John Dowland

John Dowland

male, deceased (1626)
Come Again, In darkness let me dwell, Flow my tears, I saw my Lady weepe, Composer for lute, English…Lutenist
John Dowland (1563 - buried February 20, 1626) was an English composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such...
Paul O'Dette

Paul O'Dette

male, 55 years old
Columbus, Paul R. O'Dette, University of Rochester faculty, archlute, theorbo, From Rochester, New York…Lutenist
Paul R. O'Dette (b. Columbus, Ohio, February 2, 1954) is an American lutenist, conductor, and music researcher specializing in early music. O'Dette...
Julian Bream

Julian Bream

male, 76 years old
cello, recital, child prodigy, far east, guitar, Order of the British Empire…Lutenist
Julian Bream O.B.E. (born July 15, 1933) is a internationally celebrated British guitarist and lutenist. Among his other accomplishments, he has...
Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov

male, 44 years old
Maria-Cristina Kiehr, Hilliard Ensemble, Hesperion, Mala Punica, Arianna Savall, Anna-Maria Kiehr…Lutenist
Edin Karamazov is a Bosnian musician-lutenist (born in 1965 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia). He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at...
Nigel North

Nigel North

male, 55 years old
guitarist, Classical guitarist, Early music performer, Lutenist, lute, guitar
Nigel North (born 5 June 1954) is an English lutenist and guitarist.

Stephen Stubbs

male
University of Washington, Teatro Lirico, Andrew Lawrence-King, Hilliard Ensemble, wigmore hall, lute…Lutenist
Stephen Stubbs is a lutenist and director and has been a leading figure in the European early music scene for nearly thirty years. He was born in...
Hopkinson Smith

Hopkinson Smith

male, 63 years old
from New York, Sonatas and partitas for solo violin, theorbo, vihuela, American, catalan…Lutenist
Hopkinson Smith is an American lutenist. Born in New York, he graduated from Harvard with Honors in Music. He came to Europe in 1973 to study with...
Sylvius Leopold Weiss

Sylvius Leopold Weiss

male, deceased (1750)
German native of Silesia, lute, Baroque composer, concerto, composer, sonata…Lutenist
Silvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist. Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served...
Vincenzo Galilei

Vincenzo Galilei

male, deceased (1591)
Michelagnolo, Santa Maria a Monte, Italian music theorist, Greek music, baroque, sixteenth century…Lutenist
Vincenzo Galilei (1520 - July 2, 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and the father of the famous astronomer and physicist...

Anthony Rooley

male
early music, Early music performer, Lutenist, ensemble, musical ensemble, the Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley is a British lutenist, the founder and director of early music ensemble, The Consort of Musicke. He is also the author of...