kinds–classical, theater, electronic, reed, tracker, electropneumatic, etc., etc. Organ specifications, recitals (past and future), recordings, jobs (wanted and available), restoration hints, news of progress in restoration projects are all interesting. Requests for advice or information are encouraged, and stories of your experiences and knowledge are eagerly consumed. In short, if it is interesting and about organs or organ music, this group would like to hear about it. " ...

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(FR) Eugene Crijnen - BaroqueFlutes.net  Popular

"Welcome to baroqueflutes.net, the homepage of Eugène Crijnen. Eugène was born in Holland in 1962 and started playing the flute at the age of 5 under the influence of Frans Brüggen and followed by master classes with Barthold Kuijken & Wilbert Hazelzet. Eugène started playing concerts all around the world at a young age and in 1983 he began making baroque flutes for himself. Many of the best flute players in the world now use his instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano  Popular

"Ulrike Hofbauer was born in Bavaria and studied voice and voice teaching at the Universities of Wurzburg and Salzburg, and at the ‘Schola Cantorum Basiliensis’ in Basle. The teachers who influenced her most profoundly were Sabine Schutz, Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley; further musical insights were provided by Christina Pluhar und Andrea Marcon.

Ulrike now lives in Basel and as a soloist has worked with conductors such as Christoph Hammer, Konrad Junghänel, Daniel Reuss, und Philippe Herreweghe. The soprano is a member of several vocal ensembles including the ‘Collegium Vocale Gent’, ‘Cantus Coelln’, ‘L’Arpeggiata’ and sang with the acclaimed German vocal sextett ‘Singer Pur’ for several years.

Her versatility as a singer is documented not only in recordings and live performances on the radio, but in a number of CD recordings.

Currently she is devoting much of her energies to her own baroque ensemble ‘savādi...’, with whom she won the Early Music Competition in York in 2003 and also the Van Wassenaer Concours in The Hague in 2004. (www.savadi.net).

Teaching is also an important part of her life and has taken her to, inter alia, the Universities of Bogota (Colombia), Minsk (Belarus) and the "Bayersische Theaterakademie" in Munich.

She enjoys exploring new and unusual repertoires covering different epochs and styles. Ulrike is particularly interested in the “recitar cantando” style as well as the use of dramatic theatrical techniques to heighten the emotional impact of the text and music. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Australian Viola da Gamba Society (VdGSA Australia)  Popular

"Formed under the expert guidance of Patrice Connelly, the Society was incorporated on 23 June 2000. Since that time it has a proud record of achievement in serving the needs of players in Australia and New Zealand by holding workshops and producing both a regular newsletter and a journal 'Chelys Australis'. The most recent issue was volume 6 and details are on this web site."

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(US) Baroque Northwest  Popular

"Formed in 1993 as Benevolent Order for Music of the Baroque, the group is now known as Baroque Northwest and is made up of people who share the same dedicated and progressive attitude towards performing music from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, early Romantic, and Modern eras. We challenge and question the traditional canon of what historical performance practice should be, as well as the traditional concept of what a concert should be. We have fun with our concerts while never violating the integrity of the music (we show respect for the dead). We make our programs accessible to the general public while keeping them stimulating to our regular audience of early music aficionados. While some early music ensembles chose to perform in costumes, we perform in modern clothes because we believe ancient music is for modern people. Our programs are given in a traditional classical music setting but we often speak directly and informally to the audience, sharing interesting and amusing anecdotes about the music and composers, and we have been known to encourage audience participation. ...

Baroque Northwest is the presenting organization for the Baroque Northwest ensemble. Baroque Northwest also currently presents the Baroque Flute and Viola da Gamba Boot Camp, workshops featuring visiting artists, and recitals by select individuals. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) The Tall Poppeas  Popular

"Formed in Sydney to explore and perform music composed for three female voices in the late renaissance and baroque periods, the group is named after Monteverdi's seductive and ambitious heroine Poppea (pronounced pop-pay-yah) from his opera "The Coronation Of Poppea". We believe the name encapsulates the essence of the group: performance of baroque repertoire, exploration of music by rarely performed composers, especially female composers, and our Australian origin, in playing on the expression "tall poppy syndrome". In researching our music, we learned of the "Singing Ladies of Ferrara" who were famous in the late 16th Century for their charm and virtuosic singing. As the first truly professional singers in an Italian court, they were trail blazers. Many composers of the time, of whom Luzzaschi was one, wrote music for these influential and talented singers. Whilst not quite the Andrews Sisters, the close knit harmonies and intertwining of the vocal lines makes for rapturous listening. Audiences have described our singing and the music we perform as 'luscious", "inspirational" and "music for the soul" and it is thrilling for us to continue its legacy into the 21st century. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Medieval Music Database  Popular

"La Trobe University closed its Music Department at the end of 1999. This site has not been updated since February 2004. A new and updated version of the Medieval Music Database is currently under construction and should be available early in 2008: in the meantime we welcome your comments, corrections and additions.

The main features of the new version are a much expanded repertoire of works in addition to the melodic incipits of liturgical works. Four complete manuscripts, a gradual and three antiphonals, have been added. Browse by Liturgical Feast is entirely new. This displays the melodic incipit of each liturgical chant for each feast, analyses related melodies and displays colour images of source manuscripts. The Browse by Composers, by Genre and by Manuscripts remain the same as they were is the earlier versions. " ...

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(US) Opera Lafayette  Popular

“Opera Lafayette  is an American period instrument ensemble dedicated to performances of 17th- and 18th-century operas, particularly the French repertoire. Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal following for its concert and staged opera productions with well-known American and international artists. Its collaborations with The New York Baroque Dance Company, the leading baroque dance group in this country, have produced world premiere musical and dance performances.

Opera Lafayette records for Naxos. Its debut recording of the 1774 Paris version of Gluck’s Orphée et Euridice was released internationally in 2005, followed by Sacchini’s Oedipe à Colone in 2006 and Rameau’s Rameau Opera Arias for Haute-Contre with tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt in 2007. Opera Lafayette has also recorded Lully's Armide for release in 2008 and Rebel and Francoeur’s Zélindor, roi des Sylphes, a world premiere recording made at the Music Center at Strathmore, for release in 2009.  ..“

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Category: Early Opera

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(UK) Early Music Forum of Scotland  Popular

"Since 1992 the Early Music Forum of Scotland has been bringing together players, singers, dancers, makers and listeners from all over Scotland. It runs and sponsors courses and playing days for its members, run by leading professionals.

EMFS members receive an annual membership list, with details of each member's interests, and lists of names classified by activities. This is a useful way of making contact with other people of similar interests. In addition, the membership secretary and other members of the committee are always delighted to help members make useful contacts.

EMFS members receive a regular newsletter with details of early music events in Scotland, participatory events elsewhere, regular reviews of early music CDs and occasional articles.

Each year EMFS organises a Museum Weekend, two days of continuous music-making by early music groups from all over Scotland. Most often held in the National Museum of Scotland, but also on occasion in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, it gives the general public a chance to sample a wide variety of early music and gives the players a chance to meet fellow enthusiasts.

EMFS is also part of the network of Early Music Fora which covers the whole of the British Isles. Members of EMFS can participate in the activities of the other Fora and advertise in their Newsletters, normally at reduced rates. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(ES) Titus Crijnen, Harpsichord Maker  Popular

"After having worked for more than 20 years in Holland I moved in May 2007 my workshop to Spain. By now I have made almost 200 harpsichords and clavichords, some for institutions (e.g. Royal Conservatory of the Hague and Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Holland, Royal College of Music London, U.K.) others for professional performers (e.g. Trevor Pinnock, Richard Egarr, Siebe Henstra) and amateur musicians. Many instruments can be heard on CD (e.g. G.B. Giusti 1681: J.J. Froberger/complete keyboard works/Richard Egarr/Globe GLB 6022 and Toccate Partite e Passacagli/Siebe Henstra/Ricercar RIC 167136. J. Ruckers 1638 and H. Hemsch 1754: Fr. Couperin/4 livres de pièces de clavecin/Michael Borgstede/Brillant classics 93082. J. Ruckers 1638: J. S. Bach/Sonates pour flûte/Pierre Hantaï a.o./Virgin Classics VC 5 45350 2. J. Ruckers 1624: J. S. Bach/Sonates pour flûte/Pascal Dubreuil a.o./Arion arn 268386)

I prefer to copy well documented main stream instruments from the 17th and 18th century. This choice enables me to experiment within the tradition of the time in a series of instruments and reduces the building costs as well. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Un Doulx Regard  Popular

“Inspired by the meeting of Martine Fleith, Isabelle Sainte-marie, Rachel Mathis and Alan Cowderoy during the “Journées de la Flûte Traversière de Stuttgart” in 2005, the creation of the ensemble stems from the common desire to rediscover the original structure of the consort of Renaissance flutes. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(AU) Ironwood Chamber Ensemble  Popular

“Ironwood is an Australian-based ensemble, committed to exploring music of the baroque, classical and romantic periods on early string and keyboard instruments. The members are some of Australia’s most respected early and contemporary chamber musicians. The ensemble was established in 2006 as a flexible group of players, drawing on a wealth of experience from across the globe. Ironwood believe that historically informed performance should be complemented with new material and has an active commissioning program for music on early instruments. The group performs widely and has produced recordings for ABC Classics and Vexations840. Ironwood are 2007 - 2010 Artists in Residence at the Bundanon Trust, NSW, and also run a Developing Artist program in Victoria and NSW.”

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(US) Deborah Booth, Flute and Recorder  Popular

"Deborah Booth plays Renaissance, Baroque, and modern flutes and recorders. Her training in flute performance was taken at Cincinnati Conservatory, the University of Kentucky, the Mannes School of Music - Historical Performance Program, and she has studied with Marion Verbruggen, Sandra Miller, Thomas Nyfenger, and other noted teachers in Amsterdam and New York. Ms. Booth played in several orchestras, including the Louisville Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Quadriga Consort  Popular

“Quadriga Consort – the Early Music Band on an expedition to the origins of pop music: early ballads and tunes from the British Isles, ranging from rollicking dance music to the Celtic-Gaelic and the courtly song traditions. The archaic melodies provide the basis for authentic music of today and tomorrow, so typical for Quadriga – with interpretations so fresh, that they make many a pop song of today pale in comparison to the enduringly moving ancient songs of love, yearning, joy and sorrow. ..“

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(IT) Consorzio Liutai "A. Stradivari" Cremona (The Consortium of Violinmakers "Antonio Stradivari")  Popular

"he Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari Cremona was founded in 1996 for the purpose of promoting and making known contemporary Cremonese violin making, which upholds an ancient artisan tradition.

The Consorzio has its seat in Cremona , the city of Stradivari , Amati and Guarneri, the great masters of the past. Their art, known and admired throughout the world, is a source of inexhaustible inspiration for modern instrument makers.

Around sixty master stringed instrument makers from Cremona and its Province belong to the Consorzio. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BR) I Festival de Música Barroca de Alcântara  Popular

“The Festival, with 14 educational presentations and various productions, aims to become a reference event in the cultural agenda of the historic cities of Brazil. Alcantara had long deserved one last event to the height of his fame.”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / South America

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(CA) Acadia Early Music Archive  Popular

Acadia University (CA) early music archives online. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(FR) Les Ombres  Popular

“A Baroque ensemble of the new generation, Les Ombres was founded by Sylvain Sartre and Margaux Blanchard in 2006 with the aim of closely linking musicological research and 'historically informed' interpretation. In their quest to rediscover forgotten masterpieces of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, its members seek to unite the emblematic arts of the Baroque theatre, so that musicians, singers, dancers and actors become interpreters of one and the same score. These specificities make the ensemble a space for creativity and expression, a human and musical adventure. Inspired by music as an art in constant evolution, Les Ombres also give priority to the exploration of new horizons, ranging from the traditional patrimony to contemporary creations.

The nucleus of Les Ombres is formed by three musicians trained at the Schola Cantorum of Basel: Margaux Blanchard (viola da gamba), nadja Lesaulnier (harpsichord), and Sylvain Sartre (transverse flute). According to the needs of specific programmes, this trio is supplemented by violins, flutes, bas- soon, theorbo, and so on. Alongside the instrumental repertoire, the ensemble devotes an important place to vocal music and dramaturgy. It has therefore invited for this CD Mélodie Ruvio, a mezzo-soprano who came to the members' attention in the title role of Le Carnaval et la Folie conducted by Hervé niquet at the European Baroque Academy of Ambronay in 2007, and the actor and director Manuel Weber, a specialist in Baroque theatre, whom they met at the creation of a production devoted to the fables of La Fontaine. …“

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(CA) CAMMAC  Popular

CAMMAC (CANADIAN AMATEUR MUSICIANS/MUSICIENS AMATEURS DU CANADA) "The beginnings of CAMMAC go back to 1953, on the shores of Otter Lake near Huberdeau in Argenteuil County. The idea of the founders, George and Carl Little as well as their wives, Madeleine and Frances, was to find a place in the midst of nature where all who love music could participate in it under the direction of professional musicians. Active participation rather than passive listening was to be favoured.

Thus the first CAMMAC music center was born in the Laurentians, named Otter Lake Music Centre. The beginnings were modest - 26 participants registered in the first session, which lasted two weeks." ...

CAMMAC offers summer workshops for various musical instruments, most notably the recorder, harpsichord and baroque dance. Please see website for more information.

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(US) Recorder music by Victor Eijkhout  Popular

Here you can find the recorder music by Victor Eijkhout, written to sound appealing, and suitable for solid intermediate level players. All music is downloadable free of charge, but Victor appreciates a copy of a concert program if you ever perform it.

Highlights: Passamezzo and La Folia variations for large ensemble, the Courtly Suite for one recorder and keyboard (with occasional exceptions), and a developing cycle of Canonical Hours for recorder sextet. 

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

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(US) Andrew Lawrence-King " Early Harp Homepage "  Popular

"The term 'early harp' includes all the various kinds of harp that were played in the centuries BEFORE the modern, orchestral pedal harp was invented: medieval harps, renaissance harps, baroque harps; Irish harps, Italian harps, Spanish harps; as well as less well-known but related instruments like the arpanetta, psaltery, and rotta. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(ES) Al Ayre Español  Popular

Al Ayre Español was founded in 1988 by Eduardo López Banzo with the objective of avoiding the mistaken clichés that often surrounded the performance of Spanish baroque music. The spirit of the ensemble made this possible thanks to musicological rigor, performance excellence and with the main purpose of giving new breath to music from the past, making them appear as recent compositions, and then offering them to the contemporary audience.

The name of the ensemble was inspired by the title for a guitar Fugue of the Calanda (Aragón) composer, Gaspar Sanz. In this Fugue he indicated the musician to play with "ayre español" (in the Spanish way). Unfortunately, precisely what that meant has remained in the 17th Century.

With the passing of the time, Al Ayre Español has become not only a prestigious ensemble, but moreover a performance philosophy, finally giving meaning to the Gaspar Sanz's indication. This has been achieved through lot of reflection, performance and mastery. Al Ayre Español is now a way of performing and enjoying music that Eduardo López Banzo has being creating as a work-in-progress, recognisable, requested and acclaimed all over the world, and for all these reasons was awarded the 2004 Spanish National Music Prize.

The fact that Al Ayre Español is more than a specialised early music ensemble, that represents the musical philosophy "al ayre español", has allowed the project to be flexible. This has made it possible to adapt itself to different formats, as a baroque orchestra -acknowledged by its performances of Handel and Bach- and lately as a classical-romantic orchestra -with opera and concert performances of Haydn and Mozart.

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(UK) Baroque Brass of London  Popular

"Baroque Brass of London is without rival in presenting brass music of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries on period instruments. The experience of Baroque Brass of London's players is unmatched as all are members of Europe's leading early music ensembles.

Brass instruments hold a prominent place in European musical tradition. Baroque Brass acknowledges a particular debt to David Munrow (1942 - 1976) the musicologist and distinguished performer largely responsible for the revival of early wind instruments.

The group consists of natural trumpets, cornetts, sackbuts, timpani, percussion and continuo. The trumpets use natural harmonics; the cornett was always valued for its resemblance to the human voice; the sackbut (precursor of the trombone) is soft and warm while the timpani tone is fresher and drier than its modern counterpart. The sound of the ensemble is, as might be expected, bright and pure in the larger ceremonial music and soft and supple in the smaller pieces. Baroque Brass creates a spectacular effect in the open air and in larger venues such as cathedrals. In contrast, it offers chamber music programmes in more intimate halls, such as those in palaces and castles, for example, where much of the repertoire was first performed. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Clemencic Consort  Popular

"The Clemencic Consort is an early-music ensemble comprised of international artists under the direction of René Clemencic. It performs in varying combinations of voices and instruments, depending on the programme.

Singers and instrumentalists from around the world have made it their task to interpret music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period on historical instruments. They set great store on lively authenticity, but at the same time they consciously avoid "the wagging finger". The programmes are structured in such a way that they convey a colourful overall impression of the respective period. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BR) Rosana Lanzelotte, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Considered one of the best Brazilian harpsichord players, Rosana Lanzelotte has played in important halls throughout her country as well as in Europe, including recitals at the Wigmore Hall and St. Martin-in-the-fields (London), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) and Palazzo Barberini (Rome). Rosana has released four solo CDs, among which the first recording on the harpsichord of The Seven Last Words by Haydn. Her CD The Brazilian Harpsichord, totally devoted to Brazilian music of the XXth century, has been pointed out as one of the five best releases of the year. Her next project features unknown Portuguese works to be recorded on the XVIIIth century Calisto harpsichord owned by the National Music Museum in the US.

As a researcher, she devotes herself to the area of Music Information Retrieval, developing techniques for effective availability of musical archives through the Internet.

For ten years, she has been running one of the most remarkable musical series in Rio - “Music in the Churches” – which concerts take place all over the city, including its poorest regions and “favelas”. Some outstanding artists played in the series, such as Heinz Holliger, Christophe Rousset, Accademia Bizantina and Ensemble Zefiro.

Due to her achievements, she has been awarded with the “Golfinho de Ouro” prize by the Cultural Council of Rio de Janeiro. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(DE) Marc Vogel GmbH - Cembaloteile (Harpsichord Parts)  Popular

"Already the litte change in the name of the company (earlier: Marc Vogel, Bestandteile fŸr den Cembalobau) shows, that fundamental things have changed but still are the same to the 20th anniversary on 1st July 2004 of the Marc Vogel oHG - Cembaloteile.

During the last 20 years Marc Vogel has constructed a small but fine supplier company for harpsichord builders. The products are used from China to the United States, from Moskau to the Amazonas. He invested as much power in the training of his employees, to whose he handed over his company. He said:

“Years of experiences instructed me to integrate young people to my work in time so that a continuoues developement of the firm is possible. I would like to use this anniversary to give the firm a more extensive basis. So the firm “Marc Vogel - Bestandteile fŸr den Cembalobau“ becomes the general partnership “Marc Vogel oHG - Cembaloteile“ through the entering of the employees Sabrina Meisel, Waldemar Zimmermann and Michael Scheer. I will retire from the daily business because of age and health, but I will still be at the firm's disposal as an adviser. I would like to thank you for the good cooperation and ask you to convert your trust to the new firm owners.Ó ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

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(FR) CLB (Catherine Le Bris) Management  Popular

“CLB Management has recently become CLB Management Ltd and we now have offices in France and the UK.  Kate, Artists Manager, is managing the UK office which is based in Southampton and Catherine, having relocated to Paris, manages the French office.  Please see our "contact" page for all of our new details.

CLB Management a changé de statut et s’est constitué en l’équivalent d’une SARL en France.  Entreprise enregistrée en Angleterre, elle a maintenant un bureau à Southampton dirigé par Kate Adams et un bureau à Paris où travaille et vit désormais Catherine Le Bris qui la dirige également.  Toutes les informations utiles sont sur la page ‘Contact’. …”

Category: Music Agent/Management

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(DE) Deutsche Clavichord Society  Popular

"The Deutsche Clavichord Societaet (DCS, German Clavichord Society), a registered non-profit society, was founded in 1993.

The DCS is a focus for every aspect of the clavichord and its music, especially for the revival of clavichord playing and its tradition. Further activities include lectures, publications, the support of research studies, archive of clavichords.

Its membership includes professional players, amateurs, makers of clavichords, restorers, musicologists and people who simply like the delicate sound of the clavichord.

The DCS holds clavichord days (Clavichordtage) which include concerts, courses, workshops on clavichord maintenance and tuning, exhibitions of instruments, lectures... "

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(ES) Rafael Marijuán, Harpsichord Maker  Popular

“After graduating in history-studies balanced with the practice of music in my city, Burgos, I moved to London where I trained in various workshops and in the City of London Polytechnic. In 1992 I returned to Spain and have since been working in construction and restoration of historic keyboards.”

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(IT) Novecembalo  Popular

“Founded in 2004, the ensemble works on harpsichord music of the 20th century, particularly Italian. It focuses on music ranging from the early 20th century to the avant-garde, right up to works composed today.

Novecembalo has worked with important contemporary musicians, including Enzo Porta, Dario Intrigo, Mariolina De Robertis and is currently studying under Annamaria Morini and Annelie De Man (Holland).

Composers who have written music for Novecembalo include: Ermanno Bacca, Andrea Basevi, Roberto Bonati, Mauro Bonelli, Fulvio Caldini, Andrea Cremaschi, Marco Ciannella, Silvia Colasanti, Fabrizio De Rossi Re, Fabrizio Fanticini, Enzo Galdi, Paolo Geminiani, Jiri Gemrot, Enrico Marocchini, Livio Minafra, Andrea Nicoli, Paolo Perezzani, Gianluca Podio, Stefano Taglietti, Daniele Venturi and Luigi Verdi.

Novecembalo edited the research catalogue "Il Clavicembalo nella Musica Contemporanea Italiana" ("The Harpsichord in Contemporary Italian Music") published in 2005 by the Associazione Clavicembalistica Bolognese (Bologna Harpsichord Association), which lists over 700 works by about 300 composers.
Novecembalo gives concert-lectures on the modern harpsichord repertoire (Italian conservatoires including Cremona, Bologna University Music Faculty Aula Magna; Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense).

Novecembalo also performs at music festivals in towns such as Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Cremona, La Spezia, Genova, Milano, Modena, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Roma, and Torino. Our programmes of contemporary music receive critical and public acclaim.“

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary New Music

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(AU) Sydney Society of Recorder Players  Popular

"The Sydney Society of Recorder Players was formed in 1956 to promote the playing of the recorder, and to foster interest in the musical repertoire of the instrument from medieval to modern times.

The Society provides opportunities for recorder players throughout Sydney and surrounding districts to meet and play the recorder. The Society supports other associations with similar aims. We sponsor the composition of original music for recorders.

There is a wide range of performance and competence on the recorder within the Society. Membership is open to all. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(US) Annual Prescott Summer Recorder Workshop  Popular

“The Desert Pipes (Phoenix) and the Central Highlands (Prescott) ARS chapters invite our recorder friends near and far to join us for our annual summer workshop in the cool pines of Prescott, AZ. “

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: May 28, 2011 | Hits: 2011

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(CA) Musique Royale  Popular

"WELCOME! Musique Royale is a summertime celebration of Nova Scotia's musical heritage. A cross-province festival now in its 23rd season, Musique Royale brings performances of early and traditional music take place in settings of historic and cultural significance in communities ranging from the small fishing towns of the South Shore to the magnificent highlands of Cape Breton. Just as the french and english overtones in the festival's name refer to the presence of more than one cultural force in Nova Scotia's musical development, Musique Royale pays tribute to the province's diverse musical heritage. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Tony Binham, Old Rare and Unusual Musical Instruments Bought and Sold  Popular

“All sorts of old rare and unusual musical instruments, bought and sold. Where may also be had a variety of old and new books, music and tutors, oil paintings, watercolours, engravings and photographs of musical interest.“

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

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(NY) New York Polyphony (NYP)  Popular

“NEW YORK POLYPHONY is gaining a reputation as the preeminent male classical vocal quartet in the fields of early and new music. Praised for a “rich, natural sound that’s larger and more complex than the sum of its parts” (National Public Radio), the four men deliver dynamic performances in a wide range of styles. From austere medieval melodies to cutting edge contemporary works, NYP balances refined musicianship with a uniquely modern sensibility.

Hailed as a “stunning tour through chant, polyphony and renaissance harmonies” (Minnesota Public Radio), their current CD Tudor City spent three weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard’s classical album chart. It has been featured on Danish Public Radio, American Public Radio and NPR’s All Things Considered.

NYP’s debut CD I sing the birth was released in 2007. The disc—an intimate meditation on the Christmas season—garnered unanimous praise. Gramophone Magazine named it “one of the season’s best”, BBC Music Magazine selected it as Editor’s Christmas Choice 2007, and Classic FM Magazine hailed it as “a disc for all seasons. …”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

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(US) Early Music Television  Popular

"EARLY MUSIC TELEVISION from the University of Oklahoma offers a series of professionally produced video programs that focus on important topics, composers, and works of early music. Designed for educators to use in the classroom and in the media library, these programs are written to be engaging both to the general public and to students of music history. These programs are now available on color VHS videocassettes.

The series was funded, in part, by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, The National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Oklahoma Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the JEC Fund, the Spain '92 Foundation, the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the U.S.-Spanish Joint Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation. " ...

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(MX) Festival de Musica Barroca de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.  Popular

“Our Mission
We are dedicated to increasing the quantity and quality of cultural activities in San Miguel, while building partnerships between Business and the Arts through a cohesive set of programs that promote music appreciation, build business leadership in support of the Arts, and facilitate growth in cultural tourism based in the Arts.

Our Vision

  •     Provide coordinated performances and educational activities which promote music appreciation and excellence.
  • Build an international network of musicians to participate in artistic exchanges with Mexican musicians.
  • Encourage the preservation and restoration of historically important venues, in and around San Miguel, by utilizing a variety of these beautiful spaces for concerts.
  • Coordinate activities with businesses and organizations interested in contributing to San Miguel’s cultural profile for the benefit of residents and visitors to this World Heritage city.”
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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

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(UK) Anneke Scott, Natural Horn  Popular

"Anneke Scott is “rapidly emerging as one of the outstanding younger exponents of the natural horn”. Having begun her studies at The Royal Academy of Music, London she was awarded prestigious scholarships to further her study in France and Holland where she concentrated on the various aspects of period horns. ...

For many years she has had a keen interest in chamber music which led to her becoming a founder member of The Etesian Ensemble. Through this ensemble she met the fortepianist Kathryn Cok with whom she formed a duo specialising in classical and romantic repertoire for horn and fortepiano. Kathryn and Anneke have recently been selected as two of Makng Music’s Concert Promoters Network Artists for 2008/2009.

An integral element of Anneke Scott’s career has been research. During 2005-2006 she undertook research at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Early Music Performance where she currently teaches period horns. In 2005 she received the great privilege of being invited by The Bate Collection, Oxford to perform in concert on one of their magnificent original Hofmaster horns dating from the mid 18th century and in 2006 was interviewed by BBC TV for the BBC2 series The People’s Museum discussing the Hofmaster horns housed at Edinburgh University. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

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(CA) Claviers Baroques  Popular

Den Ciul & Dawn Lyons -- "We build, sell, service, repair, rent, restore, tune, and transport harpsichords, clavichords, spinets, virginals, forte pianos and other historical keyboard instruments. Our shop is in Toronto, Ontario Canada, but our "territory" is much larger. With our trusty Van Strype we travel regularly to visit our clients and their instruments in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the states of Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana; New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and both Carolinas (we really like that, do call us if you are from a warm place!). We also do consulting and appraisals as well as sales and service. If you are looking for a harpsichord, or just want to find out more about them, you've come to the right place. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

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(AT) Early Music List  Popular

Early Music List. See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Feb 23, 2008 | Hits: 2001

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(DE) Danserey  Popular

"In 1551 the Dutch publisher Tilman Susato issued a book with tunes: "daer inne begrepen syn alderhande danserye". These words "a lot of dances" are the source of our name Danserey, under which we already demonstrated our dances on a lot of historical festivals throughout Bavaria/Germany.

The Danserey Landshut is a group which is performing demonstrations of dances and music out of the Renaissance in historical costumes.

We are meeting regularly in the VHS Landshut to learn new dances and to work on our program. For sure, we also enjoy just having fun. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

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(BE) Bach Concentus  Popular

"Bach Concentus was founded in 2007 by Ewald Demeyere (Artistic Director) and Giulio D'Alessio. Devoted to the instrumental and vocal repertoire of the Baroque and Classical periods, this period instrument orchestra with vocal soloists specialises in works by the Bach dynasty: Johann Christoph, Johann Bernard, Johann Sebastian, Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johan Christian. Repertoire by lesser known composers, for example Arne, Becker, G. Benda, Böhm, Furchheim, Meder, Penzel, Platti and Roman as well as lesser known compositions by illustrious composers such as Handel, Mozart, Salieri, Telemann and Vivaldi will also be performed. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

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(AU) Recorder and Early Music Society of West Australia Inc.  Popular

"Formed in 1995, the Society continues and extends the activities of the former West Australian Recorder Guild. The Society aims to:

  • promote an interest in early music (pre-1800) played o­n all instruments, and all music for recorders, early to modern;
  • encourage the study of the performance and interpretation of early music;
  • stimulate community interest in, and appreciation of, recorder music and early music -- listening, playing and composing;
  • promote fellowship and musicianship of players of all early instruments. ..."

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(UK) Crispian Steele-Perkins, Baroque Trumpet  Popular

"Crispian Steele-Perkins is a trumpet soloist who is world-renowned for the quality of his performances and wide-ranging musical experience.
On graduating from the Guildhall School of Music, Crispian spent his early career playing with the English National Opera and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He then spent 15 years working in Recording, TV and film studios, developing a body of work which is universally recognisable today, from Handel to James Bond themes and pop classics.
His interest in collecting and restoring antique trumpets led him to begin performing on them - appropriately you may have heard Crispian's playing introducing the BBC's “The Antiques Roadshow”. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

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(UK) Opera Restor'd  Popular

"Opera Restor'd is a touring company specialising in seventeenth and eighteenth century English opera and music theatre.

These centuries provided a wealth of attractive, accessible music which is not well known yet part of our musical heritage and still entertaining today. Supported by the expertise of specialists in the field, yet always bearing in mind the expectations of modern audiences, the company seeks to bring this repertory to a wide audience both at home and abroad.

