An early music ensemble is a

musical ensemble A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, ...

that specializes in performing

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

of the European classical tradition from the

Baroque era The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including th ...

and earlier – broadly, music produced before about 1750. Most, but not all, of these groups are advocates of

historically informed performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of Western classical music, classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of ...

, and attempt to re-create the music as it might have sounded at the time it was written, using

period instrument In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic ...

s and modifying playing techniques according to the most recent scholarly research into music of the time. Names in parentheses below indicate current directors, unless otherwise indicated.

List of ensembles

Australia

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (ABO) is an Australian period instrument orchestra specialising in the performance of baroque and classical music. Founders The orchestra's founder and artistic director is Paul Dyer. In 2013 Dyer was a ...

( Paul Dyer): baroque orchestra *

Ensemble Gombert Ensemble Gombert is a chamber choir based in Melbourne, Australia noted for its pure intonation and historic approach to choral sound and style. The ensemble was founded and is conducted by musicologist and organist John O'Donnell in 1990. The grou ...

, Melbourne

Austria

Ars Antiqua Austria Ars Antiqua Austria is an early music ensemble founded in Linz in 1989 to perform Austrian Baroque music on period instruments. The group was established by Gunar Letzbor and Michael Oman and consists of eight musicians. They research and perform ne ...

Cinquecento The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1500 to 1599 are collectively referred to as the Cinquecento (, ), from the Italian for the number 500, in turn from , which is Italian for the year 1500. Cinquecento encompasses the s ...

: vocal ensemble * Clemencic Consort (

René Clemencic René Clemencic (27 February 1928 – 8 March 2022) was an Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player. Biography Born in Vienna, Austria, Clemencic was educated at the Vienna University and studied further ...

): medieval to baroque *

Concentus Musicus Wien Concentus Musicus Wien (CMW) is an Austrian baroque music ensemble based in Vienna. The CMW is recognized as a pioneer of the period-instrument performance movement. History Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Alice Harnoncourt co-founded the CMW in 1953 ...

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

), Vienna: baroque orchestra * Ensemble

Eduard Melkus Eduard Melkus (born 1 September 1928 in Baden bei Wien) is an Austrian violinist and violist.''International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003'' Following the Second World War, Melkus dedicated himself to the exploration of historically informed ...

(Capella Academica Wien), Vienna: defunct *

Fiori musicali ''Fiori musicali'' ("''Musical Flowers''") is a collection of liturgical organ music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, first published in 1635. It contains three organ masses and two secular capriccios. Generally acknowledged as one of Frescobaldi's greate ...

, Vienna: baroque chamber group *

Quadriga Consort Quadriga Consort aka Quadriga Early Music Band is an early music ensemble from Austria. Founded in 2001 by harpsichordist Nikolaus Newerkla, the ensemble plays rearranged early British and Irish traditional music performed on period instruments. ...

: emphasis on early British traditional and popular music *

Quatuor Mosaïques The Quatuor Mosaïques is an Austrian string quartet, founded in 1987 by Erich Höbarth, Andrea Bischof, Anita Mitterer, and Christophe Coin, four members of the Concentus Musicus Wien who play on historical musical instruments. The name of the qu ...

(founded in 1985 by members of

), Vienna

Belgium

Capilla Flamenca Capilla Flamenca is a vocal and instrumental early music consort based in Leuven, Belgium. The group specialises in 14th to 16th century music from Flanders and takes its name from the historical Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca), the choir of the c ...

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Dirk Snellings Capilla Flamenca is a vocal and instrumental early music consort based in Leuven, Belgium. The group specialises in 14th to 16th century music from Flanders and takes its name from the historical Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca), the choir of the c ...

): Renaissance choral * Les Agrémens *

Collegium Vocale Gent Collegium Vocale Gent is a Belgian musical ensemble of vocalists and supporting instrumentalists, founded by Philippe Herreweghe. The group is dedicated to historically informed performance. Founding and program Collegium Vocale Gent was founded ...

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Philippe Herreweghe Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster. Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from Rena ...

): Renaissance and baroque choir * Currende (

Erik Van Nevel Erik Van Nevel (1956) is a Belgian singer and conductor. He is the nephew of Paul Van Nevel. He pursued instrumental and vocal studies at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels) and the Koninklijk Conservatorium ...

): Renaissance choir * Ensemble Clematis,

Leonardo García-Alarcón Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard. People Notable people with the name include: * Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, ...

: baroque *

Huelgas Ensemble The Huelgas Ensemble is a Belgian early music group formed by the Flemish conductor Paul Van Nevel in 1971. The group's performance and extensive discography focuses on Renaissance polyphony. The name of the ensemble refers to a manuscript of poly ...

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Paul Van Nevel Paul Van Nevel (born 4 February 1946) is a Belgian conductor, musicologist and art historian. In 1971 he founded the Huelgas Ensemble, a choir dedicated to polyphony from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel is known for hunting out lit ...

): Renaissance choir *

Les Muffatti The orchestra Les Muffatti was created in 1996 in and around the Royal Conservatory of Brussels by a group of twelve idealistic musicians who wanted to ensure that the Baroque music repertoire for string orchestra was sufficiently addressed in their ...

