Marin Marais

Marin Marais

male, deceased (1728)
Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris - 15 August 1728, Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully,... More
Jordi Savall

Jordi Savall

male, 67 years old
Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Spain) is a Spanish viol player, conductor, and composer. He has been one of the major figures in... More

Tobias Hume

male, deceased (1645)
Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - April 16, 1645) was an English composer, viol player and soldier. Little is known of his life. Some have suggested... More

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

male, deceased (1700)
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640 - 1700) was a French composer and violist. It is speculated by various scholars that Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe... More

John Jenkins

male, deceased (1678)
John Jenkins (1592 - 1678), English composer, was born in Maidstone, Kent, and died at Kimberley, Norfolk. Little is known of his early life. The... More
Antoine Forqueray

Antoine Forqueray

male, deceased (1745)
Antoine Forqueray (c. 1671-1745) was a French composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba. Forqueray, born in Paris, was the first in a line of... More
Paolo Pandolfo

Paolo Pandolfo

male
Paolo Pandolfo is an Italian virtuoso player, composer, and teacher of music for the viola da gamba. He began his studies as a double bass and... More

Robert de Visée

male, deceased (1725)
Robert de Visée was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of Louis the XIV, as well as a singer, and composer for lute, t... More
Hille Perl

Hille Perl

female
Hille Perl (born in Bremen in 1965) is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world's... More
Vittorio Ghielmi

Vittorio Ghielmi

male
Vittorio Ghielmi is a viola da gamba player, born in 1968, in Milano, Italy. Vittorio has performed in the most important concert halls of Europe... More