In recent years we have focused on small-scale, fully-staged, flexible productions of eighteenth century works from both England and Europe, sung in English and supported by a small orchestra.

The company has performed in theatres, concert halls, historic buildings and major festival venues throughout Britain and has toured to France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Turkey. Since its creation in 1986 the company has attracted considerable acclaim for re-creating and making accessible the rich musical life of earlier centuries.

Opera Restor'd was the first opera Company to tour on the Early Music Network, has provided music and performers for the film Princess Caraboo and featured in the BBC Radio series Opera Out and About. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Opera

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(UK) Gordon Ferries, Lute; Baroque and Renaissance guitars; Vihuela; Theorbo  Popular

“Having initially studied classical guitar at Napier University, Gordon Ferries went on to study at the RSAMD where he specialised in lute and early guitar music. He has now established himself as one of the UK's leading exponents of the baroque guitar. Gordon has worked for both television and radio: arranging and performing music for Radio 4; featuring on 'Scotland's Music' with Concerto Caledonia, and for BBC 2 television. He has performed in venues and festivals across the UK both as a soloist and in ensemble and has appeared with The Scottish Ensemble, The Scottish Early Music Consort and the Edinburgh Quartet, amongst others. Gordon directs his own group, Symphonie des Plaisir.

Gordon has been awarded two grants from the Scottish Arts Council towards study at the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, reasearching the baroque guitar; the fruits of which appear on his recordings. He lectures in lute and guitar at Napier University in Edinburgh, and is involved in teaching young people in many musical styles.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(US) Aquila USA  Popular

"Aquila USA is the U.S. representative for Aquila Corde Armoniche, manufacturers of the finest gut strings and synthetic strings, for historical and modern musical performance. " View website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

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(AU) The Marais Project  Popular

“Welcome to The Marais Project www site.  I founded The Marais Project in 2000 to perform the complete works of Marin Marais in the unique context of 21st century Australia.  Over the years our repertoire has greatly expanded and now includes a huge range of wonderful vocal and instrumental music for the viola da gamba from the 1400's to the present.  We also commission and arrange new music for the ensemble.  Concert tickets and copies of our CDs are available from this site using Paypal.  You will also find reviews, articles, interesting links and past programs.

I hope that you enjoy the site and that you can come to our concerts.  Thanks for visiting.

Jenny Eriksson
Founder and Director”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jan 15, 2012 | Hits: 1987

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(CA) EarlyMusicNews.org  Popular

The EarlyMusicNews.org website (created July/2005) is meant to be a community driven website where news items concerning early music news are posted and discussed. Through its networked membership, EarlyMusicNews.org, will act as a central clearing house for news to the early music community.

You are presently on this site. Many thanks for your visit as well as your submissions.

Marc Paré, Admin

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

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(UK) Fugue State Films  Popular

“We are a full-service production company who make documentary films about classical music.

We specialise in Early Music and Keyboard Music, and have made films about some of the most important historic organs in the world. 

We have worked extensively in England, Canada, the USA, Mexico, France, Holland and Germany.

We make innovative work that is challenging, engaging, and engrossing, and is very much for the discerning viewer.

Our films are available to buy in beautifully produced boxed sets containing both a DVD and one or more CDs.

Fugue State Films was founded in 2007 by Will Fraser and Simon Still. We brought together our existing companies, our libraries of film productions, and our more than twenty years of experience.  ..”

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Category: Production Companies

Added on: Apr 14, 2010 | Hits: 1986

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(US) Aaron Concert Artists  Popular

“Jon Aaron created ACA in April of 2000 to provide management services, tour management and production support for variety of artists and special projects.

Jon Aaron, who had operated under the name Aaron Concert Management in Boston until 1996, has been active in the performing arts since 1980. In 1996 he sold Aaron Concert Management to Trawick Artists Management and moved the operation to New York. In February of 2000 he resigned his position at Trawick to concentrate on those areas of specific interest to him.

In Boston, Aaron was responsible for the creation of a number of organizations including Charles River Concerts, to present emerging artists in Boston, and the Boston Early Music Festival of which he was managing director until 1990.

Aaron Concert Management was responsible for debut North American tours of numerous artists including the Tallis Scholars, Musica Antiqua Köln, Les Arts Florissants, Gabrieli Consort, the Ensemble Sequentia, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, and numerous others. As well, the company intiated a number of commissioning projects for its artists of new work and new productions.

In this latest incarnation, ACA has been involved with special productions for the Lincoln Center Festival including a fascinating collaboration between the Ensemble Sequentia and Ping Chong which presented a performance of the Icelandic Edda in July of 2001 as well as production of Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf in 2006. As well the company has produced runs, Noche Flamenca in Miami Beach and Berkeley and acted as co-producer of the Rock Hotel Pianofest. Most recently, Aaron was co-producer of a major DVD production of Benjamin Bagby’s performance of Beowulf which was released in North America by Koch Entertainment and by the Films Media Group. In the summer of 2007 he was involved in multiple performances by Jordi Savall at the International Edinburgh Festival coordinating the musical aspect of the fully staged Orfeo as well as four other concerts.

ACA will continues to represent a number of soloists and ensembles that tour regularly through North America and worldwide.

Jon Aaron is also a teacher of mindfulness meditation and stress reduction in New York City teaching at the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The 92nd St. Y, and the Einstein College of Medicine. He is also trained in alternative dispute resolutions.”

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Category: Music Agent/Management

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(AU) AntiQuated Strings, Hurdy-Gurdy  Popular

“Many years ago I saw a black & white Spencer Tracey Film Called “Captains courageous”.  Spencer’s character played a bizarre mechanical fiddle called a Hurdy Gurdy. From that point this instrument fascinated me. Finding one to play was not very easy, so it was sometime before I was courageous enough to make one. I had never seen a hurdy gurdy in the flesh before. This made troubleshooting a long and sometimes painful process. My intension was to make a quick and dirty hurdy gurdy by converting an old guitar. In the end I put more work and detail into it and ended up with a very playable instrument that I named George. From then on I was hooked. ..“  (Graeme McCormack) Hurdy-gurdy plans are also offered on the site.

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

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(NL) Italian Music Treatises  Popular

Italian Music Treatises. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(CA) Records of Early English Drama (REED)  Popular

"REED is an international scholarly project that is establishing for the first time the broad context from which the great drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries grew. REED examines the historical MSS that provide external evidence of drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until 1642, when the Puritans closed the London theatres. Although the project is based at Victoria University in the University of Toronto (an institution renowned for its scholarship in medieval and early modern culture), REED's internal governance is provided by an Executive Board of senior scholars in early drama and related fields. Its advisors and collections editors are drawn from Canada, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. " ...

Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

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(JP) Early Music Competition YAMANASHI  Popular

“History:

  • The competition"Early Music Competition" began in the year 1987 to bring up young Japanese musicians in this field.
  • From the 2nd competition the Early Music Committee arranges also concert by the Prize winners.
  • From the 3rd competition it also arranges exhibition of instruments.
  • From the 3rd competition it ties up with the "Tochigi-Kuranomachi-Music-Festival" to let the prize winner take recital in the city Tochigi.
  • From the 10th competition it is international and the committee invites at least one jury from abroad every year. It has already invided Anna Carol Dudley, Francoise Lengelle, Monique Zanett, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Judith Nelson, Barbara Schlick, Jan Willem Jansen, Richard Wistreich, Bob van Asperen, kees Boeke, Jill Feldman, Jose Luis Gonzales Uriol, Agnes Mellon and ketil Haugsand
  • Candidates of competition, Juries, Participants of exhibition and masterclass are also international

From the 21st competition the formal name of the Competition is "Early Music Competition YAMANASHI"

The Early Music Competition is consisted now of Competition, Exhibition and Demonstration of instruments, books, CDs etc. Masterclass by juries, Concer by prize winners, Concerts by juries etc.“

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Asia

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(US) Harpsichord PBWiki  Popular

"Welcome to Harpsichords Wiki!
Begun by: Patrick Frye III
composer/performer/teacher

NOTICE: Please contribute SEPARATE pages for opinions that might differ from existing posts. Changing a WIKI is NOT just for an opposing viewpoint--Besides EVERYONE would want to see ALL or BOTH positions before a final decision on the subject. Prove your better academic approach and respect for the work of others with YOUR OWN Contribution, rather than simply altering someone else's contribution. After some time and many involved, a MUCH better site and resource regarding the harpsichord will be created by EVERYONE and less bias will be observed as well as all the historical permutations that have existed and have been used and studied involving the instrument, the music and tunings.

Patrick Frye III "

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Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

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(US) Super-Sensitive Musical String Co.  Popular

"When it comes to strings and accessories, Super-Sensitive Musical String Co. is in perfect harmony with your needs. Because at the heart of our commitment to quality is a dedication to understanding the unique needs of musicians. It’s how the first Red Label string was made back in 1930, and why it’s still the leading educational student string today.

Through collaboration between manufacturing, musicians and educators, we’ve continued to innovate the industry with the highest quality strings and accessories. The Red Label Premium strings are just one of the exciting new products that continue our tradition of excellence and enable musicians to play to their full potential, from first try to first chair.

The Cavanaugh Family,
John, Ellen, Jim and Susan " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

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(UK) Malcolm Rose, Harpsichord and String Maker  Popular

"We have been making iron, brass, red brass, copper and tinned copper wires for keyboard instruments since 1981, and they are in use by makers and restorers throughout the world. Their formulation is based on research work begun in 1976 into the wires used in Europe from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

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(BE) Flanders Recorder Quartet  Popular

" The Flanders Recorder Quartet wonderful enthusiasm and virtuosity of Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris van Goethem and Paul van Loey is more than sufficient to convince international audiences of the limitless possibilities and sheer beauty of their instrument. Jubilant critiques following CD releases and live performances attest to the success of their daring and unique programming. The four members of the FRQ are regularly lauded for their crystal clear ensemble playing, their seemingly effortless virtuosity and their expressive interpretation. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(CA) Viola d' Amore  Popular

“After studies at Cornell University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Thomas Georgi moved to Australia to take up a position with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. While a resident of Brisbane he developed an interest in early music, founding the Badinerie Players. Since his return to North America to join the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, he has specialized in the Viola D'Amore, performing solos on that instrument with Tafelmusik across North America, in Japan, in Europe and in Australia. He has recorded for Sony Vivarte, BMG and CBC as a violinist, but now with the completion of the series of Ariosti's music for viola d'amore for the remarkable Bis.se record lable, Thomas Georgi will have made the largest and most widely available recording project of the viola d'amore in the history of recorded sound. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(US) American Bach Soloists  Popular

“For more than 15 years, the American Bach Soloists have presented annual performances of Summer Fest in Belvedere, San Francisco, and Davis.

Summer Fest returns this year in conjunction with the inaugural season of the American Bach Soloists ACADEMY, an elite training program for advanced conservatory-level students and emerging professionals in the field of Historically Informed Performance Practice.

All events are held in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s exquisite new facilities, opened just a few years ago in the heart of San Francisco’s Arts District.

Join the celebrated artists of the American Bach Soloists who will perform side-by-side with the next generation of early music specialists. ..“

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

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(AT) R. Tutz Woodwind Instruments  Popular

"Thanks to our long-time cooperation with international musicians we have been able to continually improve the pitch and the efficiency of our instruments. We never forget about the characteristic sound and we are well aware that the perfect instrument has not been made yet. We see ourselves as mediators between the musician and his music.

Each of our instruments is 100% handmade and unique. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(IT) Ensemble Micrologus  Popular

Early music ensemble from Italy. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

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(AU) Earthly Delights  Popular

"Welcome to a world of music, dance and costume! Earthly Delights is both the name of a wonderful band and the banner under which a cluster of related passions are exercised.

As a band Earthly Delights might be anything from a wandering trio to a full-on five-piece, and might be caught doing anything from garden weddings to grand concerts, playing anything from pavans to tangos and leading anything from a simple 17th century country dance to a snazzy 19th century couples dance.

As a banner, Earthly Delights covers everything from tutoring dance, putting on balls to producing CDs, publishing dance & tune books, making fine historical costumes and as the Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy is the home of the Bordonian Heritage Dancers. Besides creation and performance, however, Earthly Delights is also about sharing - and hence our intention to develop this web-site into as much of a public resource as possible. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Aug 20, 2008 | Hits: 1959

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(IT) Barocco Festival "Leonardo Leo"  Popular

“The Baroque Festival dedicated to Leonardo Leo was born with its first edition in 1997 with the intention of recovering the historical memory and artistic master composer, born in San Vito of the Normans in 1694.

Since then the event has grown from year to year, calling him international artists and ensembles and a wide audience.”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(BR) III Semana de Música Antiga da UFMG: do mysterium eloquente  Popular

2011 Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Early Music Week III: On the Eloquent Mysterium

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / South America

Added on: May 25, 2011 | Hits: 1957

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(CA) Kevin Komisaruk - "Art of Touch", Harpsichordist & Organist  Popular

"Kevin Komisaruk is Assistant Professor of organ and harpsichord at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. He concertizes frequently throughout Europe and North America, and can be heard on network broadcasts of Radio France, SRC/CBC (Canada), and NPR (USA). Kevin Komisaruk records with Canada's leading ATMA record label. His 2001 disc of works by John Bull received several awards and citations including those from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada, Belgium's Magazine d'orgue, and the Journal of Seventeenth-century Music. His 2005 recording of works by Samuel Scheidt on the meantone organ at Knox College Toronto has been critically acclaimed by SRC (Radio Canada) and European journals including Goldberg and Scherzo. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(AU) Terry McGee, Flute Maker  Popular

“Terry McGee makes wooden flutes for Irish, early and classical music based on the best of original instruments, including the popular Rudall & Rose and Pratten's Perfected models.  Based in Malua Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Terry has been a flute maker since the mid seventies and exports his instruments to the four corners of the globe.

Terry's instruments are one-off craftsman-built instruments using the finest materials and a combination of traditional and modern techniques.  They show the benefit of the vast and continuing research he has undertaken in Australia and in collections around the world. The most rigorous attention to tuning makes his instruments the most precise and vibrant available, and incorporation of new techniques makes them far more rewarding to play than the best of the originals. On the practical side, he has developed a new tuning slide which does not cause splitting as did the traditional slide, and new key shapes to improve ease of playing.

Terry also makes replacement parts and carries out repairs and rebuilds for original instruments. This site includes extensive information on flute care, history, research, choosing a flute, fingering charts and links to other important flute resources. ..“

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(US) Don Angle, Harpsichord  Popular

"Don began playing in public at the age of 12, moved to Boston, MA in 1961 to study at the Berklee School (now College) of Music. In 1962 he took a "temporary" job with the Harpsichord Maker William Dowd, and stayed 28 years. During this time of employment, he was encouraged to try some of this material on the harpsichord, and it was so well received that concerts and recordings became an increasingly important part of his activity.

He has appeared in Europe at Merseburger Orgeltage 2002, on Austrian Radio, at the Rodin Gallery in Seoul, South Korea, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He has had four appearances with the Augusta (GA) Pops Orchestra playing his orchestrated keyboard arrangements. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(NL) Gustav Leonhardt, Early Keyboardist  Popular

Facebook site for Gustav Leonhardt.

“Gustav Leonhardt (born 30 May 1928, 's-Graveland) is a highly acclaimed Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. Leonhardt has been a leader in the movement to perform music on period instruments. The keyboard instruments on which he has performed and recorded include the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum (a combination of a harpsichord and an organ), clavichord, and fortepiano. .. “

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(CH) duo Fue, Sarah Van Cornewal & Tomoko Mukoyama, Early Flute  Popular

Early Flute ensemble.

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(IT) Claudio Santambrogio, Flautist  Popular

Claudio Santambrogio has been active as a flutist both in the field of early as well as contemporary music, specializing on period instruments. He is a member of the ensemble 'de vinea', specialized in Medieval Music, and of The Modena Consort, a quartet of Renaissance transverse flutes.
He has conducted extensive research on iconographical and textual references of the transverse flute in the Middle Ages, and has explored the repertoire of what he believes being a forgotten golden age the transverse flute, the late 14th century culminating in the so-called Ars subtilior.
With Boaz Berney he worked on the reconstruction of an instrument for this repertoire, based on a very unusual instrument from the Musikinstrumentemeuseum in Berlin. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(ES) Renaissance Workshop Company  Popular

"The Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd. (RWC) is the world’s largest specialist manufacturer of early music instruments, all based on existing originals or relevant iconography and are handmade by a small team of dedicated craftsmen who have many years experience.

RWC designs and manufacture, for historical performance, a wide range of faithful reproductions of mediaeval, renaissance and baroque musical instruments from keyboards (clavichords, harpsichords, spinets…) and stringed instruments (fiddles, lutes, viols, hurdy-gurdies, psalteries…) to windcaps (crumhorns, cornamusen, shawms...)

RWC is not only an Early Music workshop making musical Instruments to the highest standards, the company has saved many rare and some relatively unknown instruments from extinction.

What makes the Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd. unique however is that the same range of Early Music instruments are offered to customers either complete or in kit form for home assembly. Each kit provides all the parts for you to build the instrument and has been designed for ease of assembly. Most do not assume any prior knowledge or experience of instrument making. The company even organises kit-building courses, designed to be as much fun as they are instructive

Although most of the kits are sold to aficionados, the company supplies to connoisseurs of mediaeval, renaissance and baroque music throughout the world, and has established a strong export base to Europe, Japan and the United States. RWC has really contributed to the take off of the sales of early music instruments world-wide. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

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(FR) Le magazine de l'opéra baroque  Popular

Vast site on the subject of Baroque Opera (French language only).

Category: Early Opera

Added on: Nov 17, 2005 | Hits: 1946

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Unequal Temperaments  Popular

" This web site is devoted to musicians, keyboard tuners, instrument makers and very especially to the readers of my Unequal Temperaments book (1978). In order to facilitate printing, most of the text has been set to black and only standard fonts are used. The material that benefits from careful formatting has been stored in MS Word and Excel files for the reader to download. All the files are relatively small, ranging from 30 to less than 400 Kbytes each. All the material in this site is my copyright, but all the texts can be freely used for non-commercial purposes provided due acknowledgement is made quoting in full both my name and this site's web address. My authorisation is needed before using the material for any commercial purposes. Enjoy. " ...

Category: Miscellaneous links

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(DE) Konzertdirektion Schmid  Popular

“Welcome to the website of Konzertdirektion Schmid, one of Europe’s leading music managements, with offices in Hannover, London and Berlin.

Owner-operated since 1959, KDS offers its versatile service for artists, orchestras, concert presenters and the wider audience through developing artists' careers, tours, concert series and integrated PR campaigns on an international basis.

In all we do, we believe in trust and excellence.”

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Category: Music Agent/Management

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(CH) Peter Croton -- Lutenist, Guitarist, Songwriter  Popular

“Award-winning lutenist/guitarist Peter Croton is an active performer & recording artist as soloist & accompanist. In the press he has been called a "lyric poet of the lute" and has been praised for his "extroverted virtuosity of the highest degree". His compositions for voice & lute have been described as "challenging and refined... highly suited for inclusion in today's concert repertoire". With his duo partner Theresia Bothe he has performed and recorded a wide variety of music, including many of his original songs.

Peter teaches lute, continuo, and historical performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Musikhochschule in Bern. His tutor, 'Figured Bass on the Classical Guitar - a practical approach based on historical principles', has been described by Konrad Ragossing as

"...a valuable contribution not only to the practice of  playing thoroughbass on the classical guitar, but above all to the expansion of knowledge of musical practice in a fundamental period in Western music - a  guide equally important for all guitarists, for teachers, students and concert artists".“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(ES) Museo de la Música  Popular

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Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

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(US) Glen Shannon Music  Popular

“Glen Shannon Music was founded in 1998 when the Prelude & Fugue in D Minor for SSATB recorders (now published as SMM100) won first prize in 1997 in the biennial composition contest sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Recorder Society. The main focus is publishing music for recorder ensembles, but that could change at any moment. One of the basic rules of my music is that all parts are interesting - after spending years in high school and college concert bands, I learned that it's boring playing all whole-notes on the contrabass clarinet, or in the third clarinet section. So I like to keep everyone interested. The Prelude & Fugue is an excellent example of that philosophy.”

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

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(CA) Alison Melville, Recorder and Early Flutes  Popular

"Since playing her first CBC radio gig at the age of 20, Alison Melville's career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player has taken her across Canada from Whitehorse to St. John's and to the US, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand and Europe. Her extraordinary breadth of experience as a performer comprises solo and chamber music recitals; music for dance, theatre, film and television; orchestral playing with modern and period instrument orchestras; music from the 12th to 21st centuries, composed, arranged and improvised; and music from Celtic and Scandinavian traditions." ...

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(US) Pacific MusicWorks (PMW)  Popular

“Pacific MusicWorks provides a forum for the artistic vision of conductor and baroque opera specialist Stephen Stubbs.  Productions range from chamber music to fully staged operas, engaging internationally renowned artists in collaboration with leading musicians of the Northwest.  Audiences of early music enthusiasts are expanding by PMW’s educational offerings that reach from the primary school level through advanced work with young professionals to other members of our community.“

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Category: Early Opera

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(UK) English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble  Popular

“The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, based in London, are now celebrating their 15th year. All the members are leading specialists on early brass instruments with a shared aim to take the performance of repertoire for Cornetts and Sackbuts to the highest level.

Since it’s formation, ECSE have played at many major music festivals in the UK and abroad including the Bath International Festival, Spitalfields, Warwick & Leamington and the York Early Music Festival including being finalists in the Early Music Network International Young Artists Competition. Sell out appearances have also been given at London’s Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square and the Purcell Room. ECSE have toured in France, Canada and Israel (twice with the assistance of the British Council). In April 2008, ECSE returned to Canada following there successful tour back in 2001 with performances in Toronto and Ottawa of their new programme “FLOWER OF CITIES ALL” plus world premiere performances of a new commission for ECSE by Canadian composer Andrew Ager. A live performance for Canada’s new radio station, Classical 96.3FM was also given. ECSE have also performed on BBC Radio 3, 4 and BBC Scotland and their recordings are often heard on Radio 3 and Classic FM. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(BE) Flanders Festival-Antwerp  Popular

"The Flanders Festival-Antwerp offers a unique programme of concerts and educational initiatives. The organisation's main focus is on HIP music, a.k.a. Historically Informed performance. Ever wondered how medieval or renaissance music may have sounded? Our festival is the place to find out!

Laus Polyphoniae is one of the most important European festivals in its genre. Since 1994 this early music event has taken place annually during the last weeks of August. Each edition brings into focus a certain repertoire or a certain composer. This music is then toroughly explored by internationally reputed musicians who form the ensemble in residence. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

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(US) Clarion Music Society  Popular

"The Clarion Music Society is a period-instrument orchestra committed to performing lost or neglected works from the 18th and 19th centuries in addition to well-known masterworks from these periods that are rarely heard on authentic instruments.

What Sets Clarion Apart from Other Orchestras?

The Clarion Music Society is unique among American orchestras in three fundamental areas:

Rediscovery and Performance of Lost Masterworks – Clarion performs 18th and 19th-century works that have been lost or that are rarely heard by American audiences, works rediscovered through the most intensive and discerning musicological research.

Breadth of Repertoire – Unlike most other American period-instrument orchestras, Clarion includes in its repertoire music from not only the Baroque, but also the Classical and Romantic periods. Clarion performs these works on period instruments and following the performance practice of the time.

International Artists – Clarion frequently features international soloists of the highest caliber, particularly young artists who have not yet had the chance to perform in New York. " Visit website for more details. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

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(DE) Flautando Köln  Popular

“Flautando Köln was founded in 1990. We, Katharina Hess, Susanne Hochscheid, Ursula Thelen und Kerstin de Witt, received our artistic education a.o. in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Cologne and passed our respective examinations with distinction.

Since our founding, Flautando Köln performs nationally and internationally and we have also produced several recordings for national radio (i.e. WDR, SWF, Radio Bremen, DLF, Saarländischer Rundfunk).

With our broad musical repertoire from middle age to modern music and our interesting range of instruments and musical programmes, Flautando Köln are regular participants at well known festivals across Europe, like a.o. Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Times of Ancient Music Festival in Berlin and Herne, Music Festival Dresden, International Music Exhibition in London, Music Festival Middle-Europe in the Czech Republic, Festival Tirana Autumn in Albania, Festival of Ancient Music in Switzerland and at the Porto Series in Portugal.. .“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(CH) Ana Arnaz, Soprano  Popular

"She was born in Huesca, Spain. At the age of nine she began studying voice and piano at the Miguel Fleta School of Music. From there she went on to study voice at the Conservatorio del Liceu de Barcelona where she specialized in opera and received an honours diploma. Subsequently she transferred to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, where she studied with Dominique Vellard and Richard Levitt and began working as a soloist and chamber musician with various groups such as Gilles Binchois (medieval and renaissance music), Vox Suavis, (founded by her and Dominique Vellard, dedicated to traditional and medieval spanish music) and la Cecchina (baroque music). With these ensembles she has performed regularly at international festivals in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. She also has given introductory courses to the interpretation of old music at the conservatory of Huesca (Spain), in New Hampshire (USA) and at the Pigna University in Corsica. She has collaborated in several cd recordings with Gilles Binchois and la Cecchina."

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(US) Flying Forms  Popular

"Flying Forms – To be a presence that transforms communities and inspires expression through excellence in performance, innovative education and creative collaboration.

Flying Forms consists of members Sang Joon Park (traverso), Marc Levine (baroque violin), and Tami Morse (harpsichord). Already experienced modern instrument musicians with Doctor of Musical Arts degrees we formed Flying Forms out of our passion for performing early chamber music. In order to broaden our repertoire choices, and to experiment within the chamber music concert genre, Flying Forms collaborates regularly with other musicians and artists, including gambist Martha McGoughey and baroque dancers Dorothy Olsson and Mark Mindek.

Flying Forms performs regularly on the St. Mark’s Concert Series in Islip, and has upcoming concerts throughout the New York metropolitan area and in Boston. They regularly give lecture demonstrations at Stony Brook University, in the Islip Public School System, and Long Island museums and libraries.

In addition, Flying Forms has many on-going projects including performing the modern premieres of Carlos Canobio’s duos for violin and flute, recording and performing the complete Telemann “Paris” Quartets, recording a companion CD to a book written by baroque dance specialists Dorothy Olsson and Kaspar Mainz, and collaborating with singers and dancers in a fully-staged chamber opera performance. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Susanne Pumhösl, Harpsichord  Popular

"Susanne Pumhösl lives in Vienna, where she works as a freelance musician and teaches at Konservatorium Wien University. She began her career as a soloist in 1996, after taking first place at the International Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Competition at Melk Monastery with the virtuoso baroque aria “Vo far Guerra” from G.F. Handel’s opera “Rinaldo”.
br> Her solo and chamber music activities—with the ensembles Capella Leopoldina and Private musicke—have been documented in numerous CD and radio recordings and have received several awards. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) De Camer van Musiecke  Popular

"De Camer van Musiecke ("the music chamber") performs renaissance music, mainly from 16th century Italy, France, Spain, England and the Low Countries.

They draw on compositions by (among others) Jacob van Eyck, Orlando di Lasso, Jacques Arcadelt, Nicolas Gombert, Thomas Crequillon, Giovanni Bassano, Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Battista Riccio, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Girolamo Frescobaldi and, of course, the inevitable, but most versatile and unseizable anonymous." See website for more information. (ed.)

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(FI) Helsinki Baroque Orchestra  Popular

“Founded in 1997, the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra is a new-generation line-up offering its audiences a chance to enjoy early music in a fresh, distinctive presentation. The use of period instruments is part of the orchestra's striving to discover new perspectives on the performance of old masterworks in a communicative way.

Aapo Häkkinen started out as Artistic Director of the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in 2003. His authoritative knowledge and personal vision have clearly profiled the orchestra, and it has become one of the most interesting ensembles in Finnish musical life today. In 2009 Riccardo Minasi took the position of Associate Director...“

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(CZ) Prachatice Early Music Summer School  Popular

The programme of the course includes individual lessons, group teaching of techniques, ensemble playing, listening workshops, lectures, and concerts of lecturers and participants and lots of chances to play with fellow participants (instrumentalists as well as vocalists) from all over the World.

Prachatice is situated in the southern part of Czech Republic, c. 30 km east of České Budějovice, 130 km south from Prague, 200 km north-east of Munich and 200 km north-west of Vienna.

The town is fascinating primarily because of its large medieval fortifications, entrance gate with battlements, dominant late Gothic church, the Old Town-Hall with inner porticos and a number of Renaissance buildings.

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(FR) Festival Saint-Michel  Popular

"Home to the famous Jean de Boizard organ (1714) the Saint-Michel abbey has welcomed for the last several years, the most sought after artists of ancient music. The music coproduced by radio France MUSIQUE with the choreographic collection called TEMPERAMENTS, confirms the baroque destiny of the abbey in harmony with the site. The ancient and baroque music festival The festival has its roots in the restoration of the prestigious historical organ (1714) of the abbey church and the artistic activity that followed as a result since1984. The festival was started in 1987 with the important decision by Radio France and the Conseil General of the Aisne departement : Every Whit Monday the train of FRANCE MUSIQUE radio would, for a whole day of music, take several hundred Parisian music lovers to attend two concerts transmitted live on radio. "

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(CH) Paolo Pandolfo, Gambist  Popular

" He began his research in the field of renaissance and baroque musical idioms around 1979 together with violinist Enrico Gatti and harpsicordist Rinaldo Alessandrini. Studied then with Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. In 1982 he became a member of J.Savall's ensemble Hesperion XX and played with him until 1990 throughout the world, and making dozens of recordings (among them Bach's Kunst der Fuge, J.Dowlands Consort music, Neapolitan Renaissance Music , etc. etc.). In 1990, after the huge success of his first recording as a soloist (C.P.E.Bach's Sonatas for Viola da Gamba), he was nominated as Professor of viola da gamba at his alma mater, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. Since this appointment, he concentrates his teachimg activities in Basel, whilst his performing carrier takes him all over the world, playing with artists such as Emma Kirkby, Rolf Lislevand, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Mitzi Meyerson, Jose' Miguel Moreno and many others. Since 1992 he directs Labyrinto, a group of four or five viola da gambas, which is dedicated to the huge "consort music" repertoire. ... "

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(CA) Toronto Bach Consort  Popular

"The Bach Consort performs the music of J.S. Bach, exploring the riches of his more than 200 secular and religious cantatas. Formed in 1992 by bass player Timothy Dawson and baritone Gordon McLeod, The Bach Consort includes a core of members from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik, as well as some of Canada's most sought-after singers and instrumentalists. Soprano Monica Whicher, baritone Russell Braun, alto Elizabeth Turnbull; tenors Michael Shade and Benjamin Butterfield; baritones Brett Polegato and Kevin MacMillan---have appeared with the Canadian Opera Company, with most Canadian Orchestras, and with major opera companies in North America and Europe.

