Paolo Pandolfo

{ Read Biography }: Paolo Pandolfo is presently one of the most important musicians on the European Early Music scene. He became interested in Renaissance and Baroque music in 1979 when he founded «La Stravaganza» together with R. Alessandrini and E. Gatti. After continuing his studies at the Rome Conservatory, in 1981 he moved to Switzerland to research the world of the viola da gamba. Soon afterwards, in Basle he began a series of musical collaborations with Jordi Savall that led him to form part of Hesperión XX. In 1989 he was named professor of viola da gamba at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, a position held in high esteem worldwide and previously held by August Wenzinger and Jordi Savall. Since then his teaching activity has been centred in Switzerland, where he directs, since 1992, the Ensemble di viole Labyrinto. In addition to the «classical» works for viola da gamba from th 17th and 18th centuries, Paolo Pandolfo has consistently shown an interest in lesser known early repertoire, to which the CD «Canzon del Principe» testifies.

Ippolito Tartaglino | Carlo Gesualdo, Principe di Venosa | Scipione Stella | Francesco Lambardo | …

Luigi Rossi's Manuscript (London, British Library MS Add. 30491

Johann Sebastian Bach | Carlo Gesualdo, Principe di Venosa | Frédéric Chopin | Giovanni Gabrieli | …

DIVOX - appassionatamente dedicated to chamber music