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L'Arpeggiata
European early music group
L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000. The group has presented both traditional early music and also several collaged and themed performances and recordings.[1][2]
The group focuses on Italian, French and English music from the 17th century. In their music, they often use instrumental improvisations, in which they work together not only with baroque musicians, but also with jazz musicians.
Regular members of the group are:
- Christina Pluhar, theorbo
- Doron David Sherwin, cornetto
- Veronika Skuplik, baroque violin
- David Mayoral, percussion
- Marcello Vitale, baroque guitar
- Boris Schmidt, double bass
- Eero Palviainen, archlute and baroque guitar
- Sarah Louise Ridy, baroque harp
- Margit Übellacker, psalterium
- Haru Kitamika, harpsichord and organ
- Mira Glodeanu, baroque violin
- Rodney Prada, viola da gamba
- Josetxu Obregón, baroque cello
Discography
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Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata
After studying gitarr in her home city of Graz, Christina Pluhar graduated in lute with Toyohiko Sato at the Hague Conservatoire. She was awarded with the 'Diplôme Supérieur de Perfectionnement' at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Hopkinson Smith. Then she studied with Mara Galassi at the Scuola Civica di Milano.
In 1992 she won the 1st Prize in the International Old Music Competition of Malmö with the ensemble La Fenice.
She has lived in Paris since 1992, where she performs as a soloist and continuo player in prestigious festivals with famous groups such as La Fenice, Concerto Soave, Accordone, Elyma, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Ricercar, Akademia, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Concerto Köln, and in ensembles directed by René Jacobs, Ivor Bolton, Alessandro di Marchi. Her repertoire includes solo and continuo works from the 16th to 18th centuries for Renaissance lute, Baroque guitar, archlute, theorbo and Baroque harp.
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Christina Pluhar
Christina Pluhar (born 1965, Graz, Austria) is an acclaimed theorbist, harpist, conductor, and the founder of the renowned early music ensemble L'Arpeggiata.
She discovered her passion for early music while studying at the University of Graz and went on to specialize in the lute, theorbo, and Baroque guitar. She refined her craft at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, studying under distinguished musicians such as Toyohiko Satoh, Eugen Dombois, Hopkinson Smith, Paul O'Dette, Pat O'Brien, and Jesper Bøje Christensen. Additionally, she mastered the Baroque Arpa Doppia at the Scuola Civica di Milano under Mara Galassi.
In 1992, as a member of Ensemble La Fenice, Pluhar won first prize at the Festival of Early Music in Malmö. Since then, she has been based in Paris, performing both as a soloist and as a sought-after basso continuo player in the Baroque music scene. In 2000, she founded L'Arpeggiata, an ensemble tha