These artists have lent the gift of Bach's music, performing for community groups such as Camphill Village Ontario and L'Arche--- communities for adults with disabilities---and Settlement House Music School. As well, the ensemble has helped in the fundraising activities of Out of the Cold and Share the Warmth. Their concerts provided these organizations with a musical forum from which they reached out to the public. To that end, the group has recorded two compact discs in aid of charity: The Bach Consort at Camphill and The Bach Consort at L'Arche. In designing its programme, The Bach Consort chooses music to highlight the performers in a variety of solo and ensemble works. This follows the Baroque tradition of creating an obbligato or instrumental solo, which interweaves with the vocal line. The ensemble often performs without a conductor, reaching a musical consensus during rehearsals prior to their concerts. Once this artistic agreement has been forged, The Bach Consort is ready to share the depth and joy of Bach's music with its generous audience.

Timothy Dawson, Founder
Timothy is a member of the string bass section of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He began his studies in Edmonton with Peter Marck, who is now Co-Principal Bass of the Israel Philharmonic. Timothy continued his education at the University of Toronto with Tom Monahan (then Principal Bass of the TSO). He graduated in the Spring of 1979 and started with the TSO thereafter. Since joining the orchestra, Tim has been actively involved in organizing concerts. Two groups have grown out of this love of chamber music; The Bach Consort and BASStiality." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Freiburger Barockorchester  Popular

"Baroque music retains its special role for the FBO – even after twenty years. While the “Freiburgers” have meanwhile earned a reputation as interpreters of classical, romantic and even contemporary music, the Baroque in the orchestra’s name is still more than merely a description of an epoch: it stands for the musicians’ practical performance perspective as well as for their pleasure in musicianship and cultivated, virtuoso ensemble playing.

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra has conquered the world’s best known concert halls with this musical self-image. From the Baroque perspective, the music of the 18th and 19th century, in particular, sounds young and modern and not at all like old music, but as immediate as if the ink on the music sheets was still damp. This is perhaps what James R. Oestreich meant when he enthused, in the New York Times in March 2007: “The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, familiar from […] opera recordings and other notable projects, may be the liveliest ensemble now on the international early-music scene.”

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra’s prominent status in international musical life is expressed both in its continuous collaboration with significant artists such as Andreas Staier, Thomas Quasthoff, Cecilia Bartoli and René Jacobs, as well as in a close collaboration with the French recording label harmonia mundi France, and is successfully reflected in numerous CD productions and outstanding awards. Hence, only recently, a survey of journalists in the magazine Opernwelt presented the FBO with its “Orchestra of the Year 2007” award.

Under the artistic direction of its two concert masters Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra Müllejans, or under the baton of selected conductors, with about one hundred appearances each year the FBO performs in differing formations ranging from chamber music to opera orchestra: a self-administrated ensemble with its own subscription concerts in Freiburg’s Konzerthaus, Stuttgart’s Liederhalle and Berlin’s Philharmonie, as well as with worldwide tours. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Ekkehart Stegmiller, Historical Musical Instruments  Popular

"Harpsichord and viol - old music played on old instruments is growing in popularity. Laymen as well as professional musicians interpret music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque increasingly today with replicas of musical instruments from the time when the music was played.

For over twenty-five years, I offer a wide range of such historical instruments: cheap replicas for beginners as detailed copies for the layman and professional musicians and kits for customers who wish to build instrument themselves, along with accessories, literature, music and CDs .

On this website I can currently only a small part of my bid. My whole catalogue with tools, kits and accessories can I send you on request (or download in pdf format on site. (ed.) ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) SCA Dance Database Search Engine  Popular

" * You can search on one of these names at a time: o Arrangers o Dances o Dance steps o SCA Sheet music * Usefull, case sensitive, search names: RealAudio, MP3, CD (audio CD), PS or PDF (sheet music), Book, MIDI, Arranger, LOD, NWC, Steps " ...

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(AT) I Febiarmonici  Popular

"The I Febiarmonici, an orchestra founded in 1999 and operating on the principles of historical performance practice, draws its members from musicians of international origin and renown. Ist Initiator, the violinist Jochen Grüner, was educated at the Academy of Early Music in Bremen.

The Ensemble takes its inspiration from Italian musical troupes of the eighteenth century which in their time toured their country as so-called I Febiarmonici and obtained an outstanding reputation owning to their quality music and love of traveling.

In the short time since its founding, the orchestra has already gone on to gain notice with its fascinating projects. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Les Flûtes Jean-François Beaudin  Popular

"Born in 1956, I am a north-american francophone from Montréal, Québec, Canada. I am part of the pioneering group of musicians, who, here and in France (1975), participated in the first development of the performance of early music on period instruments. After my studies at the Université de Montréal, I completed my studies at the Conservatoire Royal de La Haye, en Hollande ( 1978-80 ).

I take time and great care in my flute making as did previous makers. Being a flautist, I also maintain the rhythm of a small production workshop each year. " (transl. ed.) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Colbert Artists Management  Popular

“We're a classical music management company, representing outstanding artists in North America and throughout the world.” (Info. Facebook site)

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(ES) Ars Hispana  Popular

“Ars Hispana is a project dedicated to the recovery of the Spanish musical patrimony through the publication of studies and work editions, mainly unpublished, composed from 16th to 19th centuries

Ars Hispana is an editorial project by Raúl Angulo Díaz and Antoni Pons Seguí. It is born at the beginning of 2009, and its aim is to approach Spanish and Ibero-American music from 16th to 19th centuries, to musicians, musicologists and fans.

The studies and editions of Spanish and Iberic-American music are few and difficult to find. For that reason, Ars Hispana insists in offering trustworthy editions, often of works not yet published, based always on the original sources and with the pertinent critical apparatus.

One of the preferred research lines of Ars Hispana is the one of scenic music in Spain and Ibero-America at 17th and 18th centuries.

Ars Hispana is an independent project, which does not count on the support of any public nor private institution. Nevertheless, for diverse specific projects, we collaborate with diverse musical groups, since the final mission of editions is that the published works are offered to the public in concerts. “

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(FR) Ensemble Diabolus in Musica  Popular

“Since 1992, a small team of loyal and passionate musicians recreates, around Antoine Guerber, extraordinary music of the period so remote, intriguing, fascinating, which has shaped our culture, our language, our society: the Middle Ages.”

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(CA) Pallade Musica  Popular

"Pallade Musica brings together four of Montreal's most promising Early Music performers. Grand Prize winners at the Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition in New York, October 2012, the quartet consists of Tanya LaPerrière, Baroque violon, Elinor Frey, Baroque cello, Esteban La Rotta, theorbo, and Mylène Bélanger, harpsichord. They played together in past seasons in groups such as Ensemble Caprice, Arion, Proemio, and the Montreal Baroque Festival before launching their own Montreal series at the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours.

Their formation explores the repertoire for violin, cello and continuo allowing for a diverse sound palette of various textures and colors. Future concerts include Monteverdi madrigals with VivaVoce and soprano Shannon Mercer, and performances at Early Music Vancouver, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Festival Alexandria, Early Music Now (WI), and the Connecticut and Indianapolis Early Music Festivals, among others. ..."

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(ES) Sociedad de la Vihuela (Spanish Lute Society)  Popular

"The Sociedad de la Vihuela is a cultural association created at the national level on September 25, 2004 in order to disseminate and promote knowledge and study of historic stringed instruments such as: vihuela, lute, theorbo, guitar renaissance, baroque, romantic and classical, etc..

These objectives are carried out by organizing concerts, workshops, meetings and conferences as well as through the publication of specialized publications. ... "

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(CA) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir  Popular

"The word is German and means “table music” or “music for the feast.”

The name is apt because Tafelmusik has produced a feast of firsts and bests and has won admiration throughout the musical world.

Through its extensive national and international tours, its critically-acclaimed recordings and TV broadcasts, its new media initiatives and growing web of community and artistic partnerships, Tafelmusik is one of most prolific orchestras in the world.

Tafelmusik, Canada’s award-winning period instrument orchestra, was founded in 1979 and has long been renowned in North America and internationally for its distinct, exhilarating and soulful performances.  Under the outstanding leadership of Music Director Jeanne Lamon, C.M., it has excelled equally in music ranging from the baroque and classical eras and beyond, including adventurous cross-cultural reinventions of baroque classics.  In the words of Gramophone, Tafelmusik is “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras.” 

The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, specializing in baroque performance practice and vocal technique, was formed in 1981 to complement the orchestra. Under the direction of Ivars Taurins, the choir has been praised for its clarity and brilliance and has been described as “the best period-performance choir anywhere in the world…”(The Globe and Mail).  

Tafelmusik performs 50 concerts each year in Toronto at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, a historic church in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, performs community outreach concerts, tours extensively in Canada and throughout the world, and has a discography of 76 CDs that have garnered many national and international awards. 

At the heart of Tafelmusik is a group of remarkably talented, enthusiastic and dynamic musicians, each of whom is a specialist in historical performance practice. …”

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(CH) Giovanna Pessim, Harp  Popular

"Giovanna Pessi was born in Basel, Switzerland, and began playing the harp at age 7. At the age of 13, she began to play on an instrument by Erard, built in 1800. The experience with this historical harp, its light touch, and unique sound, motivated her to focus her studies towards early music and historical instruments. From 1993 to 1995, Ms. Pessi studied the 18th century pedal harp with Edward Witsenburg in Den Haag. Beginning in 1994, she also studied with Heidrun Rosenzweig at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 1998, she won the Basler Hans Huber Stiftung prize and, in 2000, she received the diploma for historical harp of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. From 2000-2002, Giovanna Pessi studied with the Norwegian Lutist, Rolf Lislevand, at the “Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen”, Germany. Studying Lute literature from John Dowland to Johann Sebastian Bach allowed her to cultivate and develop her own musical language. She has participated in master classes given by Mara Galassi and Andrew Lawrence King. As a soloist and accompanist Giovanna Pessi performed with groups and conductors such as Ricercar Consort, Christian Wallumrod Ensemble, Ensemble Kapsberger, Concentus Musicus, Les Flamboyants, La Fenice, Konrad Junghänel, Philippe Pierlot, Rolf Lislevand, Harry Bicket, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Marc Minkowski. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Winnipeg Early Music Society  Popular

"The Winnipeg Early Music Society is a group of people of all ages interested in the music of the Medieval, the Renaissance and the Baroque periods. * It gives members the opportunity to play or sing in an ensemble setting. * Members have the opportunity to meet other players, and are encouraged to form smaller ensembles if they desire. * Members learn more about Early Music by; attending workshops, attending clinics, and learning from the expertise of more experienced players. * Members have the chance to perform for each other at reading sessions, in recitals and other venues. * WEMS provides information on what is going on in Early Music in Winnipeg through a newsletter that reviews what members have been doing and lists future Early Music concerts in Winnipeg. * WEMS has a music library for use by its members. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) William Jurgenson, Restorations  Popular

I have been making and restoring keyboard instruments in my own shop since 1977. During this time, I have restored instruments for regional and state museums and private customers. This has allowed me first-hand access to original instruments over a long period of time, and given me the opportunity to learn from them. This process has shaped my working habits and benefited my own instruments. Except for those listed as such, the instruments from my shop are not copies. They are based on research and restoration of several old instruments. Important details such as key ratio and dip or jack weight are, however, faithfully reproduced in the light of the historic traditions. Each instrument is made entirely of solid wood using only hot (hide) glue. ...

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(CA) Matthias Maute, Recorder Player  Popular

"Known for his stunning blend of dazzling virtuosity and colorful expressivity, Matthias Maute is recognized as one of the foremost recorder players of his generation, and has earned an international reputation for his formidable talents as a traverso player as well as a composer. In 1990, after finishing his studies in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen, he was awarded first prize in the prestigious Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium. That same year his CD Les Barricades, which includes some of his own works, was released. Four years later, he won the Dutch Impresariat Chamber Music Competition with Trio Passagio. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Bagpipe Society  Popular

"The membership of the Society is made up of people who are interested in the music of the bagpipes, the playing of the instruments and also a growing number of instrument makers who produce a wide range of instruments.


Membership of the Society is open to anyone with an interest in the bagpipes and offers:

  • Four Newsletters a year which include information o­n technical issues, recording reviews, notated music suitable for the bagpipes, band profiles, details of festivals and events where bagpipes will be present, an area for members to advertise instruments for sale and a Society shop selling society goods.
  • The opportunity to attend the Society's "Blowout" weekend. This is a now annual event held at the end of May and includes workshops, concerts, dances and competitions amongst other "bagpipey" happenings.
  • Periodical publications of the details of bagpipe makers and teachers, a discography and a bibliography."
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(CZ) Oldrich Bauer -- Gambas, Harps, Hurdy-Gurdys, Bandura, Dulcimers  Popular

Stringed music instruments. 

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(AU) Salut! Baroque  Popular

"Salut! baroque is one of Australia's most dynamic early music ensembles, bringing together Australia's finest baroque musicians in a chamber orchestra of up to twelve members. Formed in 1995 and led by artistic directors Sally Melhuish and Tim Blomfield, the ensemble performs annual subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney. Salut!'s international guest artists have included baroque violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden." See site for more info. (ed.)

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(IT) Antonino Airenti, Bowmaker  Popular

" ... Since 1995 I focused my attention on baroque bows and they are now my main activity. In 2002 I completed the bows’ catalogue of the Orpheon Foundation in Wien (Austria) and, in 2003, brought to an end the one of the Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze. In 2005 I started the listing of historical bows by the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) in Bruxelles (Belgium) and edited the complete records of the two bows belonged to G.Tartini collected in the conservatorio di musica of Trieste (Italy).In 2007 started the catalogation of the hirtorical bows collected by the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. ...

In cooperation with F.Lowenberger and stringmaker Mimmo Peruffo I started a program for spreading and sharing knowledge about the evolution of stringed instruments; its goal is to issue a support for all the musicians who want to perform “historically informed”.

Alongside with the production on bows I actually work in instruments repair and set-up, during my free time I also carry out my own research on classical guitars. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Bodo Schulz, Bagpipe maker  Popular

Bagpipe-maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Matthias Wagner, Lute and guitar making - string distribution  Popular

"The lute, an instrument with a long history, is the central instrument of instrument-maker Matthias Wagner. His interests lie with instruments such as guitars, mandolins, Mandolen, harps, tremor, but also all historical Zupfinstrumente as the Lutes, Theorben, Baroque guitars, Vihuelen, Cistern and the relative small mandolins, Stradivari also Mandolino. Matthias Wagner has focused on the construction and restoration of lutes, and guitars Theorben specialized. " (Google and ed. translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Capella Leopoldina  Popular

"Capella Leopoldina was founded in 1992 by Jörg Zwicker.

Following the musical tradition at the Viennese court during the reign of Leopold I. the ensemble includes a variety of musicians from Austria and the most important European music metropolises.

The work focuses on oratorio and orchestra literature of the 17th and 18th century. Furthermore, programs with chamber music instrumentation are part of their repertoire. Capella Leopoldina also plays in simple continuo instrumentation combined with one or several singers.

In January of 2000 Capella Leopoldina took over the instrumental part of the project BACH XXI. In co-operation with the Grazer Dommusik all cantatas by J. S. Bach will be brought to the stage. The timeline for this project is 18 years and it thus represents one of the major projects of Austrian music history. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Unicorn Ensemble  Popular

"The broad spectrum and vitality of medieval and early Renaissance music are made accessable to a wider audience. Musicians from Austria, Italy and Germany specialized in playing historical instruments make up the core of this European ensemble. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Lute Song  Popular

"Welcome to the new Lute Song website.

The lute song, particularly the English lute song is the passion of those involved with this website. Composers from Dowland to Rossiter and Campion wrote songs for solo voice accompanied by the lute which have become immortal.

Join our quest to make this art form more accessible and to encourage discussion and debate on matters pertaining to the lute song. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Viola da Gamba Society Southern Arizona  Popular

"This chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America (VdGSA ) is based in sunny Tucson, AZ. It was incorporated as a non-profit and tax-exempt [501 (c) 3] organization in October 2001. It pursues the same goal as its parent organization, i.e. the enjoyment of playing the viola da gamba, a musical instrument of the Renaissance period. To facilitate this goal, the VdGS - Southern AZ will conduct monthly meetings during the school season and it will organize an annual workshop." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Alamire Music Publishers  Popular

"Alamire Music Publishers concentrates on educational books in Dutch, facsimiles of musical manuscripts and scholarly works for the international market. Our collection of facsimiles of Renaissance and Baroque prints, is discontinued and liquidated at special discount prices." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Gossage Artist Management  Popular

“Who is GAM?

Our team of agents brings varied and essential experience to the task of helping support singers through all the phases of their careers - be it the uncertain entry into professional life, or the maintenance and growth of a successful career. At Gossage Artists Management, we understand what it takes to establish a strong singing career in Canada, and we are prepared to work with our artists to make this happen.“

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(DE) Kai Wessel, Countertenor  Popular

“The Countertenor Kai Wessel was born in Hamburg and studied music theory (Prof.R.Ploeger), composition (Prof.Dr.F.Döhl), and voice (Prof.U.v.Garczynski, concert examination passed with honours) at the Lübeck Academy of Music. During his Lübeck years Wessel was also an external student in the field of baroque performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (René Jacobs).
 
Wessel received numerous prizes between 1984 and 1990, including the special prize of the German Theater Society for the best interpretation of a contemporary work (Berlin, 1988) and a prize at the Musica Antiqua Competition of the Flanders Festival in Bruges. He received fellowships from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and the DAAD (studying under Peter Kooj in Hilversum/Holland). Wessel has served as an assistant to René Jacobs in the production of operas by P.A.Cesti, F.Cavalli and C.W.Gluck for the International Festival Week of Early Music in Innsbruck, for the WDR Radio, and at the Hamburg State Opera.
 
As one of the leading countertenors Wessel is invited to music festivals all over the world (Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Schwetzingen, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Tokyo, San Francisco, a.o.) and to numerous opera houses (Freiburg, Basel, St.Gallen, Barcelona, Nice, Berlin a.o.) where he took part in stage-productions by Herbert Wernicke (in Theodora and Giulio Cesare by G.F.Handel, Aus Deutschland by Mauricio Kagel, Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste with the music by H.Schütz/M.Weckmann and Actus tragicus with the music by J.S.Bach), Joachim Schlömer (as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice by Chr.W.Gluck), Claus Guth (in Schwarzerde by Klaus Huber), Peter Oskarson (in Luci mie traditrici by Salvatore Sciarrino), Gilbert Déflo (in Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi), John Dew (in Hippolyte et Aricie by Jean Philippe Rameau) a.o. He has been involved in performances, radio broadcasts, amore than sixty recordings under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe, William Christie, Jordi Savall, Gustav Leonhard, Ton Koopman, Michael Schneider, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Martin Haselböck, Reinhard Goebel, Konrad Junghänel, Michael Hofstetter, Nicholas McGegan, Sigiswald Kuijken, Michel Corboz, Hans-Werner Henze, Arturo Tamayo, Hermann Max, and others.
 
Kai Wessel is teaching voice and baroque performance practice at the Superiour Highschool of Music Cologne/Germany, and regularly giving summer-classes in Germany and Austria.
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(BE) La Petite Bande  Popular

"LA PETITE BANDE (Belgium) was founded in 1972 by Sigiswald Kuijken at the request of the record company Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in order to record Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", under the direction of Gustav Leonhardt.

The orchestra takes its name and constitution from Lully's own orchestra at the court of Louis XIV.All its members are internationally renowned specialists in the early music field. Although originally La Petite Bande was not meant to become a permanent orchestra, the success of the recordings was such that they began to give concerts regularly. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Berkeley Festival & Exhibition  Popular

"The Berkeley Festival & Exhibition was conceived of and founded by Robert Cole, then Director of Cal Performances, and the late Joseph Spencer, proprietor of the Musical Offering and then SFEMS president. Over the years, the Festival has presented unique and amazing events: Mark Morris Dance Group’s interpretation of Rameau’s Platée; Le Carousel du Roi, featuring dressage horses and riders executing elaborate ballets from seventeenth-century France accompanied by shawms and sackbuts in their natural setting (outdoors); and the North American premiere of a longlost Mass by Alessandro Striggio for 40 and 60 voices. …” 

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(AT) Salzburger Hofmusik  Popular

“In 1991, the Salzburg musician, Wolfgang Brunner, founded the ensemble Salzburger Hofmusik performing in various settings from trio to full orchestra. The repertoire encompasses works mainly from the 17th to the early 19th century concentrating on the music of the Royal Church Choir under the Salzburg Prince Bishops.

The name Salzburger Hofmusik comes from the 18th century and meant in the vernacular of those times, the Royal Church Choir of the Prince Bishops.
From the time of its founding, Salzburger Hofmusik programs were performed that established Salzburg's integration into the music history of Austrian and European cultural traditions.

Along with this came scholarly work, exploiting sources that until now had gone unnoticed or had been unjustly forgotten. In order to present performances that are as authentic as possible, the ensemble plays mainly (but not exclusively) on historical instruments or on faithful copies of originals. ..“ 

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(DE) Pyramid Saiten und Stimmpfeifenfabrik - Pyramid Strings  Popular

Supplier of lute, cittern etc. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Sabrina Frey, Recorder  Popular

“The young artist Sabrina Frey belongs to the outstanding recorder virtuosos of her generation. Born in Switzerland she completed her musical studies at the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, her concert and soloist diplomas at the University of Music Freiburg i. Br. and in the master class of Kees Boeke at the University of Music Zurich with honors. She has received numerous awards such as the Festa Special Award at the Osaka Chamber Music Competition, Japan, the German Erlanger Prize for the best interpretation of contemporary music, awards from the German Musikleben Foundation and First Prize from the Orpheus Konzerte in Switzerland.

Sabrina Frey has performed in concert and on tour at home and abroad. She has enthused audiences in more intimate surroundings as well as in large concert halls, enchanting and surprising with her natural elegance, virtuosity, vitality and mastery of the countless sides of her often unheralded instrument.

Sabrina Frey has performed with musicians such as Maurice Steger, Naoki Kitaya, Alexander Weimann, Fiorenza de Donatis, Mauro Valli, Marco Frezzato, Vital Julian Frey and Martin Müller. As soloist she has played with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, with leading members of some of Europe's best baroque orchestras (e.g. "I Barrochisti", "Europa Galante", "Accademia Bizzantina" "Giardino Armonico", and the "Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra"), as well as with eminent conductors such as Marcus Creed, Helmuth Rilling and Muhai Tang. She has been repeatedly recorded on television and radio and has recently published her first CD with the label Novalis: Telemann's Twelve Fantasias. …”

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(US) Houston Early Music  Popular

"Houston Early Music is a chartered, non-profit, organization whose purpose is to present historically-informed performances of early music from the European traditions and other world cultures in concerts featuring internationally renowned vocal, instrumental, and chamber musicians. In addition, we reach out to new and diverse audiences through a cross-disciplinary educational program on the elementary, secondary, college, and community levels that reflects the issues and concerns of the community as a whole. " ...

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(AU) Racheal Cogan, Recorder  Popular

“Racheal Cogan is a recorder player who has worked extensively in modal music forms around the world. She completed her BMus (Hons) degree at Monash University in 2005 with a thesis on Sufism and Persian classical music. Since July 2005 she has been based in Sydney, where she performs in duo with percussionist Tony Lewis, freelances as a recorder player, teaches, and composes. She is currently performing as a musician in the new Cirque du Soleil resident show in Macau, Zaia ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Clavecins Fontaine, Marc Fontaine  Popular

Marc Fontaine, Harpsichord Maker. See website for more information. (ed.)

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(NO) Trio Mediæval  Popular

"Founded in Oslo in 1997, trio mediaeval has developed three distinct strands of repertoire: polyphonic medieval music from England and France, contemporary works and Norwegian medieval ballads and songs. The group's initial phase was inspired by intense periods of work at the Hilliard Summer Festival in England and Germany, and subsequently with Linda Hirst and John Potter. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Danse Cadence  Popular

"Concerts, courses, demonstrations, conferences, articles etc. ... All on traditional dance and ancient dance (Baroque, Renaissance and New France)." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

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FreeScores.com  Popular

Free Scores for downloading. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Toronto Consort  Popular

"The Toronto Consort is Canada’s leading chamber ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early Baroque. Some of Canada’s leading early music specialists have come together to form the Toronto Consort, whose members include both singers and instrumentalists (lute, recorder, guitar, flute, early keyboards and percussion). " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(ES) La Caravaggia  Popular

"The instrumental ensemble La Caravaggia was created in 2004 by the cornettist Lluis Coll. The group specialises in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music according to historical criteria. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(ES) R.M. Sevillano, Early Keyboards  Popular

"Since 1991, the R.M.Sevillano workshop makes harpsichords, spinets and clavichords. Our instruments quality, guaranteed by the judgement of well-known specialists, is based in the blending of two principles: getting a quality sound with a light, solid and precise mechanics. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Yves Beaupré, Facteur de clavecins  Popular

“Over the past 30 years, Yves Beaupré harpsichords have won acclaim for the beauty of their sound and appearance, as well as for their stability and mechanical reliability.

Yves Beaupré - himself a harpsichordist - draws his inspiration from the main schools of harpsichord-making. By visiting important collections of historic instruments, including those in Antwerp, Edinburgh, Paris, and Washington, he has intensively studied representative models of these schools. He respects the traditions of his craft in his choice of materials, dimensions, and acoustic properties. He is convinced, nevertheless, that understanding and interpreting tradition results in instruments that are artistically and musically superior to slavish copies. Each Yves Beaupré harpsichord is an original.

Instruments can be expertly, tastefully, and appropriately decorated by Danièle Forget.
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(AR) Leopoldo Pérez Robledo, Luthier-Harpsichord Maker  Popular

Copies of the best and finest keyboard musical instruments existing in european and american museums

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(BE) Graindelavoix  Popular

“graindelavoix (grain of the voice) is an art-collective formed by björn schmelzer. since 1999 he is looking for musicians who want to experiment between performance and creation. the necessity of autoproductive and physical art keeps them together.

graindelavoix is fascinated by voices that stop communicating, that have no message anymore but rather are the pure expression of their underground: the gritty, intense and instinctive...

graindelavoix uses early music repertoires to find the undercurrent that illuminates our own times: a timeless spirit that stretches out to embrace an interval, a space.

what preoccupies graindelavoix in early music is the bond between notation and what eludes it: the higher consciousness and savoir-faire that the performer brings to a piece (ornamentation, improvisation, gestures...). to graindelavoix, singers are 'spiritual automata'...

material they work with includes ockeghem's polyphony, the plainte, machicotage, mediterrenean practices, late scholastic dynamics and kinematics, the affective body, gesture and image culture...

graindelavoix gives performances (concert/music theatre) that are the accumulated fragments of a wider work and research process: this site makes an attempt at framing.

graindelavoix is 'special guest' of “music-centre de bijloke in” ghent and has an artistical partnership with the “cultural centre of genk“. cd's are produced exclusively for glossamusic. ..“

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(DE) Dorothee Oberlinger Recorder Player  Popular

"Dorothee Oberlinger is one of the most amazing discoveries of recent years, an expressive virtuoso who - quite rightly - received numerous awards while still quite young. Today she is seen as one of the best recorder-players in the world. Her concerts have been received with enthusiasm by critics and audiences alike, earning her unanimous acclaim. Her CDs are regularly fêted as the best new issues on the market.

Dorothee Oberlinger has given solo recitals at festivals all over Europe, in America and Japan, for example at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam, the Settimane Musicale Stresa, the Nederlandse Oude-Musik-Network, the Festival de Musica Antigua Sajazarra, the Warsaw Beethoven Festival, the Europäische Musikfestwoche Passau, the Rheingau-Musikfestival, the Tage der Alten Musik Regensburg and the MDR-Musiksommer. Other venues in which she has played include the Wigmore Hall in London, the National Philharmonie in Warsaw, the Marianischer Saal in Lucerne, the Rosée Theater in Fuji and the Philharmonie in Cologne.

She has been the guest soloist with leading international Baroque ensembles such as London Baroque and Musica Antiqua Köln directed by Reinhard Goebel, and she also plays regularly with modern symphony orchestras such as the WDR-Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and the Detmolder Kammerorchester. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) La Nef  Popular

"La Nef is a musical and production company that creates and produces concerts, music theater shows and recordings in various musical styles. The company works in three different sectors : Early music and world music on acoustic instruments; New music, presenting musical productions, multi-disciplinary and multi-media productions; Youth, presenting music theater productions and school workshops.

Founded in 1991 by Sylvain Bergeron, Claire Gignac and Viviane LeBlanc, La Nef has become one of the most unusual and dynamically evolving group of musicians and singers in Montreal. For years, La Nef has presented early, traditional and new music programs based on historical and literary themes performed "live" by singers and musicians. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)  Popular

"Welcome to the International Music Score Library Project! IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge. You can read the full list of goals that IMSLP will try to achieve.

IMSLP also encourages the exchange of musical ideas, both in the form of musical works, and in the analysis of existing ones. " This site has been closed due to copyright issues. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Genevieve Lacey, Recorder  Popular

“Genevieve Lacey is acclaimed as a recorder virtuoso. She performs music spanning nine centuries with commanding passion. ..” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

 

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(UK) Tony Murland Antique Tools  Popular

“We supply antique tools and pre-owned woodworking tools from our retail store where we offer the largest selection of used and antique tools in Europe - over 1500 wood carving tools are always in stock.
We also offer a full mailorder service world-wide.

We are also the leading auction house specialising in antique wood working tools.

