Penelope Spencer - Baroque Violin and Artistic Director

Born in New Zealand, Penelope studied violin at Auckland University. She was soon drawn to the seductive sound world of the baroque... read more

Lynda Sayce - Lute, Theorbo, Baroque Guitar

Lynda Sayce read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford, then studied lute with Jakob Lindberg at the Royal College of Music... read more

Frances Kelly - Renaissance and Baroque Harps

Frances Kelly began playing the harp as a junior exhibitioner at The Royal College of Music, London, then read music at Cambridge University. She subsequently... read more

Susanne Heinrich - Viola da Gamba

Susanne Heinrich studied at the Meistersinger Conservatory of Nuremberg, and at the Frankfurt State Academy of Music, where she passed her recital diploma with the highest distinction. She was then granted the prestigious... read more

Claire Guimond - Baroque Flute (Traverso)

Claire Guimond has established herself as a leading baroque flautist, first in Canada and more recently on the world scene. She is based in London and Montreal. read more

Silas Standage - Harpsichord

Silas Standage was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, where he studied organ with John Scott. After an organ scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge... read more

Eligio Quintiero - Lute, Theorbo, Baroque Guitar

Eligio Quinteiro studied Classical guitar with Olìmpiades Garcìa and Joaquìn Prats at the Conservatorio Superior de Mùsica... read more

Oliver Webber - Violn

Oliver Webber was born in 1969; his studies took him to Wells, Cambridge, London and The Hague, and he was taught by Mark Knight, Micaela Comberti and Ryo Terakado... read more

Catherine Rimer - Cello

Catherine Rimer began her studies with Emma Ferrand at the Royal Northern College of Music, where she was awarded all the chamber music prizes ...read more

Amaia Bàrcena - Soprano

Amaia Bàrcena studied singing at the Escuela Superior de Canto (Spain) and with Helmut Lips at the Musik Hochshule in Stuttgart (Germany)...read more

Andrei Janovic - Theorbo

Andrej Jovanic was born in Belgrade in 1977 and studied classical guitar from the age of 9... read more

Patxi Del Amo - Viola da Gamba

Patxi was born in Pamplona in 1974 and graduated with distinction from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama... read more

Abby Wall - Baroque Cello

Abby Wall is a freelance baroque cellist who performs and records regularly with The King's Consort, Canzona, The Private Music... read more

Taro Takeuchi - Baroque Guitar, Theorbo, Lute

Taro Takeuchi was born in Kyoto, Japan. After completing his study of law and music, he came to... read more

Kathryn Cok - Harpsichord

Harpsichordist Kathryn Cok was born in the city of New York, USA. She now lives in The Hague, Holland where she has recently completed ... read more

Nicholas Parle - Harpsichord

Nicholas Parle was born in Sydney and upon completing a B.Mus degree at the University of Sydney... read more

Asako Morikawa started playing viola da gamba in her native Japan when she was 13 years old... read more

Reiko Ichise - Viola da Gamba

Reiko was born in Tokyo and began her musical training as a pianist. She read musicology at the Kunitachi College of Music where she started playing the viola da gamba... read more

Rachel Beckett - Baroque Flute

Rachel Beckett studied flute and recorder in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama... read more

James Johnstone - Harpsichord

James Johnstone teaches early keyboards at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and at Trinity College of Music in London. For many years he has been a principal of the Gabrieli Consort and Players and as such has contributed to their many award-winning CDs. Recent projects... read more

Jacqueline Dias - - soprano

Jacqueline began her musical studies whilst at Oxford University, performing in many opera productions, and singing with the Arcadian Singers and Queen’s College chapel choir...read more

Julian Clarkson - Bass

The main focus of Julian Clarkson's musical career is as a concert artist. He has been a member of vocal ensembles specialising in early music, such as King's Consort and Tallis Scholars. He has also appeared as a soloist... read more

Emily Robinson - - baroque 'cello

Emily began her studies at London's Royal Academy of Music with teachers Mats Lidstrom and Jennifer Ward-Clark (baroque cello). In 1998 she moved to The Netherlands to join the class of Jaap ter Linden... read more

Belinda Yates - - soprano

Belinda Yates sings regularly with the Monteverdi Choir, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner... read more

Rebecca Prosser - - recorders

Rebecca Prosser studied recorder and Baroque violin as a scholar at the Royal College of Music. After graduating in 1995 she went on to perform with many leading Period ensembles including the English Concert, Gabrielli Consort & Players ... read more

Gillian McDonagh - - percussion

Gillian was born and educated in West Lothian, Scotland where she spent two years at Napier University before moving to London to study at the Royal College of Music. She completed her studies under Robert Van Sice at the Rotterdam Conservatiore... read more

Rebecca Prosser - - recorders

Rebecca Prosser studied recorder and Baroque violin as a scholar at the Royal College of Music. After graduating in 1995 she went on to perform with many leading Period ensembles including the English Concert, Gabrielli Consort & Players ... read more

William Hunt - - viola da gamba

William Hunt graduated from Cambridge university in languages and law, took post-graduate early music studies at the Guildhall School of Music and subsequently studied the viol with Wieland Kuijken.. read more