We host three auctions of antique and useable tools each year in Needham Market, Suffolk, England. Two are domestic auctions containing lots of mixed quality, ranging from tools in "as found" condition, to items of collectable quality. There is a 'Bygones' section containing items of interest to both the curious amateur or the professional bidder.  …“

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(US) Squarenote.org  Popular

"This site was created by Robin Snyder as a place for a personal homepage and a place for a Cleveland area early music musician's directory and concert calendar. " See website for more details. (ed.)

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(DE) Anton Höger: Lute Intavolations  Popular

In the section of the EarlyMusicNews.org website labeled “(DE) Anton Höger: Lute Intavolations”, are offered pieces for Renaissance lutes in tablature for 2, 3, and 4 lutes in various tunings. All of the pieces have been carefully intabulated by Anton Höger, based his 20-year experience as a lutenist.

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(DE) Julianne Baird, Soprano  Popular

"Julianne Baird, soprano, has been hailed as "one of the most extraordinary voices in the service of early music that this generation has produced. She possesses a natural musicianship which engenders singing of supreme expressive beauty." She maintains a busy concert schedule of solo recitals and performances of baroque opera and oratorio. Ms. Baird has also appeared as soloist with many major symphony orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnanyi, the Brooklyn Philharmonic under Lukas Foss, the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and, in the 2000-2001 season, the Philadelphia Orchestra. James R. Oestreich, in his comprehensive survey of New York's seasonal performances of Handel's Messiah for the N.Y. Times, recently concluded with special praise for Julianne Baird's interpretative skills: "in that respect, Ms. Baird remains the model". " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Davies Music - management of early musicians  Popular

"Davies Music -- Jill Davies provides management for some of the world’s finest specialists in early music and period performance.  Artists include Carole Cerasi and Steven Devine, the London Handel Players, Elizabeth Kenny and Theatre of the Ayre, and four prize-winning young ensembles: Grand Desir, Consortium5, Le Jardin Secret and Ensemble Meridiana.”

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(DE) Léon Berben, Harpsichord & Organ  Popular

“Léon Berben was born in 1970 in Heerlen (the Netherlands), but has been living for several years in Cologne (Germany). He studied harpsichord and organ in Den Haag (Koninklijk Conservatorium) and Amsterdam (Sweelinck Conservatorium) with Rienk Jiskoot, Bob van Asperen, Ton Koopman and Gustav Leonhardt, and finished his studies with solo-diploma for both instruments.

Since March 2000 he has been the harpsichordist with Musica Antiqua Köln (Reinhard Goebel). As such he has given concerts all over the world, travelling throughout Europe, Asia, North- and South America and has recorded several CDs for Deutsche Grammophon / Archiv Produktion. Musica Antiqua Köln dissolved at the end of November 2006, and Léon Berben has since focussed his work on chamber music and, increasingly, on the solo-repertoire.

He gives solo-recitals on harpsichord and organ. His solo-CDs on historic organs and harpsichords - above all with the labels Ramée and Aeolus - have been highly acclaimed in the press, and received numerous awards, including the »Vierteljahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik« and »Choc« of Le Monde de la Musique. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DK) Concerto Copenhagen  Popular

"Concerto Copenhagen is Scandinavia’s leading period instrument ensemble. Also known as "CoCo", the ensemble has since its establishment in 1991 become known for its lively and captivating performances and has become a favorite among audiences wherever it goes.

In 1999 the internationally acclaimed harpsichord player Lars Ulrik Mortensen became the ensemble’s artistic director. Mortensen is considered to be one of the leading harpsichordists and chamber musicians of our day.

With Lars Ulrik Mortensen as principal leader and artistic director, CoCo has embarked on an exciting artistic and musical journey, combining lesser-known repertoire of Scandinavian origin with the repertoire of the baroque and classical legacy, thus adding a fresh and Nordic flavor to the traditional concert repertoire. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Early Music Association of N.S.W. (New South Wales) (EMA)  Popular

“ The Early Music Association of NSW (EMA) was founded in 1977.

Its members comprise professional and amateur musicians, instrument makers, teachers, students and concert-goers.

The EMA aims to promote interest in all forms of Western music composed before the nineteenth century through two primary means. It encourages the study and performance of early music using authentic instruments, principles and interpretation. It also promotes research into and the editing of early music.“

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(UK) Darryl Martin, Manufacture, conservation and documentation of early musical instruments  Popular

"Darryl Martin was born and initially educated in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to Britain (to become a full-time instrument maker) in 1986. Since 1989 he has been based in Edinburgh. Initially trained as a musical instrument maker, specialising in early keyboard instruments, he then pursued a more academic approach to instrument research and commenced a PhD on the subject of English virginals – a thesis which looked at all aspects of the instrument from a design, construction and decorative point-of-view. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Edinburgh in 2003.

Since 1990 Darryl has been involved with the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments (EUCHMI), initially making technical drawings of a number of instruments and then writing catalogues, which has now amounted to all of the plucked and bowed Western instruments in the Collection. In 2004 he was appointed to the position of Curator of the Musical Instrument Collections. The Collections include the non-keyboard Donaldson Collection housed (mostly) at the Reid Concert Hall, and the keyboard collections at St Cecilia’s Hall, including the Russell and Mirrey Collections. Darryl regularly gives papers at international conferences and has been widely published in British and foreign journals. Present research work includes a transcription and edition of the “Talbot Manuscript” – a seventeenth century source which discusses musical instruments that were known and used in England. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Maloberti Music Management  Popular

“The Maloberti Music Management based both in Vienna (Austria) and Berlin (Germany), is an artist corporation specialising in the creation of specific strategy stages, event Organisation, festival Marketing.

We represent orchestras, conductors, opera singers, choreographs,actors and dancers.

The artists we represent are performing in majors important theaters and stages around the world.

The Maloberti Music Management has established international contacts to serve highly regarded Theaters.“

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(US) Douglas Maple Harpsichords  Popular

"I began building harpsichords and clavichords shortly after graduation from college in 1975, while employed as a biochemical research technician. My growing fascination with the instruments and their music led me to return to graduate school, culminating in the receipt of a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Chicago in 1987. During my academic years I continued to produce instruments for my own use, and also carried out extensive work in the maintenance and repair of instruments by other makers. This opportunity to examine instruments by a variety of makers taught me a lot about the elements that go into a good instrument, as well as seeing first hand a number of construction practices that usually result in unhappy consequences.

It was also during this academic period that I began my long association with the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. An initial summer internship was followed by a one-year post-graduate fellowship, which allowed me to study the surviving 16th-century Flemish virginals. In subsequent years I have frequently returned to the collection to examine various instruments. This opportunity to study the works of the great makers of the past has had a tremendous influence on my own work; each time I visit the collection I leave with an increased appreciation for the knowledge and craftsmanship of the old builders. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Online Guide to Requiem (Mass)  Popular

"Welcome to "Online Guide to Requiem", here you can find all the information your want to know about the music and the history for the requiem mass.

Requiem Mass, Totenmesse, Messe Des Mortis, or Missa pro Defunctis is a variant of the Mass, named after the beginning of the Latin of the Introit, "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine" (Grant them eternal rest, O Lord).

The polyphonic composition for the requiem mass differs from the normal mass in that it not only includes certain items of the ordinary mass, but also contains the Introit and Gradual from the Proper. A tract, followed by the sequence Dies irae, is substituted for the Alleluia and often is a major dramatic element in the composition. Sometimes responses and other text are added from the burial service, which follows the mass.

There were numerous different versions of the Mass for the Dead, and it was not until 1570 that Pope Pius V established the form that is still valid today. Only the Dies irae sequence was abandoned in 1972, since it was felt that its words, which include a graphic account of the terror of the Last Judgement, were no longer appropriate from a theological point of view.

The Requiem Mass is sung on All Souls' Day, November 2, in memory of the faithful departed, but may also be celebrated on other days in memory of a particular individual. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Universal Editions  Popular

"The music publisher Universal Edition, which was founded in 1901 in Vienna as a publisher of classic instructional literature, developed rapidly within a few short years following its establishment into a future-oriented publishing house serving many of contemporary musical life's most creative talents. Today, Universal Edition's catalogue encompasses over 30,000 items and is inseparably linked with the great composers and musical developments of the 20th and 21st centuries." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(FR) Benoît Sauvé, Recorder  Popular

“Benoît SAUVÉ, a self taught musician, has been practising the recorder since he was eight. He first takes a keen interest in Rock and Celtic music.

When he is a teenager, he discovers Jazz and is seized by a compulsive desire to study it.

Considered as one of the very rare recorder players in Jazz, he can be heard in the biggest festivals and theatres. Lately, he was heard with Jean Jacques MILTEAU at the "Olympia" (a Famous theatre in Paris) or with the "Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses" at "Le Bataclan" (another Famous theatre in Paris).

He combines virtuosity, musicality, the sense of improvisation and the incredible ability to tackle the most different sorts of music. He is regularly invited in recording studios and he takes part in the recording of lots of CDs for various artists (Catherine Lara ,Graal ,Georgian Legend ..).
His own technique and art bring the recorder in a new dimension and induces us to reconsider his place in the present musical scene.“

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary New Music

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(CH) Profeti della Quinta  Popular

“ The Ensemble was founded in the Galilee region of Israel by the bass and harpsichordist Elam Rotem. It is currently based in Switzerland, where all its members undertook further study at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The ensemble has benefited both individually and collectively from the expertise of leading musicians, amongst them Evelyn Tubb, Anthony Rooley, Gerd Türk and Dominique Vellard. …”

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(CR) Festival de Música Antigua de Costa Rica  Popular

“Medieval music, Renaissance and Baroque, known as early music, has acquired in recent decades increasingly important. Today the practice of early music is based on specialized interpreters in musicological research on the technical implementation and interpretation of ancient instruments and singing in the reconstruction of musical instruments from specimens preserved in museums and implementation of transcripts, respectful of the canons of writing of the time. Our country has not been indifferent to the interest in this music, demonstrated in large musical centers of the world, and for several years there are groups devoted to this repertory. The Early Music Festival offers the opportunity to discover the wide and varied repertoire of these centuries, but with instruments constructed according to ancient models. In this way we approach a sound unknown in the country.

This festival began in 2006 as an idea of the composer Otto Castro. Originally took place every two years, but due to the enthusiasm of the crowd then decided to hold annual events that take place in the first half of each year. From the 2008 it was decided to accept only groups that use old-style instrument. The festival has become a benchmark in the Caribbean area. The guests give lectures, master classes and concerts. Thus, his teaching and exchange of ideas among participants, promoting growth and generating conceptual connections.“ (Translated with the aid of Google Translate)

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(IT) Alberto Giordano & Co., Fine violins, violas and cellos  Popular

"Born in Genoa in 1961, after graduating High School he is admitted in 1980 to the International Violinmaking School of Cremona, where he studies under the direction of V.Bissolotti, W.Zambelli and Stefano Conia, taking the degree in 1984. In that period he attends Sesto Rocchi's laboratory; later he continues his apprenticeship in the workshop of Joe Curtin and Gregg Alf. Alberto Giordano estabilished in Genoa in 1987.

Since 1994 colaborates to the preservation of the 'Cannone', the famous violin of Guarneri del Gesù owned by Niccolò Paganini, property of the City of Genoa.

In 2004 together with Bruce Carlson and Pio Montanari, he attend the violin of Paganini's refurbishment also called the ‘Historical Recover’. The work is the result of intense researches in civic and private genoese archives and the result of the in depth analysis of the technical and organological features of the violin of Paganini.

The goal of this work was the removing of the recent interventions made on the Cannone in order to recreate the historical image of the violin as it was left by Paganini (see Strad October 2004).

A studier and researcher of the italian violinmaking, Alberto Giordano has written a number of articles, essays and books. He is contributor for ‘The Strad’ magazine. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(IT) Il Leoncello - Scuola e gruppo di danza storica  Popular

"The Leoncello - School and historic dance group was founded in 1983 in Legnano (Milan) as a cultural Association, with the aim of studying and rebuild on original documents, the social dances court XV from the eighteenth century. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

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(US) Square Piano Tech  Popular

“A dedicated resource guide for the restoration enthusiast who is looking for information on restoring the early square piano!

I confess, doing biographies on yourself was never in my comfort zone, and I attached the material below from the standard issue I use for board seat web pages and speaking engagements, with the bit about pianos thrown in for the benefit of this particular site. But in general, I became interested in early keyboards while still in college, having encountered a kit clavichord that a physics professor had made, and subsequently bumping into the extraordinary pianist Raymond Dudley who was gracious enough to help properly introduce me to the world of the early fortepiano. A kit-built Zukermann Flemish harpsichord in 1980 and conversations with David Way sealed the deal, but with the advent of the internet, the exposure to early pianos and English square pianos really took me to a new level. I have been actively building copies, and researching and restoring the early antique pianos since 1998, making me a novice yet. Paul Polletti has stated that he did not begin to really understand the builders art until about his 15th fortepiano, and in that I concur. Once I have my 10,000 hours in, I might know something about the subject. Until then, this site works best when I hear from those of you out there who have paid your dues. For you I make available these pages, to record what we know about the technology of early pianos, and particularly those early squares!

Thomas Strange “

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(AT) Orpheon Foundation, Museum of Historical Instruments  Popular

"Orpheon wishes to open your eyes and ears to the marvelous world of string instruments of the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Classical Periods. The collection now contains over 170 instruments (viola da gamba, viola d'amore, violin, viola, violoncello, violone, baryton) and historical bows dating mostly from 1560 to 1780, all restored to their original playing conditions and placed at the disposal of members of the Orpheon Orchestra, Orpheon Consort, and professional musicians and university students from all over Europe for concerts, recordings, contests and study purposes. Its owner, Prof. José Vázquez of the University for Music and the Performing Arts Vienna holds that it is the living acoustical heritage - the sounds that these instruments produce for those living today - that interests us, and not their mere decorative flair as objets trouvés from aristocratic residences of our distant past. We wish to hear what these instruments have to say and we wish to learn from them about the manner of performance of their musical heritage from the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Classical Periods. "

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Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

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(CA) Les Voix humaines  Popular

“Their musical complicity has been compared to the skill of two trapeze artists or the telepathic communion of a pair of jazz saxophonists! Susie Napper and Margaret Little, the two gambists of Les Voix humaines, have been thrilling audiences worldwide with dashing performances of early and contemporary music for viols since 1985. They are renowned for their spectacular arrangements of a wide variety of music for two viols and have become a world reference for the music of Sainte-Colombe. After being awarded a Diapason d'Or for their fourth volume of Sainte-Colombe's Concerts a deux violes esgales, they just received the Opus Award 2007 for PERFORMER OF THE YEAR from the Conseil québécois de la musique.

Les Voix humaines has invited prestigious artists to join them in concert and recordings, such as Wieland and Barthold Kuijken, Charles Daniels, Suzie LeBlanc, Rinat Shaham, Matthew White, Eric Milnes, Skip Sempe and Stephen Stubbs. The duo is regularly joined by some of Montreal’s finest young gambists to form the Voix Humaines Consort of viols specializing in the vast 17th-century repertoire for viol consort and presents joint projects with Les Voix baroques (Matthew White’s vocal ensemble). ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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(US) Elaine Funaro, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Elaine Funaro is regarded as one of the leading performers of new music for the harpsichord, yet her repertoire spans the entire history of the instrument, from a recording of Baroque music on a Kirckman harpsichord made in 1758 to numerous premieres of late 20th-century contemporary works. Her commitment to showcasing both old and new unexplored repertoire of harpsichord music includes compositions by women and those based on indigenous musical forms from South America, South Africa and Japan.

In addition to performing at the international Early Music Festivals in Amherst, Amsterdam, Berkeley, Boston, and Bloomington, she has been featured in solo recitals at the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress. She recently recorded 3 premieres for the ABC Radio in Melbourne.

Ms. Funaro studied at Oberlin College, the New England Conservatory of Music, Il Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence, Italy, and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Her teachers have included Gustav Leonhardt, Tom Koopman, John Gibbons and Lisa Crawford.

Active in the community of keyboard artists, she is a past president of the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society and is the director of the Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Competition. She has recorded for the Centaur, Gasparo and Wildboar labels. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary New Music

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(AU) Ensemble Gombert  Popular

"Ensemble Gombert is Melbourne's outstanding chamber choir, noted for its pure intonation and historic approach to choral sound and style. Named after Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 - 1560), who has been largely ignored in the twentieth century despite an exemplary reputation amongst his contemporaries, the Ensemble specialises in a cappella performance of Franco-Flemish music of the High Renaissance. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

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(BE) Departement de Musique Ancienne (Conservatoire de Bruxelle)  Popular

Departement de Musique Ancienne (Conservatoire de Bruxelle)

Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

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(DE) Recorder Radio Online  Popular

Recorder Radio Online. Visit website for streaming recorder radio. (ed.)

Category: Web Radio/Television

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(IT) Gabriele Cassone, Baroque Trumpet  Popular

“Gabriele Cassone received his conservatory diploma in Trumpet following studies with Mario Catena, and in Composition studying with Luciano Chailly.
He is world renowned not only as a historical artist performing on original instruments (Baroque natural trumpet, Classical keyed trumpet, rotary valve trumpet and piston cornet), but enjoys an equal fame as a contemporary musician.
Luciano Berio selected Gabriele Cassone to premiere his works for solo trumpet: Sequenza X for solo trumpet, and Kol-Od, performed with L'Ensemble Intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez.
He has also shared the stage with celebrated trombonist Christian Lindberg in performances of Berio's opera Cronaca del Luogo, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival.
Famous international conductors have requested Gabriele Cassone for performances of the most demanding trumpet repertoire; Sir John Eliot Gardiner named him principal trumpet in the English Baroque Soloists for the entire cycle of J.S. Bach's Cantatas, and for the Second Brandenburg Concerto, and Ton Koopman, director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, requested him as principal trumpet for the ensemble's recording of Cantata BWV 51 by J.S. Bach. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(US) Cascade Early Music Festival  Popular

"Celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday with 5 fabulous concerts and some of the world's finest interpreters of early music on period instruments in a pristine setting beside glacier-fed rivers in the Cascade foothills in Washington State just 2-1/2 hours from Seattle. The third CASCADE EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL offers a colorful range of period instrument performances and dance with the Festival's focus this year on Mozart. There will be opportunities to hear the Russian 7-string guitar of Mozart's time, both familiar and rarely heard chamber music by composers of the classical period such as Johann Christian Bach, Mozart's publisher Anton Hoffmeister and English flutist Joseph Tacet, a festive Baroque Ball for all ages led by Anna Mansbridge, an all-Johann Sebastian Bach program, three pre-concert lectures ... and of course plenty of Mozart. " ...

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(AU) Saraband Music  Popular

"Saraband Music is located in Kilcoy, QLD, Australia. Saraband Music began in 1994, selling sheet music and facsimiles, strings and CDs. Publishing began in 1996. In 2004, the business changed to mainly publishing, and the string business was sold to Ian Watchorn in Melbourne. From 2007, Saraband Music continued to publish early music under both the Saraband and Hammer & Tongs Reproductions imprints, and introduced a new range of music and interesting products for customers, including antiquarian maps and cards. A private collection of old books, including many first editions is also being sold.

Saraband Music is owned by Patrice Connelly, who has the degree of M.Mus (Hons) from the University of Sydney. She plays and teaches viola da gamba, and has edited music for viols published by Dovehouse Editions (Canada), PRB Productions (California) and the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain, and written articles and reviews for a number of journals. Her early musical studies were undertaken at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, before progressing to the Music Department at the University of Sydney. She began playing piano at the age of 8, and violin at age 12. During her B.Mus, she also played viola before giving up both violin and viola for the viola da gamba. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Dr. Jerry Curry, Harpsichordist & Music Professor  Popular

"Professor, music theory, harpsichord: B.A., M.A. in Music Education, University of Northern Iowa, Ph.D. in Music Theory, University of Iowa; seven years public school music teaching in Iowa; first played harpsichord under Robert Donington in the University of Iowa collegium musicum, studied in master classes with the French harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert; performed throughout South Carolina in solo recitals and as a continuo player in many chamber groups, including the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra; author of freshman theory text, "Introduction to the Study of Counterpoint" Affiliations: Society for Music Theory, Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(IT) Pietro Cavalzaai, Bowmaker modern or period  Popular

"... Following a year of national service as an auxiliary fireman, I began my apprenticeship in the Milan workshop of the master violinmaker Celestino Farotto in 1979. I left my university studies to enrol in the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria (IPIALL, the International School of Violinmaking) in Cremona and in the Professional Training Courses (CPF) of the Lombardy Region; the latter courses were directed by the master bowmaker Giovanni Lucchi in Cremona. After receiving my diploma as a BOWMAKER in 1982, I stayed on for an additional year of post-graduate training under Maestro Lucchi. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Louis Jourdan, Flutes  Popular

Flute maker.

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(US) Salon/Sanctuary Concerts (New York)  Popular

“Founded in 2009 by Artistic Director Jessica Gould as an alternative to the conventional concert hall, Salon/Sanctuary Concerts offers the special chance to hear acclaimed artists performing pre-Romantic music in intimate venues that complement the historical context of the repertoire. We present compositions intended for the domestic salon in the Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium of the Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, built in 1799, where Salon/Sanctuary is the concert series in residence.  Sacred music is performed in sanctuaries appropriate to the religious context of the music. …“

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(PE) Festival Internacional de Música Antigua de Lima (Perú)  Popular

“International Early Music Festival that include the participation of delegations from different countries, national groups together to demonstrate that the Renaissance and Baroque music is effective and is performed by musicians of diverse latitudes.”

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(CA) Fredericton Baroque Music Festival  Popular

The Fredericton Baroque Music Festival presents concerts and workshops with a focus on music from the 16th to 18th centuries. Held in the Christ Church Cathedral and other historic locations of downtown Fredericton, the festival features concerts by local, regional, and international perios instrument specialists. Past festivals have included performances by musicians from such locations as Fredericton, Montreal, and Boston. Students and amateur musicians are invited to participate in workshops and public master classes.

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(CH) La Folia Ancient Music Festival Rougemont  Popular

“The theme of the festival each year is not an end in itself, a self-imposed restriction to creating a programme, but more of a guiding light that lends a unique color to each edition of the event. “La Folia” is a venue that has made it is possible to encounter early music in all of its facets, a series of concerts over an extended Whitsunday weekend, each “an earful” in itself. The previous festivals offered tours of the great musical traditions in Europe, taking listeners to Flanders, Austria, Bohemia and even to… Switerland! …”

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(BE) MAfestival (Festival of Flanders - Bruges, Musica Antiqua)  Popular

"45 years old is this festival, but still quite alive and kicking. We have chosen a new common name (Festival of Flanders - Bruges, Musica Antiqua - from now on MAfestival) and a new graphic presentation as part of an evolving context. MAfestival is fitting in with the historically informed performance practice, which acknowledges the important role of contemporary music like that of Benjamin Britten, Gavin Bryars, Dick Van der Harst, Eric Sleichim and Hans-Jürg Meier. " Visit website for more information on this year's festival details. (ed.)

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(CH) Theresia Bothe & Peter Croton ( (voice, lute & guitar)  Popular

“Theresia Bothe & Peter Croton (voice, lute & guitar) have been performing together regularly since 2003. They have performed and recorded a wide variety of music ranging from the Baroque and Classical periods, to folk music, boleros, jazz standards and original songs. Their first recording, "Love Songs From Five Centuries - from Baroque to Folk" was released in 2006 by Centaur Records, their second CD "I'll sing a song for you", exclusively with songs by Peter,  was  released by Zah Zah (Guild), and their most recent CD, with special guest Derek Lee Ragin, "Remembrance of Things Past", lute songs and solos by John Dowland & Peter Croton, has been released by Guild.“

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(CH) Serge Rinsoz, Luthier  Popular

"It is by making classical guitars and flamencas that he began to work out stringed instruments. Student of Luc Breton, he was quickly interested in old instruments that ensure quite easily the application of traditional stringed intruments manufacture.

After having built oriental lutes, he devoted several years to baroque instruments, by manufacturing viola da gamba, tenors, upper of viols, overcoat of viols, baroque violins, baroque cellos and piccolo cellos.

He also practises restoration of old intruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Franz Vitzthum, Countertenor  Popular

“Franz Vitzthum received his initial musical training as a member of the Regensburger Domspatzen. In 2007 he completed his degrees at the Musikhochschule Köln as a pupil of Kai Wessel. At present he is working with Stefan Haselhoff (Basel).

In addition to his ensemble work with groups including the Weser Renaissance under Manfred Cordes and Cantus Cölln under Konrad Junghänel, Franz Vitzthum focuses his attentions on solo engagements where he has worked with the conductors Christoph Poppen, Peter Neumann or Nicholas McGegan.

Franz Vitzthum has made guest appearances at international festivals including the Händel-Festspiele Göttingen, Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz, Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht, La Folle Journée Nantes, The Bach Festival Philadelphia (USA) and has performed with such orchestras as the Chamber Orchestra Basel Barock and The English Concert. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

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(US) Boulder Early Music Shop  Popular

"The Boulder Early Music Shop is your source for Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, instruments, and accessories. We carry a full line of
-Sheet Music, Books, and Scores (over 11,000 items!),
-Instruments, Kits, and Strings (over 800 items),
-Gifts & Accessories (over 150 items). " ...

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

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(US) JustStrings.com  Popular

"Now more than ever, musicians are reaping the benefits of technical innovations in strings. Manufacturers have developed a tremendous variety of new materials and construction techniques that offer unique character and enhance overall performance.

Trying several different types of strings will allow you to "zero in" on the best solution for any particular instrument and playing style. From traditional hand-crafted selections to high tech exotics, we're here to help you get the most out of your instrument. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Masques, Ensemble de musique baroque  Popular

“Masques is a Montreal-based early music ensemble founded in 1998, performing vocal and instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries. The name of the ensemble is inspired by the masques of Elizabethan England - mystical performances that fused poetry, music, dance and drama.

The ensemble has become a meeting point for Canada's young musicians. Masques also collaborates regularly with up and coming European talents, thereby maintaining close ties with musicians of diverse backgrounds.

All of the musicians of Masques have enviable concert experience and regularly perform as soloists and chamber musicians throughout Canada, the United States and Europe with such ensembles as Capriccio, Stravagante, Tafelmusik, La Petitie Bande and Les Voix Humaines. While maintaining a core ensemble, Masques varies in size according to the demands of each project it presents. ...“

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(BE) International Gregorian Festival of Watou  Popular

"We are proud to announce you the tenth edition of the International Gregorian Festival of Watou. It will be held from 20 May until 24 May 2009. This is the Ascension weekend. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CZ) International Music Festival - Prague  Popular

"International Music Festival Summer Festivities of Early Music aims to enrich the cultural life of our time by performin music from past centuries. Initiates search of songs that so far have remained outside our horizon, or are not of such attention, what would deserve. ...

One of the privileges of the festival is appreciated by the placement of concerts historical Prague. Experience has confirmed that such spaces enhanced the atmosphere of the music played o­n period instruments.

Visitor response in previous years has proven that the Summer Festivities of Early Music for the period of seven years of its existence became an essential part of Prague's music scene. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) American Handel Festival in Seattle  Popular

“Seattle is an amazing place.   For the past 30 years the Handel Festival has been a four-day scholarly conference with a couple of concerts,  but when I breathed the words “Handel Festival” to Seattle musicians, this was the astonishing result:  American Handel Festival Brochure.  26 organizations are collaborating on this festival!“

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(UK) The Early Music Shop  Popular

The Early Music Shop was formed in 1968 at a time when early music, as we now know it, was in its infancy. We were encouraged in our early years by the late David Munrow and many of his pioneering contemporaries, and it's almost true to say that The Early Music Shop is as old as the early music revival itself. It has certainly contributed to the continuing interest there has been in the field, making early music and its performance on original instruments accessible to a growing number of people.

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(CA) The Theatre of Early Music (TEM)  Popular

"Founded by Artistic Director and Conductor Daniel Taylor, the Choir and Orchestra of the Theatre of Early Music (TEM) are sought-after interpreters of magnificent yet neglected choral and instrumental repertoire from four centuries. Their appearances include stunning a cappella programmes, with practices and aesthetics of former ages informing thought-provoking, passionate and committed reconstructions of music for historical events and major works from the oratorio tradition.

With Daniel Taylor, the Choir and Orchestra of the TEM are new visitors to the world's most renowned concert halls and festivals and are building an exciting discography in partnership with Sony Classical Masterworks. …"

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(ES) Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla  Popular

" The Seville Baroque Orchestra (OBS) was founded by Barry Sargent and Ventura Rico in 1995, with the desire to create an ensemble able to perform XVII and XVIII century repertoire vivaciously and with a clear sense of communication. OBS has since then become a major reference on the Spanish music scene.

From its first performances onwards, OBS has always enjoyed the support of the audience and the specialised press. The quality of its performances, as well as the high interest of the programmed works, have always received unanimous critical acclaim.

Amongst the nearly 50 programmes that OBS has offered at the most important venues in recent years, feature works such as Mozart’s Requiem or the Coronation Mass, Haendel’s Messiah, symphonic programmes dedicated to Haydn and C.P.E. Bach… as well as unedited works of great interest, such as the Oratorium “Colpa, Pentimento e Grazia” by A. Scarlatti and many other works by XVIII century Spanish composers (Baguer, Buono Chiodi, Moyá, Moreno, Garay…).

Highlights in the operistic field include OBS’ production of Haydn’s Lo Speziale and Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea in the Maestranza Theatre (Seville) or Purcell’s Dido and Eneas in the Teatre Principal (Palma de Mallorca). ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Malcolm Prior, Lute Maker  Popular

“I have been a professional lute builder for almost 30 years.

Having started to play the lute as in the early seventies I decided to become a professional instrument maker. I completed a five year apprenticeship in the Dolmetsch workshops in Haslemere, where I learnt viol making under Roger Rose. In 1979 I established my first workshop in London and specialised in lute making.Since then I have made instruments for professional and amateur musicians In Europe, North America and Japan. Until 2002 I was Senior Lecturer on the Early Strings course at former London College of Furniture.“

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(UK) Nancy Hadden, Renaissance & Baroque Flute  Popular

"Nancy Hadden's reputation is established world wide for her expressive playing, engaging programmes and communicative and inspiring teaching. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, earned a BMus in performance at Ohio Wesleyan University, an MA in music history at Penn State and studied for a PhD at Washington University in St. Louis before moving to London in 1978. She has performed all over the world as a soloist and with harpsichordist Lucy Carolan and viol player Erin Headley, with Andrew Lawrence King and the Harp Consort, and with her own ensembles Circa 1500 and Zephyrus. Reviving the repertoire and playing techniques of the renaissance flute has been a major achievement, and led to her ground-breaking first recording in 1988 for Hyperion, Flute Music of the 16th and 17th Centuries. She has made some 35 solo and chamber music CDs, several winning Gramophone 'record of the year' nominations and 'critic's choice' awards, including discs of CPE Bach, Michel de la Barre, Hasse, Mozart Flute Quartets, 18th c. English Solos and Scots Tunes, and six Renaissance CDs with Circa 1500. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Rayfield Allied  Popular

“Rayfield Allied was formed in 2011 when Allied Artists Agency and Rayfield Artists, two of the most respected independent agencies, merged.

Allied Artists Agency was established in 1971 representing classical musicians in the UK and internationally. From the beginning new ground was broken in areas which have since become commonplace in artists’ management, such as the representation of composers, performers on original instruments, ethnic musicians, and theatre directors and designers for operatic production. The current artists’ list still reflects many of these interests, even if the majority are now conductors and singers.

Since its formation in 2005, Rayfield Artists has quickly built up an outstanding roster of clients. Initially working with world class early-music specialists The Cardinall’s Musick and soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, the artist list is now focussed on opera and concert singers, as well as an expanding instrumental and chamber music roster, and includes established international artists alongside the most exciting emerging talent.

Rayfield Allied exemplifies all the qualities that have made the individual agencies such respected participants in the music world: maintaining the personal service that has always been the driving force for both agencies and benefitting from more than a century of combined managerial experience, whilst still being at the forefront of new media and web developments. “

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(US) Pipe List -- Brad Leissa  Popular

"The following list identifies performance ensembles who employ "original" instruments (or more likely modern copies of historic instruments) in classical music performances. My main purpose for making the PIPE list available is to assist and encourage those who are new to the historically-informed performance (HIP) "movement" to learn and experience first hand more about this fascinating aspect of early music performance practice. Since its inception in the 1950s (See Horenstein; some argue the origins of the early music movement began much earlier), the movement has grown with such terms as "ancient instruments," "authentic instruments," "historic instruments," "original instruments," "period instruments," "period instrument performance practice," "authentic performance practice," "historical interpretation," and more recently...HIP. ... " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Hurdy Gurdy Mailing List  Popular

Hurdy-gurdy mail list.

“The general subject of the list is hurdy-gurdies: their music, players, maintenance, recordings, events, construction, and anything else that seems pertinant. We welcome discussion of all aspects of the instrument. ..“

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(DE) Rohmer-Recorders  Popular

Recorder maker. Visit website for more informations. (ed.)

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(AT) Ensemble MIKADO  Popular

“The Ensemble Mikado’s present combination of soprano, viola da gamba/viella, and three recorders was formed in Vienna in the spring of 2003. Since then, the winners of the 2004 International Young Artists Presentation—Early Music (IYAP) in Antwerp have known how to enthuse both audiences and the musical press at national and international festivals. Numerous concert performances have led the ensemble to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Italy and Belgium, to the Vienna Recorder Days, the Hörgänge in the Vienna Konzerthaus, to the ISCM World Music Days, the early music festivals in Brežice and Radovljica in Slovenia, the Festival for Early Music in Bolzano, Italy, the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland, the Laus Polyphoniae in Belgium, the Aqua Musica and Oude-Muziek-Network in the Netherlands, the Trigonale Festival in Carinthia, Austria and to the Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, among others. In the selection of its repertoire, the ensemble focuses on both the music of the end of the Middle Ages (Ars nova and Ars subtilior) and that of the English Renaissance at the time of William Shakespeare. Unusual instrumentations and unconventional arrangements arise in the ensemble’s search for new ways of interpreting early music in a modern fashion. In February 2009 the CD "Can she excuse ?" was awarded the "Pasticcio-prize" by Ö1/ORF (Austrian Cultural Broadcasting Station).“

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(CA) Cynthia Hiebert, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Cynthia Hiebert has performed both traditional and contemporary harpsichord works in Canada, the United States and England. She studied with Colin Tilney and Arthur Haas, and as a recipient of the Gelber Fellowship, completed a doctorate in harpsichord performance at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In addition to work as a soloist, she has collaborated with numerous ensembles including New York Baroque, North Shore Pro Musica, I Furiosi, Spiritus, Numus, the York Symphony Orchestra, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and the Nota Bene Period Orchestra." ...

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(BR) Staccato - Atelier de Luteria  Popular

Construction and restoration of bowed instruments and bows. 

We ship to anywhere in Brazil by mail or carrier.

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(US) Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC)  Popular

“The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) promotes scholarship on the early modern era, broadly defined (ca. 1450 – ca. 1660). Providing opportunities for intellectual exchange among scholars of the period, the Society also actively encourages the integration of younger colleagues into the academic community. The geographical scope of the organization is as international as its membership. The SCSC welcomes scholars from all disciplines in early modern studies, including history, art history, religion, history of science, musicology, and literary and cultural studies in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The Society holds one annual meeting in a different city each year, usually during the month of October, with an average of more than 700 participants.“

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(AU) Trio Grosso  Popular

"Trio Grosso is an early music ensemble based in Perth, Western Australia. The group comprises up to nine members who enjoy playing for medieval fairs, banquets, weddings, parties, concerts and general good times.

The group was formed by an enthusiastic group of recorder players in late 1985 to provide appropriate music for a local play that had scenes set in the 1600s. The group's name derives from the fact that a much loved early addition to the repertoire was a recorder trio arrangement of the allegro from Handel's Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G which we usually had at least six people playing (thus a rather largish trio!).

The group's repertoire largely comprises medieval and renaissance songs and dances but also encompasses folk music from many cultures and a range of modern compositions. Although the nucleus of the group is a recorder consort ranging from great bass recorder up to the tiny garklein floetlein recorder, the group also performs with a range of wind, string and percussion instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Raphael Jeannin, Bagpipes  Popular

Bagpipe maker.

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(CH) Karin Paulsmaier, scholar in musical notation  Popular

“Karin Paulsmeier was born 1943 in Hamburg, Germany. She began her music studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB), receiving her diploma in 1968, and continuing her formation in musicology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

From 1970 to 2003 she taught „Notationskunde", the study of musical notation dating from the 12th to 18th centuries, at the SCB. Over the years she has gained international recognition as one of the most knowledgeable professionals in her field. Karin Paulsmeier's particular interest lies in the relationship between notation and musical style as they evolve over time, presenting a history of music through original sources. She frequently advises musicians on the interpretation and performance of music read directly from the original notation. ..“

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(CZ) Valtice International School of Early Music  Popular

“Since 1989, Valtice and its Castle has been the home of the International Summer School of Early Music, organized by the Society for Early Music (CR) (Spolecnost pro starou hudbu CR) being the most extensive early music courses in the Czech Republic. During the years, many projects had taken place, a number of ensembles were formed as an outcome of the classes, many briliant performances had happened. Valtice offers young professionals and amateurs an ideal setting for working under the leadership of top foreign and Czech musicians. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Ars Antigua  Popular

"Ars Antigua, directed by Jerry Fuller, presents concerts of chamber music performed on period instruments at 2pm on the second Saturday of November, January and March every year in the stunning, stained-glass setting of Quigley Chapel in Chicago. Performances by Ars Antigua are known for technical excellence, emotional impact and historical scholarship."

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(AU) Adelaide Baroque Inc.  Popular

“Since 1977, Adelaide Baroque has established a tradition of leadership in the field of authentic early music performance, revitalising known Baroque repertoire, and bringing to light freshly discovered works with a vivacity, integrity and spirit they so richly deserve. Adelaide Baroque is renowned for its uncompromising standard of excellence, and for the ongoing development of emerging professional musicians.“

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(FR) K617 Record Label  Popular

“ Founded in 1990, the label K617 has had such an impact because it has met a wide audience’s appetite for new discoveries. K617 has enabled us to discover the scope of Latin America’s Baroque music heritage whose richness bursts forth in the sumptuous series ‘Pathways of Baroque’. It has also skilfully associated with its systematic exploration of this repertoire a whole generation of performers, who although unknown yesterday, are today on a par with the greatest.

The perfect example is Gabriel Garrido, whose Latin American experience has nourished an entirely new vision of European baroque, which has found its finest testimony in his interpretations of the masterpieces of Claudio Monteverdi: ‘historically informed’ recordings of very well-known works which we rediscover from a new perspective.

However, K617, as a label based in Lorraine, very quickly realised that the Angel of the bizarre did not only brush faraway continents with its wings. Hence it is also responsible for the revival of ‘regional’ composers like Jean-François Tapray and especially Théodore Gouvy whose Requiem, which has sold over 25,000 copies, is now viewed as one of the major religious music works of the end of the nineteenth century.

Perhaps K617's secret is that it has never separated its production activity from its involvement with live music, always listening out for performers, researchers and all those who dream of being present at the birth of new emotions. A new manifestation of this is the National Month of Latin American Baroque Music, which every autumn now allows the whole of France to discover the new soundscapes of K.617.

Since the very beginning of the year 2003, K617 has been the leader of the activities of Le Couvent (Sarrebourg - France), where the Centre International des Chemins du baroque is located. But K617 is still developing its partnership with harmonia mundi.“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Chris Norman, Historical Flute  Popular

“Hailed as one of the finest flute players of our time, Chris Norman proves over and over again that the simple wooden flute is the original- and still unsurpassed- woodwind of expression, passion, joy and subtlety. His influential work as a performer, composer, recording artist and teacher has brought the simple wooden flute to the forefront as an alternative voice to the modern orchestral instrument.

Born in Halifax Nova Scotia, he began his musical studies at the age of ten. His interest in the traditional music of Maritime Canada; Scottish, Irish and French Canadian Styles, drew him from his early path studying classical flute. Chris embarked upon a quest to learn the music from the tradition bearers, travelling across North America and Europe. His subsequent work has redefined the boundaries of both traditional and classical styles, forging a synthesis that has been embraced by audiences, scholars, and critics of both schools. ..“

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(IT) Parchment Roses by Elena Dal Cortivo  Popular

"Handmade reproduction of parchment roses for harpsichords and baroque guitars after originals and iconographical sources, or after patterns by request. ...

... In the summers 1982,'83 and'85 I participated in seminars held by ancient violin-making Gerhard Söhne in the courses of Ancient Music Pamparato (Cuneo). After the diploma of Violin Making in Vicenza I started the business of building maker Renaissance lutes, viola da gamba Renaissance and Baroque, ribeche and mandore medieval, and even occasionally making rosette parchment for cymbals and Baroque guitars, upon request. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Marco Ternovec, Renaissance & Baroque Viola da Gamba  Popular

"Italian born Marco Ternovec is a historical informed maker who has specialized in rebuilding Renaissance and Baroque viola da gamba since 1983. In 1994 he moved his atelier to Belgium where he lives. Besides viols, he has extended his research on the reproduction of the lyra family of instruments (lira da braccio, da gamba and lirone) as well as Medieval vielle and Baroque cello. His instruments are based on surviving historical examples. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Stefan Beck, Flutemaker  Popular

I have been rebuilding historical instruments for over 30 years. I have been working in various museums and private collections all over Europe and in the USA measuring and studying numerous historical instruments. I am now working for museums. After an education as fine mechanic I started to study musicology, information-theory and linguistics. My special field of interest was research of tone colours. Since 1973 I have been working for musicians and composers arond the world for whom I have invented and developed various sound generators. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Luciano Contini -- Lutenist  Popular

"Luciano Contini was born in Sassari, Sardinia, in 1958.

After completing his guitar studies with A.Marrosu and O.Ghiglia with awards in various competitions, he began, in the 1980's to dedicate himself to performance practice of renaissance and baroque music, and began playing the lute, exclusively.

From 1982, after graduating cum laude in musicology from the University of Bologna, he continued his studies at the famous Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel, Switzerland, with H.Smith, E.Dombois and J.Christensen.

He began an intense concertistic career which carried him to Europe, the two Americas and Japan, performing for such prestigious institutions as the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Staatsoper in Berlin and the Teatro alla Scala in Milano with musicians like A. Curtis, B.Dickey, C.Banchini, J.Christensen, R.Clemencic, J.Savall, R.Muti. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(IT) Ciresa-Fiemme (Soundboard supplier)  Popular

"We are pleased to welcome you in the world of Abete Fiemme. These pages tell the story of the "tree of music", an extraordinary tree which grows in the forests of the Fiemme Valley (Italy). From this wood, unique in the world for its resonant characteristics, we obtain soundboards for valuable musical instruments.

A. Stradivari personally chose the spruces in the Fiemme Valley to make his fascinating violins. Nowadays the "heart" of some of the most famous pianos in the world, is a "Ciresa soundboard "." ... (See site for more information.)

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(UK) Dressed in Time  Popular

“Welcome to Dressed in Time, a website offering custom made historic clothing from a wide range of eras, based in Fife, Scotland. Here you will find gowns from the 1500s-1960s, as well as accessories such as bonnets, reticule purses and jackets. We specialise in historical bridal wear and can either create an exact replica of a historical style, or can work with you to produce something unique and modernised, based on extant sources. The owner (below) is a final year PhD student specialising in Fashion, Art and Theatre History. Please feel free to get in touch and discuss this further- individual quotes will be provided once we have an idea of what you're after.

Although Dressed in Time primarily creates womens' and children's wear, we will on occasion provide men's waistcoats, shirts and jackets from a variety of eras. This includes commissions for making any (historically related) garment you may require, including replicas from film, TV, paintings, theatre and more.

We are happy to provide costumes for theatrical productions and re-enactment events, to hire or to buy. The business founder can also attend your re-enactment event in costume, and provide costume-related talks and demonstrations. Please ensure you've read through the  Terms and Conditions before getting in touch.”

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(ES) Aars Antiqva  Popular

At Ars Antiqva you will find all related to early music: instruments (baroque guitar, vihuela, theorbo, laud, flute, viola da gamba, baroque bows, harpsichord etc.) You will find as well as new and used instruments for sale as well as manuscript. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Philippe Bolton, Recorder Maker  Popular

"Philippe Bolton graduated from Lille Conservatory in France in 1975 with a gold medal. He then established himself as a recorder maker, preferring to live from this type of activity rather than playing.

He has exhibited his instruments in many European countries (particularly Austria, Germany, Holland and the United Kingdom), in Australia, USA and Japan. He exports about half his production outside France. Over the years he has developed a several different types of recorders, of which some are "copies" and others entirely of his own design. In 1980 he became a "Maître Artisan" (Master Craftsmen) and the next year he won the "Grand Prix Régional des Métiers d'Art”) for the Provence region of France.

His production ranges from reconstructions of medieval recorders to pre-baroque and baroque instruments. He has also recently developed an electroacoustic recorder for widening the instrument’s repertoire towards jazz and contemporary music.

He has taught recorder making on various occasions in Australia, in Belgium and in France. " Well designed and informative site. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(IT) Ensemble La Risonanza (Chamber Orchestra)  Popular

“Founded by Fabio Bonizzoni in 1995 as a vocal and instrumental group, La Risonanza has become a chamber orchestra devoted to 17th and 18th Century music. It frequently collaborates with guest choirs for programmes such as Handel's Messiah or Monteverdi's Vespers and invites regularly leading Italian singers like Roberta Invernizzi, Romina Basso, Raffaella Milanesi, Nuria Rial and Sergio Foresti.

Its intense concert activity brings the group all over Europe in the most important series: Santa Cecilia and Società del Quartetto in Italy, Festival of Utrecht, Quincena de San Sebastian, Festival de Cuenca, Festival de Santander, Teatro Real de Madrid, Bruges Festival and Concertgebouw,  Bozar Center in Brussels, Arsenal in Metz, Salle Gaveu in Paris...“

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(US) Carmel Bach Festival  Popular

"“To celebrate the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries and musical heirs and to introduce this genre of music to new audiences.”

The Carmel Bach Festival began in 1935 as a three-day festival of concerts at the Sunset School Auditorium and the Carmel Mission Basilica. Dene Denny and Hazel Watrous founded the Festival. Both women were musical producers, owners of the influential Dene-Watrous Gallery and well-known for their efforts in enhancing the cultural life of the Monterey Peninsula. " See website for more info as well as festival schedule. (ed.)

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(DE) Neue Hofkapelle München (New Munich Court Orchestra)  Popular

“The New Munich court orchestra was established in 1992 by specialists in the field of historical performance practice. It is unique In the Bavarian landscape. First and foremost, the orchestra is dedicated to the research, documentation and re-performance of the widely-forgotten musical treasures of the Bavarian residences, castles and monasteries, and aims at creating the music in its original environment: the historical rooms throughout Bavaria. ..“ (Google translate)

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(DE) Arpademica Science Institute Historical Harps  Popular

"ARPADEMICA is an Institut of Science and Research of Historical Harps. The consistent research and the reproduction of surviving Early Harps using historical- physical- and technical principles, as well the reconstruction of Historical Harps from iconografic illustrations in manuscripts and skulptures. To keep this historical heritage and undertake studies in this field as well as to make publications is the the main interest of the institute. We give seminares, lectures and workshops in universities, conservatories, cultural centers and music schools, as well as at symposiums.

All research we do personaly in museums and collections arround the world, to be able to make reproductions of these musical instruments close to there historical construction and craftmenship. We measured most Historical Harps considered to be important to the early music scene and did documentations as well as technical drawings.

Professional musicians ordered Historical Harps from our workshop. We started a collection of Historical Harps several years ago. There is an archive of publications, books, drawings and digital data. All instruments are handmade, and we put great effort into original details which would not be realised using machinery. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) J. Hermans Historical Woodwinds  Popular

"I have already dedicated a big part of my life to making instruments of the highest quality. My primary goal is to develop instruments based on originals rather than to make exact copies. All my instruments are to a large extend handmade, but more importantly they can also be custom-made. I can meet the individual wishes of the player and can fulfill the most professional needs. The player gets to know his/her instrument better than myself and that's why comment by the player is always welcome and will be considered. I sincerely hope you will find very useful information regarding such important things as care of your instrument, background info on kinds of wood, musea etc. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Musica Ficta  Popular

“ .. . The expression musica ficta first appeared in theoretical treatises dating back to the 13thcentury and defined the performance rules related to accidental chromaticism in modal composition. However, these rules are nowhere to be found on the scores. It is up to the musician to apply them where necessary. In practice, specialists do not always agree, and so all that remains is choosing the performer, his personality. Who is right? Does the question really require an answer? It would seem that the question of what moves us or appeals to us is far more interesting and compelling.

Musica Ficta translates into three or four releases per year, with performers being chosen for their commitment and musical qualities for original artistic projects both in terms of the repertoire and its approach.

The collection presents an interpretation of early music within our contemporary context.

Bernard Mouton” .. . 

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(DE) Ensemble 1700  Popular

"Dorothee Oberlinger, Recorder player, is one of the most astonishing discoveries of recent years, an expressive virtuoso who has received numerous awards. She is a professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Founded by Dorothee Oberlinger, Ensemble 1700's main focus rests on currents of European music of the 17th and 18 Century. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Viola da Gamba Society-Pacifica  Popular

"The Viola da Gamba Society-Pacifica, a chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, is an association of viol enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. We enjoy playing chamber music of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries (as well as some contemporary music) from England, France, Italy and Germany on treble, tenor and bass viols. Members include novice to advanced players, instrument makers, teachers and performers." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Historic Brass Society Journal  Popular

"The Historic Brass Society Journal is an annual peer-reviewed journal by internationally recognized scholars.

Members of the Historic Brass Society can read an increasing number of the articles from our backissues online! " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Michael Vann, Bowmaker  Popular

"Canadian Bowmaker Michael Vann was trained in New York City in the shop of the world renowned master Bowmaker William Salchow. Since embarking on his career in 1975 he has won six international and more than a dozen Canadian awards for his bows which have been acquired by such notables as Pierre Fournier, Ruggiero Ricci, Steven Dann, Steven Staryk, Eugene Fodor, Sidney Harth, Gwen Hoebig, Gabriel Magyar, (Hungarian String Quartet), The New Brunswick String Quartet (Canada), The Franciscan String Quartet (U.S.A.) The Colorado Strings Quartet, (U.S.A.), The Manfred String Quartet. (France), The St. Lawrence String Quartet, The Miro String Quartet, just to name a few.

They are in use by members of symphony orchestras in Amsterdam, Chicago, Montreal, New York, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Tokyo, Paris, Toulouse, Nice, Copenhagen, Salzburg, Dusseldorf and many others.

He has also made bows for the Royal House of Denmark.

He also makes Conductor Batons for such maestros as Mario Bernardi. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(SE) Göteborg Baroque  Popular

"Gothenburg is a Baroque ensemble consisting of singer and instrumentalists focused on the music of the 16th-17th century. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Steven Devine - Harpsichord, Clavichord, Fortepianist & Director  Popular

“Steven Devine is the harpsichordist for London Baroque, the co-principal with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and many groups. He also has a fine solo career on harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano.

As a Music Director, Steven has appeared all over the world with a variety of orchestras and opera companies.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

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(DE) Vogel and Scheer  Popular

Early keyboard and part supplier. See the site for more information.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

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(DE) BURG FÜRSTENECK: Workshops for Early Music and Historical Dance and for Medieval Music  Popular

BURG FÜRSTENECK: Workshops for early music and historical dance and Workshops for medieval music.

Burg Fürsteneck
Akademie für berufliche und musisch-kulturelle Weiterbildung
Am Schlossgarten 3
D-36132 Eiterfeld
Germany
Tel: +49 / 6672 / 92020
Fax: +49 / 6672 / 920230

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(DK) The Danish Music Museum  Popular

“Trace the history of music with a visit to Denmark’s most comprehensive collection of instruments from all over the world at the Danish Music Museum, close by the gardens of Rosenborg Castle.

The museum’s evocative exhibitions provide a historic journey through the fascinating world of European musical instruments, with a special emphasis on the period from the renaissance to the beginning of the 20th century. See such curiosities as the amoeba-shaped violin and the giraffe-piano. Or visit one of the many permanent thematic exhibitions focusing on for example the raucous guitars of the mid-60’s Danish rock bands, or the ingenious creations of Danish instrument-makers.

The museum has a constantly varying series of special exhibitions. Throughout 2006 the special exhibition is dedicated to The Danish Piano – from piano to forte. ..” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Pianosromantiques  Popular

“Pianosromantiques is dedicated to French grand pianos built before 1850, particularly those of the great firms Boisselot, Erard, Pape and Pleyel. The idea is to create a photo database of the instruments disseminated in different private or public collections around the world, with a brief history of  their makers. I hope this virtual museum will contribute to the appreciation of these rather neglected instruments (compared for example to the Viennese pianos), that a lot of pianists have never had a chance to play because of the scarcity of well-restored examples. The admiration that composers such as Liszt (Erard and Boisselot), Mendelssohn (Erard) or Chopin (Pleyel) expressed towards their French pianos should be motivation enough to rediscover these instruments, whose touch and sound shed fascinating light on the romantic music composed on and for them. ..“

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(DE) Trompeten Consort Friedemann Immer (TCFI)  Popular

"Founded in 1988 TROMPETEN CONSORT FRIEDEMANN ALWAYS maintains the trumpet ensemble music of the Baroque era. It consists of eight musicians, all specialists in the field of early music. More detailed information can be found under "TCFI" and "musicians" the current composition of the consort. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(PL) Elisabeth Choinascka, Harpsichordist  Popular

“The modern harpsichord, The harpsichord as we know it today, has inspired the greatest composers of the 20th century. They have given the modern harpsichord an extraordinarily rich repertoire. They have brought a new image to the modern harpsichord. Leaving its former reputation far behind, casting off the weight of tradition and using the ideas, technology and techniques of today, they have been totally free to discover the potential and the rich expressiveness of this old instrument, as never imagined before. ..“

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary New Music

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(UK) Covent Garden Minuet Company  Popular

"The Company was founded in 1984, and is a group of about twenty men and women, of all ages and with a wide variety of occupations. We perform the social dances of the 18th century, in particular the minuet, in full authentic costume, and aim to recapture the spirit and atmosphere of the grand events that took place in the Georgian Assembly Rooms. We rehearse once a week in the Covent Garden area of London with our dancing mistress, the renowned baroque dance specialist Sarah Cremer. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Roman Turovsky-Savchuk Composer, Lute & Torban  Popular

“As a composer, Roman Turovsky-Savchuk largely limited himself to the instrumental idiom of the Baroque lute and the torban, eventually producing numerous instrumental and vocal compositions, some of which were premiered by Luca Pianca at several international festivals (Salamanca, Lisbon, Schwetzingen, Vilnius, Vicenza, Urbino, Metz and Paris), Roland Ferrandi in Corte, Simon Paulus at Wolfenbüttel and Jindřich Macek in Přibyslav. He also collaborated with Paulo Galvão and Hans Kockelmans in a series of experimental works composed jointly. His works have been recorded by Robert MacKillop, and Christopher Wilke on lute, as well as Angelo Barricelli on guitar, and Ernst Stolz on viola da gamba.

As a performer he appeared as a lute soloist and continuo player in the Early Music line-up of Julian Kytasty's "New York Bandura Ensemble"[9]. Roman Turovsky is a recipient of the 2008 NYSCA grant for the purpose of study of kobzar art with Julian Kytasty.

Roman Turovsky-Savchuk is a founding member of Vox Saeculorum and The Delian Society, two international groups devoted to preservation and perpetuation of tonal music.

Since 1996 he has signed his musical works as "Sautscheck", a German transliteration of the second part of his surname, with various first names such as Joachim Peter, Johann Joachim, and Konradin Aemilius. His musical works achieved wide circulation under this allonym. This also caused irritation for a few musicologists who perceived his works as a malicious hoax because of their ostensibly baroque style, and led to a coinage of a new German word, "Sautscheckerei", which denotes a musical or literary hoax.

"Cantiones sarmaticae et ruthenicae", a collection of nearly 300 pieces based on Ukrainian folk melodies by Turovsky, was published under the allonym "Ioannes Leopolita. ..“ (Wikipedia)

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

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(AU) Latitude 37  Popular

“Latitude 37, named after the latitudinal position which links Melbourne, Australia, to New Zealand, is an exciting baroque trio whose members Julia Fredersdorff (baroque violin), Laura Vaughan (viola da gamba) and Donald Nicolson (harpsichord) were drawn together by their passion for historically informed performance of 16th, 17th and 18th century music.

Comprising some of the top graduates of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, reunited after many years of extensive research and international experience playing with many of the finest ensembles and artists in Europe, America and Australasia, Latitude 37 represents a new generation of period instrumentalists who share a unified interest in cultivating and communicating their art.

Latitude 37 epitomises the intensity and intimacy of a trio: vitality, excitement and expression are a defining feature of their performance. Their spontaneity is inspired by a passion for the art of improvisation, communication, and the humanity of a genre of music intended to charm and enchant its audience.

After their sold-out Melbourne debut in June 2008,  the ensemble has become an active presence on the Australasian early music scene, with regular festival appearances, concerts at the Melbourne Recital Centre, tours for Chamber Music New Zealand and regular broadcasts on ABC Classic FM.   2011 saw the ensemble receive an ARIA nomination for their self-titled debut CD and return to New Zealand for a mainstage national tour for Chamber Music New Zealand.  2012 includes a 3-concert subscription series at the Melbourne Recital Centre as well as performances to accompany the Renaissance exhibition at the NGA, Canberra, and the Love and Devotion exhibition of Persian manuscripts at the Victorian State Library.”

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(US) Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF)  Popular

“... We’re thrilled to see the Bloomington Early Music Festival return to its roots through a partnership with Gamma Ut, the student wing of the Early Music Institute,” said Leela Breithaupt, board member of Early Music Associates. “This is a wonderful opportunity to bring together talented musicians specializing in Medieval and Baroque music with the Bloomington community in an energetic, fun-filled celebration that combines old music with new avenues of performance.”

Partnering with the festival are a number of community groups and venues, including Classical Revolution Bloomington, the Jacobs School of Music’s Project Jumpstart and Early Music Institute, the First Presbyterian Church’s new concert series, the Runcible Spoon, the City of Bloomington’s Saturday Morning Farmer’s Market, the Monroe County Courthouse, and the Mathers Museum."

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(US) Steve Renaker, Harpsichord Maker  Popular

Harpsichord maker. Follow his latest construction on a well documented blog. Photos of construction added for detail. (ed.)

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(CA) Sonia Lee, Harpsichordist & Early Music Scholar  Popular

“ Maintaining an active concert schedule in North and South Americas, Europe, and the Far East, award-winning Canadian early keyboardist  Sonia Lee has been praised by critics for her "very high standard of playing" and her ability "to dazzle an enraptured audience."  She has been heard as soloist at festivals as well as regional and international conferences, including Boston Early Music Festival, Rome Festival, Early Keyboard Music Cycle of Buenos Aires, Early Music Colorado Fall Festival, Society for Historically Informed Performance Summer Concert Series, as well as the American Musical Instrument Society, Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, Galpin Society, and International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections meetings. As a continuo player on both harpsichord and organ, she has collaborated with numerous soloists and ensembles, including Concerto Urbano, La Donna Musicale, the Rome Festival Orchestra and Opera, Dulces Exuviae, Sinfonia da Camera, Les Jeunes Virtuoses de Montréal, and Musicerend Gezelschap, of which she is a founding member. ..“

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(FR) Claire Soubeyran, Flute Maker and Restauration  Popular

“Claire Soubeyran has settled her workshop near Paris.

Since 1979, she has been building traverso and flutes after historical  instruments of the baroque classic and romantic aera.
Her production includes traverso flutes from the early baroque three joint flutes up to the first Boehm system.

As a renown specialist in woodwind conservation she has been working for private and public collections (musée de la Musique in Paris, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, Metropolitan Museum in New York).

She is the maker for international soloists and her flutes are played in numerous concerts and recordings (Les Talents Lyriques, L'orchestre des Champs Elysées, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Les Arts Florissants, Concerto Köln, Stradivaria etc).

Claire Soubeyran likes to work in close collaboration with  the flutists and she constantly improves the quality of her flutes in order to match their expectations

She received, in 1994 the Musicora award for the creation of student  traverso and, in 1998, the Musicora and craftmanship ministry award for her re creation of a conical boehm system wooden flute.”

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(UK) Cobbe Collection at Hatchlands  Popular

"Hatchlands, a property of the National Trust, stands in a handsome, wooded park, landscaped by Humphrey Repton, and is just 23 miles from London. Splendid rooms designed c. 1758 by Robert Adam are furnished with the Cobbe Collection of Old Master paintings and composer instruments.

Alec Cobbe formed the collection of some 50 historic keyboard instruments during the last forty years, his purpose being to assemble instruments by makers who were highly regarded or patronised by composers. Eighteen of the instruments were actually owned or played by some of the greatest creators of classical music, such as Henry Purcell, Johann Christian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fryderik Chopin, Franz Liszt, Georges Bizet, Gustav Mahler and Edward Elgar - the largest group of such composer-related instruments to be seen in one place anywhere in the world.

The instruments are maintained in playing condition and are used for concerts. In 1997 they were given to the Cobbe Collection Trust, a charity which aims to enable musicians and audiences to hear music sounding as nearly as possible to what the composers themselves would have heard."

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(UK) Early Music (Oxford University Press)  Popular

Richly-illustrated magazine published quarterly by the Oxford University Press; the leading periodical devoted to performance practice from the Middle Ages to the Romantic Era. Substantial articles and extensive reviews of books, music and recordings, read by amateurs and professionals, scholars and performers, instrument makers and listeners. Advertising contact Jane Beeson em.adverts@btopenworld.com

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(US) Early Music Boston  Popular

Links to various performance groups in the Boston area. Site is maintained by Sheila Beardslee. (ed.)

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(NL) Jed Wentz, Flute  Popular

"Jed Wentz began his flute studies with Walter Mayhall in Youngstown, Ohio, and continued studying with James Walker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied modern and historical flutes at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Robert Willoughby and Michael Lynn, and received a Soloist's Diploma from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague after three years with Barthold Kuijken. He has performed and recorded with groups such as Musica Antiqua Koln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Capriccio Stravagante Paris and the Gabrielli Consort. In 1992 he founded Musica ad Rhenum, with whom he has recorded more than 20 CDs both as flutist and conductor. His recording of the complete flute sonatas of Locatelli was awarded the prize for the Best Recording of Italian Music 1995 by the Fondazione Cini Venetia. Mr. Wentz teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, and lectures regularly on performance practice at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has published articles in Early Music, Concerto, and Tijdschrijft voor Oude Muziek. He is pursuing his doctorate through Leiden University, with his research centering on the relationship between 18th-century staging and tempo in the tragedie en musique. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

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(CA) A&M Wood Specialty  Popular

"A & M Wood Specialty Inc. continues to offer one of the broadest inventories in North America of wood and related wood products. For the furniture maker and architectural millwork shops we stock over 120 species of fine hardwoods and veneers, as well as a broad selection of furniture grade and specialty plywood's. All of the solids can be purchased rough or dressed to your specifications. Many European species are available, with boards up to 42 inches wide occasionally on hand.

For the instrument maker, be it string, woodwind or keyboard, we stock a variety of traditional woods and associated products. A browse through our price list or web site will give you an understanding of our varied selection. For wood turners we have many species of kiln dried wood in 3 inch and 4 inch thicknesses, a variety of partially dry half logs, numerous squares in various species and dimensions, plus a large inventory of burls ranging from quite small to several hundred pounds. " ... (See site for more information.)

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(DE) Ralf Ehlert - Recorder Maker  Popular

“ .. . .the recorders I make today are replicas or near copies of the original instrument played in the baroque era.

It might seem unnecessary to make five alto instruments all in the same pitch, but I think we should maintain the diversity of the past. The stylistic differences between the various recorder makers were enormous, especially when they worked long distances from each other and were influenced by different musicians and composers of the day. 
    
That is why each instrument not only had it's own unique sound and look, but also it's own individual feel to it when played. We can sometimes only guess at the use made of a particular instrument by studying it's measurements. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Sebastian Hilsmann, hurdy gurdies  Popular

Hurdy Gurdy maker. 

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(CH) Fondation Harmoniques  Popular

“The Foundation aims are of the preservation and knowledge of ancient musical instruments and the coordination of events related to ancient music. ”

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(DE) Dr. Denzil Wraight - Maker of Italian Keyboard Instruments  Popular

"As a specialist on Italian harpsichords and maker of other string keyboard instruments, I offer a synthesis of research on their history with the building of new instruments to meet your requirements.

You can inform yourself about my thesis and other publications on Italian instruments including stringing with Nuremberg wire."

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(UK)(US) Chorworks  Popular

“Chorworks is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 to explore the rich diversity of choral music. Through concerts and educational workshops, Chorworks offers singers and conductors the opportunity to study and perform choral masterpieces, with an emphasis on works from the 16th and 17th centuries. Our world-class faculty is drawn from several premier early music ensembles, including Anonymous 4, Magnificat, and the Tallis Scholars.”

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(SE) Les Musiciens de l´îlot Royal  Popular

"Les Musiciens de l´îlot Royal was established 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden by harpsichordist and composer Miguel Robaina.

The ensemble are mainly into music from the baroque era. Their repetoir primary consists of french music in the spirit of Lully and music from the Swedish great powerperiod. Les Musiciens are also frequently performing music from the Scharffeneck collection of contemporary early music.

The ensemble are playing on historical original instruments or replicas of such. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Ensemble Anonymus  Popular

"Ensemble Anonymus was formed in Québec City in 1978 by a group of young professional performers under the leadership of Claude Bernatchez, the group’s founder and musical director. Their passionate interest in early music led them to attempt to recreate the musical traditions of medieval Europe. Today, the long list of their concerts and original shows, along with a series of high-quality recordings, testifies to their achievements and the level of artistic excellence they have attained. " See website for more details. (ed.)

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(AT) Palladian Ensemble  Popular

"The charismatic Palladian Ensemble is firmly established on the international music scene as a quartet of the highest calibre, presenting baroque chamber music infused with style, uninhibited virtuosity and intelligent musicianship. Over the past fifteen years the Ensemble has made numerous broadcasts and played hundreds of performances at prestigious venues across Britain, Europe, North and South America and still enjoys consistent popularity with audiences and critics worldwide. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Edition Baroque  Popular

“Edition Baroque - Olaf Tetampel, Jörg Jacobi and Martina Bley - three experienced and high profile musicians in the field of early music, offer new editions of compositions of the 17th and 18 Century. ..“

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(US) A-R Editions, Inc.  Popular

"A-R Editions is the leading U.S. publisher of modern editions of early music. Six series within Recent Researches in Music span the history of Western music, while a seventh series explores oral traditions in music. We also publish Collegium Musicum: Yale University and Music of the United States of America (MUSA). Browse our on-line catalog, or read the Recent Researches newsletter, Embellishments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Centre d’Études des Théâtres de la Foire et de la Comédie-Italienne  Popular

Centre for the Study of the Fairground Theatres and the Comédie-Italienne

The Centre was created in 1999 by Françoise Rubellin, professor at the University of Nantes, following the international colloquium entitled “Les théâtres de la Foire 1678-1762”, with the support of two great specialists, Barry Russell from England (creator of the website foires.net) and David Trott from Canada, both deceased. The original project was to create a lasting link between researchers who were geographically dispersed, and to favour an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together theatre, music and dance: the Fairground plays are more show libretti than simple literary, textual objects.

Today, the Centre extends its research and its publications to the repertory of the Comédie-Italienne, having as a priority to edit manuscripts of plays that have never been re-edited, and to restore their musical dimension.

  • The Centre is working on the publication of several plays still in manuscript versions only of the Fairground theatres and the Comédie-Italienne in the form of separate editions or of collections.
  • The Centre is currently undertaking research on parodies of opera, with the support of the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), the Région Pays de la Loire and the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange-Guépin.
  • The Centre trains numerous students in research during their MA and PhD theses, and provides access for them to an important number of microfilms of unedited plays, as well as a specialised collection of documents.
  • The members of the Centre (PhD candidates and MA students included) publish articles and present papers in colloquia in France and abroad.
  • The Centre actively collaborates with specialised researchers in the field of Fairground theatres and the Comédie-Italienne in France and abroad (Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, United States, etc.).
  • The Centre works in partnership with several cultural structures dedicated to music and theatre, in Nantes and in the region Pays de la Loire (Angers Nantes Opéra, Le Grand T, La Folle Journée of the CRÉA) as well as with ensembles (Hugo Reyne’s Simphonie du Marais) and troupes (Thierry Pillon’s L’Éternel Éphémère, Chantal David’s Bel Viaggio). With them, we put into place activities for communication, creation and research development.
  • The Centre has organised, for over ten years, a monthly seminar, study days and colloquia.

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(CH) Andreas Besteck -- Atelier für Traversflötenbau  Popular

Historical flute maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Capilla Flamenca  Popular

"The vocal and instrumental consort Capilla Flamenca takes its name from the choir of the court chapel of Emperor Charles V. When Charles left the Low Countries in 1517, he took his best musicians with him in order to accompany him as 'living polyphony' to Spain.

Today's Capilla Flamenca recruits its specialized musicians mainly from Flanders so as to bring to life again the unique timbre of this brilliant 15th-16th century music in its full authenticity. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Harpsichords and Related Topics (HPSCHD-L)  Popular

HPSCHD-L is devoted to early stringed keyboard instruments: harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, virginals, and all similarinstruments except the modern piano. The list is an open forum for all topics related to these instruments, including their theoryand principles of construction, decoration, and history and evolution from their earliest beginnings through modern times. Other topics for discussion include performers on these instruments, performance practice, literature, pedagogy, care and ownership. We may also stray to include ads of instruments/music/recordings for sale or wanted, discussion of performances or recordings, and musical editions. To subscribe, send e-mail to: listserv@listserv.albany.edu send the following command in the body of your message: SUBSCRIBE HPSCHD-L yourfirstname yourlastname

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(US) The New Renaissance & Baroque Music Website  Popular

"Welcome to The New Renaissance & Baroque Music Website. This site features original music written in authentic renaissance and baroque styles by composer and harpsichordist Grant Colburn. The music is available in complete editions available for purchase and performance.

The composer Grant Colburn was born in Wisconsin in 1966. Always one to search for the obscure and out of the ordinary in music, the late 70's found him taking an interest in the harpsichord after hearing a recording by Igor Kipnis. Shortly after he attended two summers of harpsichord workshop studying with Igor Kipnis at the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. During this time he began writing his earliest compositions in a period style.

Since this time Grant Colburn has written and self published four books of period music. The first called A First Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Organ contains his earliest pieces in the baroque style. The second completed book, Six Setts of Lessons for the Harpsichord along with the third book recently completed titled Six Easy Lessons for the Harpsichord are both highly influenced by the keyboard music of Handel's English Contempories. A fourth book is also in print called A Renaissance Miscellany, which in addition to keyboard music also has instrumental music, songs, and rounds ranging in stylistically in time from the early to later 16th century. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

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(BE) Raphaella Smits, Guitarist  Popular

" Raphaella Smits plays worldwide in her unique way eight-string guitars and historical instruments. Solo recitals as well as performances in duo with the most distinguished colleagues. Besides that stage-work she has made 16 albums, many of them being listed as indispensable to refined music lovers.

Raphaella Smits is internationally praised as an inspiring teacher for both guitar and chamber music. In addition to her chair at the Lemmens Institute in Belgium, she regularly gives master classes in West and East Europe, in North and South America and in Japan.

Organizers of international music competitions ask Raphaella as a member of the jury because of her ability to listen and to judge so accurately. Here again she shows her talent to combine professional skills with a great sense of empathy.

Raphaella Smits is called quite rightly "une Grande Musicienne." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Martin Pühringer Harpsichords and Clavichords  Popular

My interest in early keyboard instruments dates back to 1978. Since 1985 I have been making harpsichords, spinets, virginals and clavichords in my own workshop in the northwest of Austria. I have also restored a few original instruments for private owners in Austria.

My instruments are never exact copies. They are either inspired by a particular historical instrument which has in most cases been personally examined, or they are built in the style of a certain instrument-making school and period. Each of my instruments is individually handcrafted to order. They are built o­n strictly historical lines using appropriate methods and materials which would have been used by the old masters. Working o­n my own I build o­nly a small number of instruments per year. I make most of the components myself, including keyboards, action parts, tuning pins and various other items like tangents and overspun strings for clavichords. The action consists of traditional wooden jacks with no regulating screws, the tuning pins are hand-forged with flat tops and no holes but they have a light hand-filed thread.

Most recent restorations include a square piano which is said to have been in the possession of Konstanze Mozart.

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(US) Gamut Musical Strings (Gut strings)  Popular

"From my most early studies of violin making I gravitated towards instruments intended for historical performance practice, making my first baroque violin in 1973 when I was still a student. About that time I began to research early instruments and set up, spending time in museums with as many unaltered instruments as the curators would allow. In the late 1970s I came to the conclusion that our early instrument reproductions would not work to expectation with the gut strings that were available at the time and I started to study the properties of historical strings based on old extant samples that I had taken out of violin cases over the years, historical descriptions of the string making process and early comments on the nature of strings. This led me to the conclusion that the only way to make authentically styled historical strings was to make them myself. The string making process does not lend itself to making just a few strings when needed, so I found myself developing a new business that developed into Gamut Musical Strings.

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(FR) La Musique Française au XVIIIème siècle  Popular

French music of the 18th century -- website portal.

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(CA) Early-Music.com  Popular

"The mission of early-music.com is to provide an international marketplace for world-class professionals involved in all aspects of early music and particularly baroque music: artists, record labels, instrument builders, agent, promoters, festivals, music publishers, teaching institutions - and of course the interested public. It is intended that the marketplace will evolve to increasingly meet your wants. Initially we are only supporting artists and record labels but intend to extend the membership range shortly when we will be updating the site. The site is structured to make the content readily accessible and encourage familiarity. For information about joining us on the site please e-mail: membership@early-music.com."

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(US) Altarwind Music -- George & Anwyn Leverett (Harps, Hurdy Gurdies, and Bowed Psalteries)  Popular

“Harps, Hurdy Gurdies, and Bowed Psalteries. There's nothing more magical than music made on these ancient instruments. Whether finding an honored place in your home or becoming a lifelong travelling companion, We make all our instruments with you in mind. Instruments should inspire the player..... bring out the magic in your hands.“

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(DE) Fridtjof Aurin Transverse Flutes  Popular

Fridtjof Aurin  Transverse Flutes

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(CH) Trudelies Leonhardt, Fortepianist  Popular

"Trudelies Leonhardt, the sister of the harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt, is of Dutch-Austrian parentage and comes from a family of musicians.

She studied with Johannes Röntgen, Anthon van der Horst and Nelly Wagenaar at the Amsterdam Conservatory where she was awarded the Soloist's Diploma with distinctions as well as the Elisabeth Everts prize. She also worked in Paris with Yves Nat and Marguerite Long.

Numerous orchestras have engaged Trudelies Leonhardt as soloist for their concerts, among which are the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich and the London Mozart Players.

She has long been interested in the Fortepianos of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and now entirely devotes her musical activities to their repertoire as a prolific recording artist. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Robert Eisenstein, academic/director/viola da gamba  Popular

“Robert Eisenstein is the director of the Five College Early Music Program,and conducts the Early Music Collegium and Euridice Ensemble, a 17th and18th century chamber ensemble. He teaches music history and directs the Madrigal Singers at the University of Massachusetts, and performs regularly on the viola da gamba with colleagues and in his capacity as founding member and programming director of the Folger Consort in Washington, DC. Mr.Eisenstein has performed with the New York Renaissance Band, Cappella Nova, the New York Consort of Viols, the Washington Bach Consort, and the National Symphony.“

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(UK) Highland Horn Company Ltd.  Popular

" Large and diverse stock of whole, sheet and cut material in bone, horn and antler. Experienced in supply of whole, dried horn where size, tone and colours are of significant importance. Cow, Ox, buffalo, sheep and goat horn, Buffalo and camel bone in whole and sheet (peroxide treated) formats. Suppliers of varied natural materials to the antiques industry.  Also Nickel alloy, Brass and Sterling Silver bagpipe mounts and ferrules stocked (specialist trade - see sister site http://www.bagpipeferrules.com)"

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(CH) Renaissance Flute Iconography  Popular

Renaissance Flute Iconography. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Kingham MTM Cases Ltd.  Popular

“Our cases are made from strong, lightweight plywood,which is covered outside with leathercloth. The inside is lined in plush or velvet. The cases are well padded and include storage ompartments and/or bow provisions where necessary. Top quality fittings are used throughout, including nickel plated hardware and solid leather handles. Various exterior and interior colour schemes are available.“

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(HR) Korkyra Baroque Festival  Popular

"The Korkyra Baroque Festival is a recently-established international music festival. The Festival offers a rich baroque experience in impressive culture heritage venues on the island of Korčula. ...

The Korkyra Baroque Festival was declared a success both in Croatia and abroad when it was held for the first time in 2012. ...

The Festival has not only artistic importance but is also valuable in that it helps to promote Croatian tourism. The Korkyra Baroque Festival offers music of an exceptional standard, attracting tourists from all over the world and enriching the cultural offering of Korčula for tourists. The concerts promote Korčula’s churches as cultural heritage, as well as the entire island as a unique architectural complex. ..."

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(FR) Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music  Popular

"Sequentia is one of the world’s most respected and innovative ensembles for medieval music. Founded in 1977 by Benjamin Bagby and the late Barbara Thornton, Sequentia can look back on more than three decades of international concert tours, a comprehensive discography spanning the entire Middle Ages (including the complete works of Hildegard von Bingen), film and television productions of medieval music drama, and new generations of young performers trained in professional courses given by the ensemble.

After 25 years based in Cologne, Germany, Sequentia’s home has been re-established in Paris. In the 2008-2009 season, Sequentia’s newly-formed ensemble of men’s voices, based in Paris, will give the premiere of an innovative new program of vocal polyphony and chant from the Cathedral of Notre Dame. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Hasse Project  Popular

"Johann Adolph Hasse Il Sassone (1699 - 1783) was for a number of decades the most prolific and popular composers of opera seria in Italy and German-speaking countries. He was '...a German with the musical passions of an Italian...' A close association with Metastasio and a series of important positions in the musical world meant that his works were presented in an appropriate manner in some of the major theatres of the time from London through Italy and Germany to Vienna.

The Hasse Project plans to make more of his music available through invaluable access to both autograph and copy scores of Hasse's works.

The emphasis will be on his vocal works, initially cantatas and arias, but hopefully we will include some of his major works at a later date. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(UK) Red Priest, Early Music Ensemble  Popular

"Red Priest is one of the major success stories on the international Early Music scene today. Named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, this extraordinary English ensemble has re-defined the art of baroque music performance, combining the fruits of extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity, creative re-composition, heart-on-sleeve emotion and compelling stagecraft. The group performs largely from memory, allowing an operatic level of freedom and interaction, and its highly imaginative programmes are drawn from myriad baroque sources to create a kaleidoscopic range of moods and colours.

Formed in 1997, Red Priest now gives over 60 concerts a year in some of the most prestigious festivals and venues in Europe, Australia and the USA (see below), together with regular Radio and TV broadcasts (notably ITV's South Bank Show) and a series of highly acclaimed and brilliantly original CD recordings on the Dorian label - including their baroque-horror epic, Nightmare in Venice and a best-selling, post-modern take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In February 2005 the ensemble pushed the boundaries of baroque performance yet further with the launch of the Red Hot Baroque Show at London's Hackney Empire - a dramatic fusion of 18th century music with 21st century sound, light and video technology. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Renaissance Singers  Popular

" The Renaissance Singers were founded in 1972. The choir's early reputation was based on its polished performances of Renaissance a capella literature. Today, the choir sings music from the masters of all centuries. The Renaissance Singers have also commissioned and premiered the works of leading Canadian composers. Every year, the Singers perform four Saturday and Sunday concerts in the Waterloo Region.

The choir was the first Canadian choir to sing in the fringe of The Three Choirs Festival, the oldest music festival in the world. In 1989, the choir was invited to return, becoming the first Canadian choir to sing in the main festival. The choir has been on tour four times, and has sung n Westminster Abbey, Yorkminster, and the cathedrals of Canterbury, Chichester, Ely, Guildford, Norwich, Salisbury, Wells, Winchester, St. George's Chapel, Lincoln, St. Alban's and Ripon. The highly regarded chamber choir has four recordings to its credit, with plans for more in the near future. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

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(DE) La Stagione Frankfurt  Popular

"The orchestra La Stagione Frankfurt has for many years been counted among the most successful ensembles in the field of authentic music performance.

The versatility of the ensemble's director Michael Schneider on the one hand and the artistic flexibility of each of the musicians on the other, enable a convincing and authentic performance of a wide spectrum of works from the areas of baroque opera and oratorios through classical symphonic works to the performance of important pieces of the 20th century.

It is the discovery and performance of lesser known musical gems by composers such as F.I. Beck, A. Stradella, A. Scarlatti, I. Holzbauer and the sons of Bach coupled with the stimulating and authentic interpretation of the standard repertoire which characterises the artistic intention of La Stagione.

Performing regularly with well-known vocal and instrumental soloists, the invitations to important European festivals and concert venues as well as the numerous highly regarded recordings attest to the high reputation of La Stagione Frankfurt. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Early Comics  Popular

A site with early comics (cartoons). See website for more details. (ed.)

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(US) Mostly Motets  Popular

"Mostly Motets is a small vocal ensemble that sings sacred music primarily from the Renaissance and earlier. The group typically sings works by 15th and 16th century composers such as: Byrd, Tallis, Palestrina, Victoria, Dufay, Desprez, and Frye as well as some Gregorian chant and other works from the Middle Ages. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Pirastro Strings  Popular

"It is the quality of our strings and rosin that makes PIRASTRO a well known brand name which stands for reliability and beauty of sound.

Many musicians of bowed classical instruments prefer PIRASTRO strings because of the string's ability of modulation and altering the tone. This allows the musician to create an individual sound and to evoke the special sound characteristics of the instrument.

Musicians can chose from the most comprehensive product program available in the industry, which offers gut strings such as Oliv, Eudoxa or Chorda, synthetic strings like evah pirazzi, Obligato, Violino or Tonica and steel strings such as Permanent, Flexocor or Chromcor. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Pro Musica Antiqua  Popular

"Since 1983, Pro Musica Antiqua has devoted itself to early music (historical instruments / historical performance practice), so music from the beginnings to the romance, presented on the basis of historical performance practice and period instruments. ... (Google translation)" Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) François Masson, Clarinet  Popular

Early clarinet maker.

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(US) Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ)  Popular

“The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ), founded by Conductor/Music Director Robert W. Butts in 1996, originally specialized in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the Baroque and Classical eras. The Orchestra now performs a wide variety of symphonic, chamber and operatic classical music from all periods.

Initially performing at the historic Darress Theatre in Boonton, the Orchestra became the ensemble in residence at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison in 2002.  In 2008, the BONJ moved to a beautiful new auditorium for its larger concerts- Dolan Hall in the Annunciation Center at the College of St. Elizabeth's, in Convent Station.

As part of its mission, the Orchestra inaugurated in March, 2003 its free annual Family Concert, produced to encourage young people and families to enjoy the orchestra concert experience.  To encourage the development and recognition of classical music students, the BONJ sponsors the Pearl and Julius Young Rising Starts Music Competition.  Winners of the competition, and other young musicians, are given the opportunity to play with the Baroque Orchestra.

In August of 2006, BONJ offered its first Summer Festival of Baroque Music at Grace Church in Madison. The Festival, which has become an annual event, offers a great variety of musical and related performances in the space of a week.“

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(BE) Les Amis du Clavecin (The Friends of the Harpsichord) Spring Festival  Popular

“The year was 1991, the venue, the church of Tourinne-la-Grosse, the harpsichordist, Davitt Moroney. The enthusiastic audience witnessed the first recital of what was to become a festival that has lost none of its momentum since.

Its purpose was to offer a meeting place for harpsichord players and lovers, and since then the festival has welcomed numerous musicians in the course of its history.

Its repertoire has evolved continuously, comprising masterworks, forgotten works, unpublished works ... Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, French suites, suites by Handel, sonatas by Scarlatti, Harpsichord works by Louis and François Couperin, by Marchand, Froberger, Draghi, Purcell ...

A spring festival held in some of the most beautiful venues in Brabant Walloon like the little Saint Pierre church of Upigny, the Chapel Marie la Misérable of Woluwé-St-Lambert, the church Saint Nicolas of la Hulpe, or even a castle somewhere in Hamme-Mille.

In the wake of the festival, there are also "The Harpsichord on Thursdays" and the "Espace Mikrokosmos", whose programs are a perfect foil for those of "Le Clavecin à Tourinnes". ..“

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(CA) Daniel Thonon, hurdy gurdy player/maker, harpsichordist  Popular

“DANIEL THONON  was born in 1949, in Brussels. His father, a Jazz pianist, owns a cabarets where artists such as Léo Ferré and Georges Brassens hold concerts, as well as an art Gallery.

Daniel immigrates to Canada in 1963 and settles in Montreal, where he finishes his High School Studies. He goes on to study at McGill University at the Faculty of Music, then leaves for Switzerland, where he will study Harpsichord and Early Music at the Conservatory of Music in Geneva. Daniel Thonon then moves to Annecy, France, where he will spend the next ten years playing and producing himself in various concerts around Europe with his Early Music Group "Le Concert dans L'Oeuf". He produces four records with this group, while at the same time, researching various aspects of Musicology, Instrument building, and works for two years as a Music Therapist in a psychiatric institute. He composes and arranges various works for theatre and cinema, traditional music groups, rock, jazz, contemporary, etc.

In 1978, he goes to study music of the Arab/Andaluz tradition in Tlemcen, Algeria, and returns to Canada to settle in St-Marc-sur-Richelieu, where he now lives with his spouse and three children. Upon his return to Canada, he plays with the Ensemble Claude Gervaise for two years, then forms "Ad Vielle que Pourra", a traditional folk Music group, which will rapidly acquire international reputation. During its twelve years of existence, "Ad Vielle que Pourra" has played in hundreds of concerts each year, across North America and Europe. The group has recorded four CD's on the American Label "Green Linnet", which were sold all over the world.

After the dissolution of "Ad Vielle que Pourra" in 1999, Daniel Thonon forms the group "Montcorbier", which carries on the works of the former group. Daniel Thonon composes and arranges for other artists, tours as soloist on the accordion and baroque hurdy-gurdy, and pursues his various activities in musicology and instrument building. ..“

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(UK) Jane Austen Dancers in Bath  Popular

"We are a group of dancers, "The Jane Austen Dancers" who meet at Bath Trinity Hall (map here) at Monmouth Place near Queens Square on Wednesday evenings. The class begins at 8 PM, and all are welcome no matter what experience they may have. We dance primarily for pleasure but engage in performance and also narrated demonstrations. Much research has been carried out on the Regency Period by members of the group and is continuing. A costume ball is given by the dancers annually. Our musical director Sue Law is without doubt unique and vastly experienced. We are also extremely fortunate in having Valerie Webster as director of dance. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Mayler Artists´Management  Popular

“Since MAM Management was founded sixteen years ago, we have remained true to our original commitment of offering a personal and creative service to artists and orchestras in the field of classical music as well as to the music industry as a whole. Our present artists' list contains not only some of the finest international names appearing before the public today but some of the brightest hopes for the future, soon to become household names.

We take pride in achieving excellence in the international management of artists, orchestral touring and the development of building careers on a worldwide basis.”

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(CZ) Paul McNulty Fortepianos  Popular

"I came to the mechanical trades after studying music at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. In Boston, I took a diploma in piano technology under Bill Garlick and earned guild qualification as a tuning examiner. Since 1985 I have built 100+ fortepianos after Walter, Hofmann and Graf. My list of clients includes many fine players and institutions.

After some years in Amsterdam, I came to the Czech Republic in 1995. I found that various woods grown in the Czech Republic resembled those seen in old Viennese pianos.In fact it was written in 1823 that Conrad Graf preferred to get his soundboards from the Schwarzenberg Forest in Southern Bohemia, and indeed there is still the narrow Schwarzenberg Canal leading from the headwaters of the Moldau all the way to the Danube. A man who selects wood for violin makers chooses my logs from this forest.

My workshop is well equipped. In my own work I follow the information I have collected during museum research and restoration, most particularly preserving the measurements of soundboard and hammer mechanism. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) The Harpsichord Player - Rebecca Smith, Harpsichordist  Popular

" I am a Brisbane harpsichordist with 10 years experience of performing professionally. I studied with Huguette Brassine at the Queensland Conservatorium and have received lessons from Christophe Rousset (musical director of the movie Farinelli), Geoffrey Lancaster, Colin Tilney, Peter Hagan, Alison Crum and Roy Marks, Tommie Andersson (on vihuela), and Michael O'Loghlin (continuo). I co-founded, with Gregory Rogers, the series "Theatre of Craft and Harmony", which involved period performance of all eras. This was a free monthly series and included music, dance, various demonstrations and talks.

I have performed in 4MBS Festival of Classics and broadcast on 4MBS Classic fM, and performed as a soloist and with various ensembles including New Holland Baroque, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Chamber Ensemble Queensland, Conservatorium Baroque Orchestra, the Brisbane Baroque Orchestra, Appassionata, and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra (Queensland). " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Guitar and Lute Magazine (Gitarre & Laute)  Popular

Guitare and Lute Magazine .. . German language only.

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

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(BE) Métamusique  Popular

“Born in early 2007,  the founding members of the association is mainly active in the field of early music, it is natural that the first projects will be turned around this esthétique.Le future we will address a wide variety of activities in the approach the Métamusique.” (Google translation)

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(US) Rebecca Pechefsky, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Well known in the New York area, Rebecca Pechefsky has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and the eighteenth-century Morris-Jumel Mansion, where she is co-director of the early-music series Music at
Morris-Jumel. Outside New York she has been heard at the Boston Early Music Festival and in the concert series of the San Diego Harpsichord Society; the Harpsichord Center (Pasadena and Brentwood, California); the Miami Bach Society; the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and the  Beeville Concert Association in Beeville, Texas.

A frequent performer at the American Festival of Microtonal Music, she can be heard on its recent compact discs Early and Odysseus (by Johnny Reinhard). For Quill Classics she has recorded a recital of works by Brunnemüller, Bach, and La Guerre
(QC 1001), the complete harpsichord music of François d’Agincour (QC 1002 and 1004), and Bach and His Circle (QC 1006). With Andrew Bolotowsky she has recorded sonatas by Johann Ludwig Krebs for Baroque flute and harpsichord (QC
1003) and flute works by J. S. Bach (also with cellist David Bakamjian; QC 1008, forthcoming). With Brooklyn Baroque, of which she is a founding member (with Bolotowsky and Bakamjian), she can be heard on Northern Lights (QC 1005), a
program of German Baroque works, and The Pleasures of the French (QC 1007), a recital of eighteenth-century French works. (For more information on Brooklyn Baroque, click on the button to the left.) Her recording of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, was released in May 2009. Her recordings have been played across the United States on NPR stations, and Bach and His Circle won the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Award for best Classical Solo Album.

Also committed to new music, Ms. Pechefsky has premiered works by Mary Inwood, Graham Lynch, Frank J. Oteri, Louis Pelosi, Johnny Reinhard, and Ben Yarmolinsky. In March, she gave the world premiere of Graham Lynch’s prizewinning Petenera at the Aliénor Competition in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Currently organist at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Glendale, Queens, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Erik Ryding, with whom she has coauthored Bruno Walter: A World
Elsewhere, winner of an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. ...“

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(DE) Dortmund Recorder Consort (DORC)  Popular

"The Dortmund Recorder Consort (DORC) was formed in 1994 as a result of a course on recorder ensemble playing held by Dietrich Schnabel during the First Dortmund Sacred Music Week. Now, the DORC is the largest recorder orchestra, that rehearses and performs regularly in Germany.

The DORC consists of some 50 enthusiastic and experienced recorder players of all ages, from 12 to 75 years, playing instruments ranging in size from the 6-inches Garklein to the 6-foot Contrabass in F (called "Subbass" in Germany). The instrumentation of the DORC consists of up to about 20 great basses in C, 15 contrabasses in F and two contrabasses in C, which gives a rich and beautiful sound. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

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(UK) Northern Renaissance Instruments  Popular

"STRINGS: Original types of strings and string sets for all Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical instruments
INSTRUMENTS: Lutes, viols, citterns (plus bandora and orpharion), early guitars, rebecs, etc.
VARNISHING MATERIALS: Pine-resin varnishes (clear and coloured), Rosin Oils, Stand Oil, etc.
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH into the History and Technology of: Strings, instruments, performance (including standards of pitch and tempo), etc. ... "

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(UK) Midlands Early Music Forum  Popular

"Midlands Early Music Forum is an organisation which exists to promote all aspects of early music in the Midlands of England. It is one of a number of regional fora, which between them cover most areas of the UK. Each forum was set up by a group of enthusiasts, and each has its own aims and aspirations.

MEMF is an open forum. It brings together amateur and professional musicians, singers and dancers, researchers, teachers and pupils, instrument makers, costumiers, and enthusiasts.

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(US) Tempesta di Mare  Popular

"Tempesta di Mare performs baroque music on baroque instruments with what the Philadelphia City Paper describes as “zest and virtuosity that transcends style and instrumentation.” Led by co-directors Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone with concertmaster Emlyn Ngai, Tempesta di Mare's repertoire ranges from staged opera with full orchestra to chamber music. Tempesta di Mare is named for baroque master Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto meaning “storm at sea,” a title reflecting composers’ belief in the power of their music to evoke drama. Roberts and Stone founded Tempesta in 1996 to pursue their ideal of baroque music as a rhetorical, dramatic art form. The group’s debut CD of recorder sonatas by Veracini, released that year on PGM, received BBC Music Magazine's highest rating, with such praise as “world-class virtuosity” and “breathtaking results.” ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AT) Thomastik-Infeld Vienna Strings  Popular

"A Company with tradition: 80 years in the heart of Vienna

In 1919, two former officers of the Austrian monarchy, violin maker, Dr. Franz Thomastik, and civil engineering specialist, Otto Infeld, decided to become collaborators. They co-founded the company, invented the steel string and thus caused a revolution in the music world.

Suddenly the conventional gut string was challenged by a new string with the highest quality of tone, precision and reliability. It was received enthusiatically by virtuosi across the world.

To the present, an ennormous variety of strings with this new exciting sound for bowed and plucked instruments are produced at the homebase of Thomastik-Infeld, right in the of Vienna, the world´s music capital.

Thomastik-Infeld constructs and manufactures machines for producing strings in its own workshops. With a staff of 190 people, it produces yearly over 3.000 different strings. 97% of them are exported to more than 100 countries. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Encantar  Popular

“The ensemble Encantar was founded end 2006 by four young female singers.

They set themselves a target to study the rich polyfonic repertoire of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries in order to present it in a contemporary way to the public. The ensemble investigates the possibility to perform with female voices this repertoire that was written originally for men’s voices.  

Encantar mainly focusses on religious repertoire of Flemish, Spanish and Italian composers, next to anonymous works and French and English compositions of the same period. Encantar made a special program for ‘Jeugd & Muziek‘ entitled “Mix Méditerrané“ featuring some great works of southern polyphonists such as Cristobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, Bernardo Pisano, Costanzo Festa and Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina. Encantar cooperated for this production with Hendrik De Smedt (actor) under direction of Maja Jantar.

Recently, Encantar has been on tour with “La déclinaison de la femme“ a program featuring Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530).

In 2009, Encantar won the Klara Tandemtrofee 2009, together with the Audience Prize and the Radio Klara Prize.

Encantar followed masterclasses with Erik Van Nevel, Jean Tubéry and Marcel Pérès. Every year, the ensemble travels to Arezzo (Italy) to be coached by Jill Feldman and Kees Boeke.

Two recordings have been made so far, one together with the recorder consort Flanders Recorder Quartet (Aeolus) (release December 2010) and one with two lutes and renaissance harp for the label Phaedra (release May 2011).

In July 2011, Encantar won the York Early Music Festival Friends ‘ Prize.“

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(IT) Universale Musical Strings  Popular

"Universale musical strings distinguish from the respect of the manufacturing which follow the tradition of Italian string making based on historical practice and methods passed from one generation to the other.

Well constructed strings - such as Universale musical strings - offer to the customer a good combination of flexibility and durability . Maximum elasticity , ready attack and best acoustical performance with richness of upper harmonics distinguish this string from others available on the world's market. To increase tuning stability , longer playing life as well as to retard moisture penetration by hand perspiration are strings varnished.

The Universale musical strings are made from first quality selected gut (ram & ox). Each string is produced with utmost care including long experience in string manufacturing. Pure silver wire used for wound strings give them warmer and more powerfull tone. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(NL) Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam  Popular

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(CA) Boyd McDonald, Fortepianist/Composer  Popular

"Boyd McDonald began his career as a pianist giving his Wigmore Hall debut in 1960 followed by a New York Debut in 1963 as winner of the Leschetizky Town Hall Debut Prize. He toured North America, Europe and England as a member of the Beckett and McDonald Piano Duo. Since 1982 he has been an active fortepianist recording the Complete Works for Cello and Fortepiano by Beethoven with Paul Pulford. As an academic he taught composition at the University of Manitoba. He joined the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1976 where he currently teaches piano as Professor Emeritus. As a composer McDonald studied with Murray Adaskin, three years with Nadia Boulanger o­n a Canada Council grant and summer schools with Darius Milhaud, John Cage and Stefan Wolpe. His works display a synthesis of virtuosity combined with a theatricality valued by performers whose concerts must be seen as well as heard!" ...

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(IT) Compagnia La Giostra  Popular

"The company was born in 1998. It is made up of artists coming from different experiences and it progressively affirmed itself first on a national level, subsequently also on the international scene involving the groups that are concerned with search, renewal and spreading of the ancient and popular music, Sicilian and Mediterranean one. The interest and the curiosity for all these musical kinds and for the different expressive languages have gathered them around this palette of colours, in order to give life to their coloured picture. The musical instrumental and vocal search of the group is, and pretends to be, a free interpretation of the medieval culture, of the repertoire and instruments in use at that time. The favourite style is the story teller’s, sometimes ironic, sometimes peculiar to the minstrel, characterised by an intense following of parodies, sonnets, vocal and instrumental passages that invite to dance, to satirical interactions with the public which put in evidence the way of being theatrical of the stage action. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Katelyn Clark, Harpsichordist  Popular

"Studied:
piano & accompanying at the University of Montreal
harpsichord at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Bob van Asperen

Performed:
in France, The Netherlands, Canada & the USA

Focus:
Baroque/Classical performance & contemporary music"

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(CH) Beat Wolf, Harp Maker and Restorer  Popular

"As a harp maker I recreate early harps as facsimile or copy after well chosen originals. Extended researches are followed by careful handcrafts. More than 30 years of experience in musical instrument making guarantee each harp as a masterpiece. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Institute of Dancing Vintage and Modern Dances/ .creanc. Tanz&Kreativwerkstatt  Popular

Dance institute of vintage and modern dances.

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(DE) Helmut Gotschy, Hurdy Gurdy Maker  Popular

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(DE) Edition Walhall  Popular

"The publishing house Edition Walhall was founded by Franz Biersack in 1993 and is based in Magdeburg/Germany, Richard-Wagner-Straße 3.

Meanwhile, in addition to Church Music as one central field of work Vocal Music and Baroque Music (here particularly sheet music for viola da gamba, violin and trumpet) have turned out to be our other main editing focusses.

Edition Walhall is the world-wide distributor of editions by the German publisher Edition Güntersberg specialising in music for viola da gamba and consort music as well as the British RG Editions run by the Baroque violinist Richard Gwilt (London Baroque). ..." visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Madison Bach Musicians Ensemble  Popular

"The Madison Bach Musicians ensemble is dedicated to presenting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach—as well as works by other great composers of the Baroque, Renaissance, and Classical periods—through performances, lectures, and workshops. Bach’s music was chosen as a focal point because of its outstanding beauty, variety, and profundity and because it speaks with urgency to modern audiences; it is the high water mark of musical expression and craft in western culture. In pursuit of the greatest clarity we perform primarily on period instruments, and our ensemble sizes are typical of those used by Bach himself. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Dominique Visse, Voice  Popular

“Dominique Visse began his singing career at the age of 11 as a chorister in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. At the same time he began studying the organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory.

Already passionate about Renaissance and Mediaeval music, in 1976 he met the grand pioneer of the countertenor voice, Alfred Deller, and became his pupil. He also worked with Nigel Rogers, René Jacobs and William Christie.

In 1978 Dominique Visse founded the Ensemble Clément Janequin with whom he has made a series of benchmark recordings of French polyphonic chansons of the 16th Century. The following year he became one of the founding members of Les Arts Florissants and edited much of the ensemble's repertoire in its early years.

Since that time Dominique Visse has become one of the most popular lyric artists in the world of Baroque opera, working with René Jacobs, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, William Christie, Alan Curtis, Nicholas McGegan, Christophe Rousset, Ivor Bolton and Robert King, in the opera houses of Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, Lausanne, Tel-Aviv, Montpellier, Houston, Barcelona, Munich, Versailles, at the Monnaie in Brussels, at the Châtelet and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, on tour in Japan and North America, and at the Festivals of Aix en Provence, Innsbruck and Edinburgh. ..”

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(DE) Winfried Bauer's Recorder Fingerings  Popular

About my project "Recorder Fingerings"

" o­n these pages I present my interactive recorder fingerings to all interested recorder players. The pages show recorder fingerings, trill fingerings, and many charts for instruments from many recorder makers.

The charts are interactive - point to the note - no click - and the fingering will be shown. Use the menu-bar to select other fingerings or other models. The menu-bar can be opened by pointing to the field in the upper left corner. " Visit website for more information (ed.)

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(DE) Ensemble Diderot  Popular

“Recently founded by four of the most promising young period instrument players in Europe, Ensemble Diderot is already renowned for its lively virtuoso interpretations of 17th- and 18th- Century music, and is rapidly evolving into one of Europe's most ingenious chamber music groups.

Named after the brilliant, versatile, and prolific writer of the Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, the Ensemble devotes itself to the performance and research of the trio sonata repertoire in its original and most sonorous combination: two violins, harpsichord and cello. ..“

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(DE) United Continuo Service  Popular

"The agency - represented with offices in Hamburg and Wiesbaden - provides the programs and projects of the ensemble in concert organizer and is also responsible for the implementation of its own concert series. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(ES) Le Concert des Nations  Popular

“Taking its inspiration from Les Nations, a work by François Couperin symbolising the coming together of musical tastes and heralding a “European artistic space” which, far from being a recent invention, bears all the hallmarks of the Age of Enlightenment, Le Concert des Nations, the youngest of the ensembles directed by Jordi Savall, was founded in 1989. Created during the preparation of the Canticum Beatae Virgine by Charpentier, this group arose out of the need for an orchestra of period instruments that could play the orchestral and symphonic repertoire from the Baroque to the Romantic periods (1600-1850). Le Concert des Nations is the first orchestra of its kind made up chiefly (although not exclusively) of musicians from Latin countries (Spain, Latin America, Italy, Portugal, France, etc.), all of whom are outstanding specialists in performance using period instruments. The impact of the ensemble’s recordings and concerts given in the major cities and music festivals over the last fifteen years has established its reputation as one of the best original instrument orchestras performing today, with a broad and varied repertoire that ranges from the earliest music to be composed for orchestra (L’Orchestre de Louis XIII, 1600-1650) to the masterpieces of the Romantic period, including the key Baroque and Classical composers. …”

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(CZ) Collegium 1704  Popular

“The Prague baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale 1704 were founded by harpsichordist and conductor Václav Luks in 2005 on the occasion of the BACH – PRAHA – 2005 project. This marked the beginning of their regular collaboration with the Prague Spring International Music Festival.

Since 2007 Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 have been residential ensembles of the Saint Wenceslas Music Festival in Ostrava. The year 2007 was dedicated to the composer Jan Dismas Zelenka and his Missa votiva for which the ensembles received critical acclaim at La Chaise-Dieu and Sablé festivals in France. Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 are also frequent guests of festivals such as the Festival de Festival de Musique de Sully & du Loiret, Festival Baroque de Pontoise, Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay.  …”

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(CA) Wholenote Magazine  Popular

"The WholeNote is Toronto’s only comprehensive monthly classical and contemporary concert listing source " for the Toronto and Southern Ontario (CA) region. There is an "Early Music" section detailing the current events of the region. (ed.)

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(US) Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble  Popular

"Sarasa is a collective group of international instrumentalists and vocalists who perform classical music of outstanding quality, and bring this music to diverse communities. Through the ensemble's outreach program in adolescent detention facilities, it is dedicated to bridging cultural, aesthetic, and economic barriers and providing incarcerated teenagers with opportunities for growth and enrichment through music.

Sarasa was formed in response to a concert played by its founder, Timothy Merton, in the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1997, at the urging of a friend who was a prison volunteer. An inmate who heard that first concert remarked, "When art is well executed, it projects a message that transcends language, culture, and even aesthetic boundaries." Sarasa took these words to heart and since then has been bringing high-quality music to those who ordinarily have little access to it. In addition to its public concerts, the ensemble plays in adult and adolescent correctional facilities, homes for the elderly, mental hospitals, and institutions for the disabled. Sarasa also does three-week residencies in grade schools, using drawing and writing to bring children to a meaningful understanding of classical music.

The name Sarasa is derived from a combination of Saraswathi, the Hindu goddess of art and culture, and the poetic sanscrit word rasa denoting the essence of sound " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Ensemble Baroque de Nice  Popular

“Ensemble Baroque de Nice is composed of a core of twelve musicians who perform on period instruments. The Ensemble has quickly become one of the main performing early music ensembles specializing in French baroque music. ..“

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(UK) Jeremy West, Cornett player  Popular

"Jeremy West is one of the few people alive today making a living from the 17th Century cornett (cornetto, Zink). His working life encompasses performance with His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts; teaching at The Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, London as well as privately; instrument manufacture with Christopher Monk Instruments; and most recently with the publication of interesting, newly researched repertoire for the instrument and its various ensemble possibilities.

The cornett was the most popular wind instrument of its day, coming closer in sound, according to contemporary reports, to the human voice than any other. Curiously and sadly its popularity waned during the second half of the 17th century and eventually it died out altogether. The cornett is, however, making a serious comeback and Jeremy West is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of this revival. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Jean-Pierre Baconnet, "Faiseur de clavessins"  Popular

Personal website of Jean-Pierre Baconnet. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Collegium Vocale Gent  Popular

“Collegium Vocale Gent was founded in 1970 on the initiative of Philippe Herreweghe. It was one of the first ensembles to use the then-new ideas about baroque practice in vocal music performances. Musicians such as Gustav Leonhardt, Ton Koopman and Nikolaus Harnoncourt immediately took an interest in the Flemish ensemble’s fresh, new approach, which led to intensive collaboration. In the mid-1980s the ensemble acquired international fame and was invited to all the major concert halls and music festivals of Europe, Israel, the United States, Russian, South America, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. ..“ 

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(DE) International Heinrich Schütz Festival  Popular

“The International Heinrich Schütz Society, founded in 1930 as New Schütz-Gesellschaft by Hans Joachim Moser, Fritz Schmidt, Karl Vötterle and others, has its headquarters in Kassel, the first home of the composer.

Since 1954, numerous sections in other European and non-European countries.

The members of the International Heinrich Schütz Society Music lovers are not only musicians but also music researchers, theologians, journalists and church musicians as well as musicological institutes, libraries, government agencies and companies.

The International Heinrich Schütz Society regularly organizes smaller Heinrich-Schütz-day or larger-scale Heinrich Schütz festivals with different themes. Such meetings serve not only the intensive care and practical scientific penetration of Schütz's music, but also give members the opportunity for mutual exchange of ideas and to deepen existing and establish new contacts.”

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(UK) Gothic Voices  Popular

"Like so many of the best things in life, the birth of Gothic Voices came about almost by accident. Back in 1980 Christopher Page was asked by the BBC to put together a programme of plainchant by the 12th century Abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Record producer Ted Perry tuned in to that broadcast and it so impressed him that he set up what was to become one of the best-selling recordings of pre-classical music ever made: A Feather on the Breath of God — Hymns and Sequences by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Since that time, Gothic Voices has recorded a further twenty CDs on the Hyperion label, three of which have won the coveted Gramophone Magazine Award. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) La Stravaganza Köln  Popular

"La Stravanganza Köln was founded in 1988. After a formative phase the orchestra found an important partner in the English violinist Andrew Manze who directed it for six years. His growing commitments with The Academy of Ancient Music forced his departure and led to a series of exciting projects under various leaders. International invitations led the orchestra to Holland, France, Austria, Italy, Spain and the USA. The internationally renowned violinist Veronika Skuplik has led the orchestra since 1999. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Spectacle "A LA COUR DU ROY FRANÇOIS"  Popular

"Charles VIII, Louis XII, François 1er, Queen Claude France, Léonard de Vinci, la Cour royale and the villagers await you at the Château Royal d'Amboise to relive, for an hour and a half of Renaissance festivities. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Theatre

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(DE) Thurau-Harfenmanufaktur-Harpmaker  Popular

"The Thurau-Harfenmanufaktur makes a range of instruments of the harp family, including reconstructions of early harps from the 11th to the 19th century and modern concert harp. We also undertake restorations on early pedal harps, for both public and private collections. This depth of knowledge and experience is naturally reflected in the range and quality of the instruments described here in. Since more than thirty years costumers of the USA, Australia, Japan, South-America, Canada, Russia, and all Europe as well as famous early harpists like Cheryl Ann Fulton, Mara Galassi, Arianna Savall, Christina Pluhar, Hannelore De Vaere, Marie Nishiyama, Ben Bagby, Bill Taylor and many others appreciate and purchase our historical harps. Many museums in England, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Germany collect early harps of our manufacture due to the authenticity and high quality of our work of art and craft. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Crescendo  Popular

“Crescendo's mission: 

To bring an innovative approach to rarely heard choral and instrumental music, sacred and secular, performed by amateurs and processionals with the Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra; and to provide workshops and master classes in the musical arts - both in northwestern Connecticut and nearby New York and Massachusetts.“

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(FR) Alain Dieu -- Orgues et Clavecins  Popular

Orgues et Clavecins Alain Dieu
Atelier de construction artisanale
12, rue de l'Eglise
F- 25360 VAUDRIVILLERS
tel/fax: 03 81 60 45 02
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(FR) Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV)  Popular

The Center of Baroque Music of Versailles has for mission to foster research, documentation, and produce edited interpretation of concerts on period instruments at the château de Versailles. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Music and Theater in 17th-Century France  Popular

Site on French theatre. You must have the "scorch" plug-in to see the score. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Veneer Inlay Australia (Veneer and brassware supplier)  Popular

"My name is Michael Mogy. I was born into the tool and hardware business. As a child, during my weekends and after school I worked in my fathers hardware business in South Africa. We moved to Australia in the mid 1970's. When I finished my schooling, I worked in hardware and tools.

I have always specialised in procuring the unusual, hard to get but always something that my customers "have been looking for for ages".

I travel all over the country doing the Wood-Worker Shows, agricultural field days, Vintage Car Swap meets and some craft shows. I am taking my wares to the people in remote areas as well as to other capital cities in all states. Many people know me and wait from show to show to purchase something from the "Toolologist".

Now I have teamed up with my wife Gerdi, and we have brought to you what we believe to be one of the largest ranges of box makers brassware and veneer inlays available. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Andreas Staier, Harpsichordist and Fortepianist  Popular

"Undoubtedly one of the most prominent harpsichord and forte piano performers in the world, Andreas Staier embarked upon a solo career in 1986 and, since then, his indisputable musical mastery has made its mark on the interpretation of baroque, classical and romantic repertoire.

Born in Göttingen, Andreas studied modern piano and harpsichord in Hannover and Amsterdam. For three years, he was the harpsichordist of Musica Antiqua Köln with whom he toured and recorded extensively.

As a soloist, Andreas Staier performs throughout Europe, the United States and Japan with orchestras such as Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées Paris.

Andreas has been invited to leading international festivals including the Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, Festival de Saintes, Festival de Montreux, Styriarte Graz, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, Schlweswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Bach-Fest Leipzig, Bachtage Berlin, Bachwoche Ansbach and Kissinger Sommer. He has also performed in all the major venues in Europe, America and Japan, including Konzerthaus, Wien; Konzerthaus, Philharmonie, Berlin; Kölner Philharmonie; Gewandhaus Leipzig; Alte Oper Frankfurt; Tonhalle Düsseldorf; Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, London; De Singel Antwerp; Concertgebouw Amsterdam ; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels ; Tonhalle Zürich ; Cité de la Musique, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Ircam, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris ; Teatro della Pergola, Florence ; Sala Filarmonica, Roma ; Toppan Hall, Suntory Hall, Tokyo ; Carnegie Hall, New York. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CH) Vital Julian Frey, harpsichord  Popular

"Vital Julian Frey is considered the trailblazer of a new generation of harpsichordists. Technical mastery and a high degree of musicality are as much his trademarks as a convincing stage presence and a good rapport with his audience.

Vital Julian Frey is a highly active concert performer. His artistic activities include concerts as a soloist with orchestras such as Capriccio Basel, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra or the Leipziger Concert, children’s concerts with commentary, and solo recitals as part of internationally famous concert series and at festivals, including the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Les Muséiques Basel, Bach Festival Leipzig, Lucerne Festival, MDR-Musiksommer, Orpheum Musikfesttage Zurich, Bratislava Music Festival, Murtenclassics, Bachwochen Thüringen, Festival van Vlaanderen Brugge. As a chamber musician, Frey collaborates with performers such as Kristin von der Goltz, José Vazquez, Christine Schornsheim, Fiorenza de Donatis, Sabrina Frey, Sergio Azzolini and Reinhard Goebel. ...

Vital Julian Frey trained at the academies of music in Freiburg im Breisgau and Munich, where he completed his Concert and Soloist diplomas under the tutelage of Robert Hill and Christine Schornsheim. Frey also received important artistic stimuli during tuition with Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Kenneth Gilbert, Christiane Jaccottet and Andreas Staier. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Telemann Ensemble  Popular

"The Telemann Ensemble, based in Townsville, North Queensland, specialises in performing music of the baroque (with occasional excursions into earlier and slightly later music) with awareness of, and respect for, the instruments and performance traditions of the period. The ensemble was formed early in 1999 and has presented concerts and led workshops in Townsville, Atherton, Innisfail, Cairns and Brisbane.“

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(CA) Montréal Baroque - Montreal Baroque Festival  Popular

"MONTREAL BAROQUE is an initiative of Susie Napper, Montreal cellist and gambist who was nominated “Personality of the Year 2002” by the Conseil Québecoise de la Musique. Old Montreal’s Early Music Festival, MONTREAL BAROQUE offers a unique opportunity to hear music of the 17th and 18th centuries, performed by Canadian and international celebrities, in appropriate and unusual settings. Snaking through the narrow streets of the Old City to the sound of a hundred flutes at the festival’s Grand Parade, relaxing at a garden concert, catching a choral concert in a chapel or simply enjoying a street performance, this festival gives a new cultural identity to Old Montreal, attracting international tourists and local music lovers as well as novices to Early Music. "

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Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 1658

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(US) Sunday Baroque  Popular

WSHU Public Radio

“Sunday Baroque is a celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Some of the greatest hits of the baroque include Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concertos, George Frideric Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music Suites, and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. You’ll hear their tuneful and lively music – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises on this weekly radio program.

Sunday Baroque offers great performances of their work by yesterday's and today's best performers. Fresh and inviting, genial and inspiring, and often surprisingly modern sounding, it’s the perfect accompaniment for this unique day of the week, whether you’re sleeping in, joining family and friends for a leisurely brunch, going to worship, or relaxing alone with the Sunday paper and a steaming mug of coffee.

Sunday Baroque. Fresh. Essential...for a Sunday state of mind.”

You may also find podcasts here: http://www.sundaybaroque.org/podcasts/podcasts.xml

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(CA) Early Music Society of the Islands  Popular

"Based in Victoria, BC, the Early Music Society of the Islands (EMSI) is a non-profit, fully volunteer society founded in 1985 to present concerts featuring internationally renowned soloists and ensembles. EMSI also presents early music concerts by accomplished local musicians.

EMSI is committed to the idea that artistically successful performances of early music are historically informed. All of the Society's concerts feature original instruments, historical performance practices and accurate scores.

The list of soloists and ensembles presented by EMSI in Victoria is a who's who of the international early music scene: Anonymous 4, Nancy Argenta, Ensemble Anonymus, Julianne Baird, the Baltimore Consort, Camerata Köln, Marc Destrubé, John Holloway, Monica Huggett, Ton Koopman, La Venexiana, London Baroque, the Orlando Consort, Andrew Manze, Ronn McFarlane, Paul O'Dette, Simon Standage, Tafelmusik and many others have appeared in Victoria under the Society's auspices. ..."

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(US) Whitechapel Ltd.  Popular

"Welcome to Whitechapel Ltd. Here you will find not only the finest quality essential hardware for your house, cabinetwork and furniture but also thousands of uniquely beautiful alternatives from Europe and the US.

We make a special effort to find hardware from smaller manufacturers that are not generally represented in the US. While others rely on Far Eastern suppliers, we'd rather offer the more unusual and always more interesting designs that only smaller and older makers are capable of producing. You can order everything offered in our 315 page print catalog from this website, but if you prefer to see full size color photos of each item please order a copy. " See website for more info. (ed.)

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(IT) Museo dell’Arpa  Popular

"The Museo dell’Arpa Victor Salvi, located at Piasco, at the entrance to the Varaita Valley, the area that used to be the old marquisate of Saluzzo, in the district of Cuneo, was inaugurated on 3 December 2005 and is managed by the Associazione Museo dell’ Arpa Victor Salvi.

It is the very first museum entirely dedicated to the harp, its history and music, in a multi-functional building with exhibition area, auditorium and historical archives now being prepared.

The Museum, promoted by the Comunità Montana Valle Variata, the Fondazione Victor Salvi and the company Salvi N.S.M. s.p.a. has been financed by the European Union F.E.S.R., the Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze, the Regione Piemonte Direzione Industria-Turismo–Economia Montana, by G.A.L. (Tradizione delle Terre Occitane I.C. Leader AZ. 3.1) and N.S.M. s.p.a.

Work started in July 2004, the Musuem was inaugurated on 3 December 2005 and was opened to the public on 28 January 2006. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Atelier de Lutherie Didier Jarny  Popular

"Handicraft has been my primary interest since childhood, continuing into my professional life. Beginning in 1984 in Bourges, my brother Pierre-Gilles Jarny (artistic director of the Aymerillot ensemble) and I took an interest in 15th and 16 century music. We performed together on occasion and I continued to work as a manager of a joinery and cabinetry workshop.

My 1991 meeting with Carolos Gonzales, a luthier specializing in lutes, was pivotal for my career. Beginning my training as an apprentice and then as a journeyman, I studied this trade in the tradition of Joël Dugot. Instructor to us all, Joël Dugot is the conservator of plucked string instruments at the Music Museum in Paris. Carlos Gonzales and i organized several luthier workshops, and from 1999 to 2003 I taught practical luthier workshops in Paris. During the same period, I made the acquaintance of one of the best lute musicians in France, Pascale Boquet. She helped me to refine and better understand the art of lute music, and since then we have continued this adventure together.

I opened my first workshop in 2000 in Meung-sur-Loir (Loiret) and then moved to Tours in 2003. For two years, I have had an apprentice in my studio, Nicolas Petit, who has studied the art of making these instruments and will open his own workshop in Tours. At present I continue to build the instruments in which I have specialized, 16th and 17th century plucked string instruments: lutes, Renaissance and Baroque guitars, theorbos, archilutes, vihuelas ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(FR) Capriccio Stravagante  Popular

"Capriccio Stravagante is world-renowned for their memorable interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music. Founded in 1986 by Skip Sempé, the ensemble of 4-40 performers now incorporates Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Opera. The diverse vocal and instrumental formations feature the finest European, American and Canadian musicians. Their extensive discography includes music by Byrd, Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Buxtehude, Handel, Telemann, Lully and Couperin, as well as “Versailles – L’Ile Enchantée”, “Venezia Stravagantissima” (Alpha) and “Paradizo” (Paradizo). These recordings have made a considerable contribution to Capriccio Stravagante’s acceptance as the foremost interpretive force in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire to have emerged in decades. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(US) Early Music Guild & Seattle Baroque Orchestra  Popular

"To advance our community’s appreciation for music from the Middle Ages through the 18th century by providing performances, support, and education."

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(CZ) Castle Theater in Český Krumlov  Popular

Site of the Baroque Theatre (Český Krumlov Castle (CZ)). Panoramic views. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(NL) Pure Sound  Popular

" Juan has been an arts teacher for 20 years and Mary has got years of administrative experience working in the export department of a Dutch company and later o­n managing the large invoice department of another company. They both specialised in languages at an early stage.

As a teacher of three-dimensional arts in a secondary school, Juan took up an interest in the history and construction of the piano, being inspired by his 1881 Erard Grand that he knew since he was a boy of 14. From 1991, after 20 years of teaching, Juan became a professional piano technician. He immediately started to extend his study of the piano to the complex 19th century developments. Every possible book o­n the subject was bought and read and many travels through Europe brought him many contacts with colleagues. In 1994 he took up the initiative of selling this special pianowire that had just been discovered as the answer to many restoration problems.

Juan's enthusiasm was inspiring for his wife Mary, who used her administrative and language abilities. There are few women who know more about wire and pianos than she does! Juan and Mary travel a lot together, visiting many piano workshops and piano collections all over Europe. " ...

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(FR) Agence Claire Laballery  Popular

“Welcome to the Claire Laballery agency website. Here you will find the biography, concert dates, repertoire, and latest recordings of every artist of the agency. You can even listen to some samples.”

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(CA) Paul Jenkins, Keyboardist and Tenor  Popular

"Paul Jenkins cultivates an eclectic musical career as a keyboardist and tenor. A longtime member of the Toronto Consort, he has appeared with many of Canada's leading early music groups, including Tafelmusik, Aradia, the Purcell and Bach Consorts, Opera Atelier and La Nef. Other collaborations include Apollo's Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, the Windsor and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, Opera in Concert, the Toronto Chamber Choir, the Esprit Orchestra, I Furiosi, Musica Divina, the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, and Toronto Masque Theatre, among others. He has recorded on the Dorian, Eclectra, CTAH, SRI, Naxos, Helicon and early-music.com labels.

Paul accompanies singers in Alexina Louie's television mini-opera Justifiable Homicide. He accompanied Russian counter tenor Vyatcheslav Kagan Paley in his New York debut recital and received critical praise for his recording of Thomas Svoboda's Duo Concerto for Trumpet and Organ with Charles Schlueter, Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Paul Jenkins is Organist of Blessed Sacrament Church in Toronto. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(AR) Sociedad de Música Antigua "Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe" (Bariloche, Patagonia)  Popular

Objectives of the society are:
- to disseminate Ancient Music in Patagonia, particularly the music of the French XVII and XVIII centuries
- establish a Center for Ancient Music files, consisting of scores and library materials and record, open to the general public
- perform concert tours across Patagonia, in order to perform instrumental music of the Baroque period
- investigate the work of Sainte-Colombe and Sainte-Colombe le fils, using the site as a forum on the work of both musicians

The Ensemble Sainte-Colombe is formed of Horacio Bollini on viola da gamba and harpsichord, and Adrian Bascary on violoncello. The ensemble interprets works by Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe le Fils Schenck, J. S. Bach, Couperin and other composers of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

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(US) David Werbeloff, Harpsichords  Popular

" ... I spent three years at Eric's (Eric Herz) workshop and then three additional years at Hubbard Harpsichords. I never met Frank Hubbard; he had died several years before. However, the firm continued in his tradition, nurtured by his widow Diane and by Hendrik Broekman, the workshop's master craftsman and himself a former apprentice of Frank's.

Eventually I decided I was ready to set up my own workshop. My first commissions were the fruits of a partnership with another ex-Hubbard employee. Finally, in 1997, with the help of my wife Marina I established my own business as David Werbeloff Harpsichords.

I have learned my craft the old-fashioned way: by apprenticing in established workshops and by soaking up the knowledge, wisdom, and experience of my teachers. I like to think of myself as a third generation representative of the Boston School of harpsichord making.

A craft tradition is not static; each craftsperson contributes a new understanding and fresh ideas to the field. In the case of harpsichord making, the practices were lost at the end of the 18th century and innovators such as Dolmetsch, Chickering and Hubbard helped bring them to life again. Now it is the task of workshops like mine to build on their pioneering work and take the harpsichord building tradition another step forward (or rather, backward) toward its golden age. " Visit site for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Hauschka Ensemble  Popular

"Named after the 19th century baryton virtuoso Vincenzo Hauschka, the Hauschka Ensemble has been amazing audiences for the last ten years. It specialises in the remarkable repertoire of works for self-accompanied baryton, from 17th century works in modified lute tablature through to contemporary works written especially for them. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Paradizo  Popular

"Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé, harpsichordist and founder / director of Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra and the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra.

Following fifteen years of distinctions and awards with three prestigious labels, Skip Sempé created Paradizo, featuring authoritative, bold music making, and celebrating a renewed vision of creative interpretation in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. ...

Paradizo places prime importance on all aspects of preparation, recording and post production, as there is a high level of musical science combined with artistic craft involved in the phenomenon of recording." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CH) Philippe Emmanuel Haas, Pan-pipes  Popular

" Philippe Emmanuel Haas was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1962.

Studies of Pan-pipes in ancient and classical music in Berne and at the Hilversum Conservatory, in the Netherlands.

Participation in masterclasses for the interpretation of ancient and classical music on copies of historical instruments at the "Centre International de Formation Musicale" in Nice, France, with Jean-Loup Grégoire and Simion Stanciu "Syrinx"; at the "Gesellschaft für Alte Musik" in Rastatt, Germany, with Hans-Martin Linde; as well as at the "Académie de Musique de Sion", within the "Festival Tibor Varga" in Sion, Switzerland, under the direction of Jordi Savall.

Concerts as a soloist, accompanied by the organ, the harpsichord, the harp or the lute, and as a member of ensembles of ancient music, during international music festivals in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

Artistic director of the international Festival "Festliche Musik in der Kirche Rötteln / Lörrach", Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, dedicated to the ancient music.

Guest lecturer at the "Académie Musique et Danse Florigammes" at Sartène-Propriano, Corsica. Teacher of Pan-pipes at music schools in Switzerland.

CD recordings, for the labels AUROPHON CLASSICS and VDE-GALLO, of music of the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, accompanied by the harpsichord, the violoncello and the organ. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) Violworks  Popular

“Henner Harders

Growing up surrounded by music and crafts, I was fascinated by working with wood and playing the viol from an early age.

In 1986 I went to England to study at the London College of Furniture, on the ‘early fretted instruments’ course. Since leaving college in 1990, I have run my own instrument building workshop, in both England and Germany. I was very lucky to have the opportunity to work in London with the viol maker Dietrich Kessler, where I handled, studied and played a variety of lovely old gambas.

Among my commissions has been a set of four renaissance viols for the English viol consort Fretwork, a set of viols for the Suomen Kulttuurirahasto in Helsinki, and a lira da gamba for Erin Headley. My instruments are closely based on those I have measured in museums and private collections in Europe.

I find that playing the viol myself helps considerably when setting up my instruments - particularly neck shape, action, bridge curve and height.


Susanne Küster

In 1989 I began my apprenticeship as a woodcarver in Flensburg at the Werkkunstschule. Besides carving in wood and working in clay, plaster, concrete and stone I gained a lot of experience in design and drawing. After leaving the school I went to Bremen, where I started carving heads for the viols of Henner Harders.

This is where the instrument-making bug infected me, so I went to the Newark School of Violin Making to learn the making and repairing of violins. When leaving this three-year course, I decided to go to London for two years and work with Adam Whone to get experience in the repairing and restoration of old violins. Now I make my own violins and carve heads for a variety of instruments.

Makers like Dietrich Kessler, Michael Heale, Jane Julier, Renate Fink, Helen Michetschläger, Wesley Brandt, Thomas Mace, Norman Myall, Robert Eyland.... have commissioned carved heads from me for their instruments.

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(IT) International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections  Popular

CIMCIM is the acronym for Comité International des Museés et Collections d'Instruments de Musique (International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections) CIMCIM is one of 25 international committees of ICOM, the International Council of Museums, and was established in 1960. CIMCIM aims to promote high professional standards in the use and conservation of musical instruments in museums and collections. CIMCIM meets every three years during the ICOM General Conferences and in each of the other two years organizes a special meeting, usually including symposium papers and museum visits. Meetings are held in different countries of the world: recent venues have included Austria/Slovakia/Hungary, Norway, U.K., Belgium, Canada, Japan, U.S.A., Netherlands, Germany and Argentina. ...

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(CH) Masako Art - harpist  Popular

"Masako Art (née Fujimura), began to play harp after long years of piano. After the university, she took historical harp lessons from William Taylor in Scotland and began her studies in medieval and renaissance music at Schola Cantorum in Basel, which she finished with a diploma in Baroque harp in 2004. Currently she has been in the class of Mara Galassi in Milan. Masako took part in opera productions with Jean-Claude Malgoire in Staatsoper Stuttgart, Theatre Lyrique de Tourcoing and Theatre Champs Elysee and with René Jacobs in Innsbrucker Festwochen, Theater an der Wien and Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, as well as in diverse baroque orchestras and chamber ensembles. She participated in recordings including those with New London Consort (Frottole), Luca Scandali and Stefano Molardi (Giovanni Maria Trabaci), and with Il Vero Modo (Arcadia, Love Letters) and in CD/DVD "L'Orfeo" with Le Grand Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, as well as radio/TV recordings by DRS, ORF, 3SAT, arte and FranceMusique. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(CA) Montreal Recorder Festival  Popular

“Ten years of following all the musical currents surrounding the recorder. Ten years of surprises, marvelling and exploring all the infinite possibilities of our favourite instrument. During those ten years we have had the pleasure of welcoming to Montreal the most illustrious flutists, making our city a prime meeting place for vitality, adventure, audacity and excellence. …”

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(CA) Lute Legends Ensemble  Popular

"The Lute Legends Ensemble is a new collaboration between three of Toronto’s most noted performers and teachers of plucked-string instruments. Each player represents one of three ancient musical traditions: the glorious polyphony of the European Renaissance and Baroque, the virtuosic modal improvisation of the Middle East, and the picturesque musical depiction of nature from China. The lute, the oud, and the pipa each evolved extremely different playing techniques and styles along different parts of the Silk Road centuries ago. This new ensemble now brings the three instruments together in a cross-traditional experiment for the twenty-first century."

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(FR) Atelier Marc Ducornet  Popular

“As an instrument builder, I am not very sensitive to contact through Internet. For those who love to touch wood and other natural materials, to hear a sound, a voice, for those whose daily life is composed of nuances, sensitivity, and, it must be confessed, subjectivity, the screen seems cold, anonymous and even arrogant by its pretentions to bring everything to us, served at home. What is more, to try to describe our activity would be to limit it. Each instrument is a unique creation and we are continually designing new models, and engaging in projects, restaurations, repairs, or supplying instruments for major music festivals, concerts and recordings. We are also continually researching historic and new materials. .... So this site will not be exhaustive. It will, however, provide you with some simple information on our instruments, presenting you with different models and some photos. ..“

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(IT) Rivolta snc - Tonewood (Wood supplier)  Popular

The Rivolta Family has been cutting and dealing with wood for a Century. We are the fourth generation in our family business. We buy the best and most precious woods from all continents. We choose and cut the logs, and then the timber is dried with great care in our sawmill in Desio. The quality and the variety of woods that we deal with allow us to select the most suitable material. Our great-grandfather began by selling carpentry wood. Tonewood is now our main activity; although we still supply sawn sizes for restoration, turnery, and handicraft objects. ... (See site for more information.)

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(DE) Martin Wenner, Flutes  Popular

“We build our Renaissance flutes in imitation of preserved originals and according to historical construction principles at the pitches of a=440 Hz or a=415 Hz, and in a single piece construction method. If requested, you may receive your Renaissance flute in two pieces, 0making it easier to transport. We use plumwood - and, when specially requested and at an extra charge, also European boxwood. ..“

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(UK) Hautbois  Popular

"Hautbois are a lively and talented duo that use music as a vehicle for historical entertainment.

They have worked for many years alongside English Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces and National Trust and also appear at many other historical venues.

They have made many appearances performing for television, radio, and films, weddings, concerts and schools. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(DE) CD Distributor  Popular

CD Distributor
(a Classic Concert Music Group)
Geschäftsführer: Michael Preibisch

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(ES) ALIA VOX  Popular

“ALIA VOX The performer's voice Since its creation in 1998 ALIA VOX has developed its role as the exclusive producer and publisher of all new recordings by Hesprion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Montserrat Figueras & Jordi Savall. The ALIA VOX 2011 catalogue presents the various productions carried out over these first 12 years: 80 titles from an exceptionally wide repertoire, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day, including such legendary productions as the soundtrack of Alain CorneauÕs film Tous les matins du monde, all of which are carried out with the unfailing collaboration of the most outstanding performers currently specialising in these repertoires. The extraordinary success of ALIA VOX, with sales numbering more than 2.000.000 CDs to date (December, 2005) and a large distribution network covering more than 45 countries around the world, has been possible thanks to an intense programme of concerts, together with a warm reception from the record-buying public and music critics alike. …”

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(US) Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival  Popular

Early music festival held in the Washington DC area.

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(ES) Paul Poletti, Classical Pianos (Piano Maker/Restorations)  Popular

“In addition to my regular building and restoration, I also offer a variety of services regarding the stringing of historical pianos, both originals and copies. These include the interpretation of existing gauge marks, the devising of entirely new stringing schedules when no marks are present and the design and fabrication of wound bass strings of all types and materials, both open and closed wrapped. I rely upon a combination of evidence drawn from original instruments, information gleaned from original piano making manuals of the 19th century, and a sophisticated computerized analysis technique. Surviving strings are faithfully copied in wrapping form and hitchpin loop. Bass core wires are always pre-stretched before wrapping until they stabilize at 80% rupture load in order to assure rapid stability of pitch once mounted and prevent in-situ stretching which can create loose wraps. Modern steel core stock is never used, and every attempt is made to find the best possible solution from among the various available “historical” wire types.“

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(FR) Gérard Sambot, Luthier  Popular

"G. Sambot (born in Paris in 1954 ) is a luthier and specialized in cello making. He was a pupil of László Lendjel and has completed a whole range of modern cellos as well as baroque ones including: 4/4, 7/8 and a 5 stringed piccolo, after Stradivarius. G. Sambot also makes baroque and romantic guitars as well as some plucked stringed instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) GPS AGENCIES LTD  Popular

“GPS - the sole supplier of Ivory Alternative Col. 849/TM, a specially cast polyester with the full and varied characteristics of real ivory. Perfect for machining, drilling, threading, boring and specialised turning.

As well as Ivory, we supply an extensive range of alternative materials:

• Horn
• Tortoiseshell
• Ebony
• Mother of Pearl
• Abalone
+ many more!
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(CA) Early Music Society of Nova Scotia  Popular

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We are a society dedicated to the following goals:

  • To open lines of communication related to early music activities within the community by means of a website and newsletter
  • To nurture early music making at all levels
  • To encourage performance opportunities
  • To build audiences that enjoy early music "
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(AU) Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society  Popular

"The Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society is aimed at people of all ages and abilities in the Canberra region who share a love of this ancient instrument. We offer regular playing opportunities with those who are like-minded in an informal and social atmosphere, as well as workshops led by professional tutors. Members are encouraged to play in consorts or small groups, and to form links with other players in the Canberra region. Members are entitled to use of the CREMS music library. Twice a year CREMS participates in a weekend workshop in Bundanoon, in southern NSW, in conjunction with the Sydney Society of Recorder Players. ..."

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(BE) Ann Fierens, Harpist  Popular

"When harpist Ann Fierens completed her training at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht, she was convinced that she should continue her orchestral career. She commenced her continuing education with the iWhen harpist Ann Fierens completed her training at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht, she was convinced that she should continue her orchestral career. She commenced her continuing education with the intention to follow the same road and to discover the possibilities within the music scene in Belgium. She was given the opportunity to work with Dick van der Harst in an Oxalys production and het Muziek Lod and she played works by Debussy, Ravel, Glière and Fontyn as a soloist accompanied by an orchestra.

Her teacher Erika Waardenburg urged her to dedicate herself to the repertory from the classical period. She soon discovered that the eighteenth century represented a fascinating episode in harp history: the single action pedal harp was invented and soon entered a glorious period when it was introduced to the French court and the Concert Sprituel.

When Ann first met ‘her’ Erard, it was love at first sight. Fascinated by the rich sound of the instrument, she dived into libraries looking for old methods and writings which would teach her how to play and look after her instrument in the best way. The cooperation continued to improve and Ann developed a passion for music, musicians and instruments dating from the 18th and the early 19th century. ntention to follow the same road and to discover the possibilities within the music scene in Belgium. She was given the opportunity to work with Dick van der Harst in an Oxalys production and het Muziek Lod and she played works by Debussy, Ravel, Glière and Fontyn as a soloist accompanied by an orchestra. Her teacher Erika Waardenburg urged her to dedicate herself to the repertory from the classical period. She soon discovered that the eighteenth century represented a fascinating episode in harp history: the single action pedal harp was invented and soon entered a glorious period when it was introduced to the French court and the Concert Sprituel. When Ann first met ‘her’ Erard, it was love at first sight. Fascinated by the rich sound of the instrument, she dived into libraries looking for old methods and writings which would teach her how to play and look after her instrument in the best way. The cooperation continued to improve and Ann developed a passion for music, musicians and instruments dating from the 18th and the early 19th century. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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(AU) Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)  Popular

" The Werner Icking Music Archive contains music-related stuff. Click on the name of a subdirectory containing scores, typesetting source files, additional README-files etc., or follow the composer links to enjoy the WWW-presentation of this music archive. The icon image points at images, the icon info at short information, and the icon PDF at a PDF-file. (To view a PDF file you must Download Acrobat Reader .) This is the definitive archive of software related to MusiXTeX, a music typesetting system based on TeX. You must have TeX installed before you can use any of this. To learn about TeX, try a google search on "TeX" and "Getting started" to see what's required. "

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(US) Society for Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP)  Popular

"SoHIP is a non profit organization which sponsors a summer early music concert series and is committed to promoting the performing opportunities for musical ensembles of high quality in the New England region and to help these groups promote their activities and produce concerts in local communities. ... " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

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(ES) Just Say Do!  Popular

Just-Say-Do.com is a new interactive blog designed to address all manner of issues regarding historical tuning, tempering, and ensemble intonation. It is owned and managed by Paul Poletti, tuner, constructor and restorer of harpsichords and fortepiano, professor of acoustics and historical tuning, and the person responsible for the future care, feeding, and pruning of Mark Lindley’s articles on tuning and temperament for Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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(US) Arno Patin Studios LLC  Popular

“We cover natural keys, according to the tradition of French Organ and Harpsichord makers, with prime quality free-range Salers and Charolais beef bone from the Burgundy and Auvergne regions.

This bone is washed and quarter-sawn to ensure the best close-grained texture and durability. The bone covering feels very similar to ivory and it absorbs the natural moisture of the finger tips, thus avoiding the slippery sensation of plastic. Furthermore, these bone coverings always remain white and allow the finest polished and buffed surface. ..“

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(DE) Burg Fürsteneck Academy - Vocational Training for Medieval Music  Popular

Burg Fürsteneck , Academy in Germany, provides a worldwide unique vocational training for medieval music for musicians. The teachers are Marc Lewon and Uri Smilansky. 

Also at castle BURG FÜRSTENECK: Workshops for early music and historical dance and Workshops for medieval music.

Burg Fürsteneck
Akademie für berufliche und musisch-kulturelle Weiterbildung
Am Schlossgarten 3
D-36132 Eiterfeld
Germany
Tel: +49 / 6672 / 92020
Fax: +49 / 6672 / 920230

Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

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(US) Baroque Etcetera  Popular

"Baroque Etcetera is an instrumental and vocal group that strives for historically-informed performance practice. We play at baroque pitch (A=415) on historical wind instruments, including flute, recorder, oboe and bassoon, and our string players use gut strings, baroque bows and baroque bowing techniques. But we've been known to slip in some Mozart and Shannon under the umbrella of "etcetera"! " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(BE) Weinstadt Artists Management  Popular

“The Weinstadt agency may be considered as one of the leading concert management agencies for
Belgium and Luxemburg.

We represent some of the finest instrumental and vocal talent of today such as Martha Argerich, Aldo Ciccolini, Yossif Ivanov, the Labèque Duo, Radu Lupu, Mischa Maisky, Jessye Norman, Maria Joao Pires, Vadim Repin, Jordi Savall, Thomas Zehetmair, Christian Lindberg,...

We collaborate with excellent tour managers throughout the world in organizing concerts for first class international orchestras led by eminent conductors.
We are also the representatives of Chamber music ensembles such as the Hagen Quartet, the Tokyo String Quartet, the Academy of Ancient Music, Concerto Italiano, the Tallis Scholars, Quatuor Ebène,...

We pride ourselves in taking the utmost care in satisfying the requests of each artist. They are all aware that our staff is there to make sure they benefit of an intensive personal management service and help at all times so that they are free to concentrate on the music.”

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Category: Music Agent/Management

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(FI) Arto's New String Calculator v. 1.0  Popular

“This calculator is useful only for calculating the tensions and diameters of strings made of homogeneous material!

  
The mathematics and measuring for ex. wound strings is much more complicated, and is not included in the possibilities of my calculator. The calculator is programmed as a Java applet. That means that your browser must enable Java. Very early versions of Java are not supported.

The basic use of the calculator is:

  1. Set the note and tuning properties.
  2. Set the string properties.
  3. Now there are two basic ways:
    1. Set some diameter of a string and calculate the tension. This is useful for example, when you want to know "Can I use this string for that course?"
    2. Set some tension of a string and calculate the diameter. This is useful, for example, if you already know that some string feels good, and you want to find out, what diameter to use to get the same tension for some other course and note.“
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Category: Music Software of Interest

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(US) The Serpent Website  Popular

"The Serpent is one of the most improbable musical instruments ever devised. In use almost continuously since its first appearance in 1590, it continues to find a place even in today's high-tech musical environment. This website provides basic information on all aspects of the instrument, from its early history through the present day.

The content of The Serpent Website is intended for the interested lay person, not for serious musical research. News and other timely information is excluded, since there are other sources of information specializing in those areas. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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(UK) Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra  Popular

"Leeds Baroque is a period-instrument performance group based in West Yorkshire. It is directed by Peter Holman (Professor of Historical Musicology in the University of Leeds School of Music), who is renowned as Director of the Parley of Instruments and Opera Restor’d).

Members of Leeds Baroque are drawn from professional and non-professional players with students from the region’s music colleges. Free workshops given by leaders in the field of baroque performance practice provide training, and the funds available are used to enable members of the orchestra to perform concerts with internationally renowned soloists. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

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(US) Clinkscale Online -- EarlyPianos.org  Popular

“EarlyPianos.org is dedicated to the worldwide cataloging of historic pianos from before 1860. The project furthers the work first published by Oxford University Press in  Makers of the Piano, 1700-1820 and  volume II (1820-1860) by Martha Novak Clinkscale.

The database of early pianos has been continually updated since its publication in 1993 and 1999. It now contains over 6350 historic pianos, with more being added daily. Various options for future publication of the material are under review.

The database tells piano historians about instruments for their research. It also helps owners get in touch with people who have specialized expertise in piano history and preservation.

If you have a piano, or know of one that is not already included in the database, please use this link for several ways to register your piano.

EarlyPianos.org results from a collaboration between Martha Clinkscale and John R. Watson, illustrator of volume 2. This website was launched in May, 2007.

Questions or comments? Please contact us and tell us if you would like occasional email updates about the database and our publications.“

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

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(UK) Fantaysia  Popular

“Medieval Weddings & Themed Events

Although Medieval is a speciality of Fantaysia, we organise all different themed weddings and corporate events. Our Medieval Kingdom of Fantaysia offers all Knights & Princesses and would be Kings the key to the Kingdom which will enable you to have the wedding day dream or themed event that you have always dreamt of turned into a reality? The Kingdom has many services which are available to you to ensure that your magical day will be the most memorable day of your lives...“ 

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(AT) Loden-Steiner  Popular

“Over 5 generations, the Austrian family company has enjoyed a high level of product diversity. This ranges from traditional to modern wool fabrics as brand-name clothing labels well-known to trendy home accessories such as blankets and pillows.“

Company has been mentioned as possible supplier of fortepiano cloths.

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

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(FR) Les Arts Florissants  Popular

"The vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Arts Florissants is one of the most renowned and respected early music groups in Europe and throughout the world. Dedicated to the performance of Baroque music on period instruments, the ensemble was founded in 1979 by the Franco-American harpsichordist and conductor William Christie and takes its name from a short opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Les Arts Florissants have been largely responsible for the resurgence of interest in France of 17th-and 18th-centuries more generally.

It is in the field of opera where Les Arts Florissants have enjoyed most success, regularly collaborating with eminent directors and choreographers, such as Jean-Marie Villégier, Robert Carsen, Alfredo Arias, Francine Lancelot, Béatrice Massin, Ana Yepes, José Montalvo... They have an equally high profile in the concert hall and on disc. For twenty years Les Arts Florissants have been artists in residence at the Théâtre de Caen.

The ensemble tours widely in France and is frequently invited to perform at prestigious festivals and venues internationally (the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Lincoln Center, the Barbican Centre in London and the Vienna Festival among others).

Les Arts Florissants receive financial support from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the City of Caen and the Basse-Normandie Region. They are artists in residence in the théâtre de Caen. Imerys is their Principal Sponsor.”

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(BE) Andreas Glatt Baroque Recorders and Transverse Flute  Popular

Flute and recorder maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

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(US) Charles Schulz's Beethoven: Schroeder's Museum  Popular

“Schulz's love of Classical music developed after World War II when he went to work with a spirited group of artists at Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He and his colleagues held lively discussions about literature, films, and Classical music. Schulz recalled that "We all collected classical albums, which we frequently shared on evenings when we got together to listen to music and challenge each other in wild games of hearts (a card game)." …”

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(CA) Suzie Leblanc, soprano  Popular

“Internationally renowned, Acadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc has established an extraordinary career specializing in Baroque and Classical repertoire and exploring and recording a substantial amount of unpublished material while living in Europe. Her thirst and curiosity for new vistas now lead her toward the repertoire of French mélodies, lieder, Acadian folk music, contemporary music as well as exploring the art of improvisation with Helmut Lipsky and « Au parfum de Tango ».

Her contribution to Acadian culture with the CDs La Mer Jolie and Tout passe and with the documentary Suzie LeBlanc : A Musical Quest, directed by Donald Winkler, along with her performances of Early Music have earned her honorary doctorates from King’s College University in Halifax and Mount Allison University in New-Brunswick. …

As an actress, she played the lead character in the film Lost Song directed by Rodrigue Jean which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2008 and won the City TV Best Canadian Feature Award. She can also be seen on film in More than a thousand kisses (Bach’s Coffee Cantata) and Suzie LeBlanc and a man named Quantz, both produced by the late Robert Chesterman for Prometheus Productions.

She has worked with many of the world’s leading early music ensembles in concert and opera performances as well as on film and on disc. Concerts have taken her to Festivals all over the world as well as to the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Wigmore Hall and the Konzerthaus in Vienna. On the opera stage, she has performed for De Nederlandse Opera, Festival de Beaune, Opéra de Montréal, the Boston Early Music Festival, Tanglewood, Festival Vancouver and Early Music Vancouver.

In recent seasons, she recorded Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) with La Petite Bande (Bayer Records) and Mozart lieder with Yannick Nézet-Seguin (ATMA) and returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Bach’s St-Matthew Passion as staged by Jonathan Miller. Other recent recordings include Lully’s Thésée (CPO), Gluck’s Orphée (Naxos), Buxtehude motets with Emma Kirkby, Peter Harvey and the Purcell Symphony (Chandos), and a Handel Portrait (ATMA). …

Suzie LeBlanc is artistic director of Le Nouvel Opéra (www.lenouvelopera.com) which is ensemble-in-residence at the Montreal Conservatory and co-artisic director of the Elizabeth Bishop Centenary Festival (2011) in Nova Scotia (www.elizabethbishopcentenary.blogspot.com).”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

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(DK) RenaissanceMusik.dk  Popular

“renaissancemusik.dk is a site dedicated to the early music scene within Denmark, both on a professional and an amateur level. Some links to the Nordic and European countries will also be found here.“

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Nov 22, 2009 | Hits: 1612

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(UK) The Early Music Show  Popular

“An exploration of early developments in the musical world.“ on BBC 3

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Category: Web Radio/Television

Added on: Sep 16, 2009 | Hits: 1611

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(AT) Thomas Vincent Glûck Harpsichord Maker  Popular

* Born in Salzburg / Austria * secondary school in Salzburg * chemical study (1st section) in Innsbruck * technical college for violin and guitar making in Hallstatt * education and final examination for organbuilding * Independent workshop for clavichord- and harpsichord building since 1990

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(CA) Canadian Viol Players  Popular

"This website has been created as an information-sharing network to facilitate communication among Canadian players of the viola da gamba. Whether you are new to the viol (curious for more information, wanting to rent or buy an instrument or find a teacher), an amateur (perhaps interested in attending a workshop or concert) or a professional (who wants to post information about an upcoming event or locate players in a different region), we hope this website will serve as a useful resource. Travelling across the country on holiday or for business? There may be other players in the area who'd like to get together to play informally, or perhaps there is a concert or workshop that fits within your schedule.

Who are we? The concept for a Canadian Viol Players information-sharing network was originally proposed at an informal meeting of the Canadian participants in the Viola da Gamba Society of America's annual Conclave, during the summer of 2005. In response to that demand, the information on this website was compiled by Joëlle Morton (Toronto), assisted by Sara Blake (Toronto), Peter Payzant (Halifax) and Chrissy Spencer (Vancouver). "

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

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