, Brussels: Baroque orchestra *

La Petite Bande La Petite Bande is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in music of the Baroque and Classical eras played on period instruments. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by Corelli, Rameau, Handel, Bach, Haydn, and Mozart. Hi ...

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Sigiswald Kuijken Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments. Biography Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble of ...

): baroque orchestra and chamber ensemble *

Ricercar Consort The Ricercar Consort is a Belgian instrumental ensemble founded in 1980 together with the Ricercar record label of Jérôme Lejeune. The founding members were violinist François Fernandez, organist Bernard Foccroulle, and viola da gamba player ...

: baroque cantatas *

Vox Luminis Vox Luminis are a Belgian early music vocal ensemble led by Lionel Meunier. Their recording of Heinrich Schütz's '' Musicalische Exequien'' for Ricercar won a Gramophone Award and International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in 2012. Recordings (c ...

: 16th- to 18th-century Italian, German, and English vocal music

Canada

* Académie Baroque de Montréal (

Suzie LeBlanc Suzie LeBlanc (born 27 October 1961) is a Canadian soprano and early music specialist. She is also active as a professor, currently working at Mcgill University. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2014 for her contributions to musi ...

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Ensemble Claude-Gervaise L'Ensemble Claude-Gervaise is a music group based in Montreal, Quebec. Led by recorder player Gilles Plante, the group performs early music as well as traditional music, particularly from Quebec and France, in period costume. The Ensemble Claude- ...

, Montréal: * Arion Orchestre Baroque, Montréal: *

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal The Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal is a professional early music vocal ensemble based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. History The group was co-founded in 1974 by the organ and harpsichord players Christopher Jackson, Réjean Poirier and ...

: mostly music of the Renaissance and early baroque *

Tafelmusik Tafelmusik (German: literally, "table-music") is a term used since the mid-16th century for music played at feasts and banquets. Table music could be either instrumental, vocal, or both. As might be expected, it was often of a somewhat lighter c ...

, Toronto: baroque orchestra and chamber choir *

Theatre of Early Music The Theatre of Early Music is a choir and Baroque instrumental ensemble based in Montreal, and later in Toronto. It is conducted by Daniel Taylor. The group performs and records early sacred music. One of the group's better known pieces is ''Stab ...

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), Toronto: chamber choir * Ensemble Caprice (

Matthias Maute Matthias Maute (born 1963) is a virtuoso recorder player and composer. Maute was born in Ebingen, Germany and studied in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen. In 1990 he won first prize in the soloist category of ...

), Montréal *

Opera Atelier Opera Atelier is an opera company located in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 1985 by husband and wife Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. The company mounts baroque operas from the 17th and 18th centuries that are presented in venu ...

, Toronto: baroque opera company * Victoria Baroque (Victoria, B.C.) *

Les Violons du Roy Les Violons du Roy is a French-Canadian chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, Quebec. The orchestra's principal venue is the Palais Montcalm in Québec City. The orchestra also performs concerts in Montréal at the Place des Arts, the Montreal ...

( Jonathan Cohen), Québec City

Colombia

Musica Ficta ''Musica ficta'' (from Latin, "false", "feigned", or "fictitious" music) was a term used in European music theory from the late 12th century to about 1600 to describe pitches, whether notated or added at the time of performance, that lie outside ...

( Carlos Serrano): Latin American baroque

Czechia

Collegium 1704 Collegium 1704 is a Czech early music orchestra and choir founded in 2005 by the Czech conductor, harpsichordist, and horn player Václav Luks. The Collegium Vocale 1704 is the affiliated vocal ensemble. Since 2007, the ensemble has been making re ...

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Václav Luks Václav Luks (born 14 November 1970) is a Czech harpsichordist, horn player, conductor, musicologist and pedagogue, founder and artistic director of the Prague baroque orchestra Collegium 1704 and of the vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale 1704. He ...

): early music ensemble *

Collegium 419 Collegium 419 is a vocal ensemble specializing in music of the 16th to 18th century, aiming at historical performance praxis of high Renaissance as well as early and high Baroque vocal music with or without instrumental accompaniment. There are s ...

: early music vocal ensemble *

Collegium Marianum Collegium Marianum is a Prague-based Czech early music orchestra founded in 1997 by the flautist Jana Semerádová. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Philosophical faculty of Charles University, where she studied theory and perform ...

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Jana Semerádová Collegium Marianum is a Prague-based Czech early music orchestra founded in 1997 by the flautist Jana Semerádová. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Philosophical faculty of Charles University, where she studied theory and perform ...

): early music ensemble *

Musica Florea Musica Florea is a Czech Baroque music ensemble in Prague, founded in 1992 by conductor and cellist Marek Štryncl. Profile The group of young professionals with a common interest in the study and authentic performance of Baroque music engage ...

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Marek Štryncl Marek Štryncl (born 1974) is a Czech conductor, violoncellist, choirmaster and composer. He is the founder and leader of Baroque music ensemble Musica Florea. Biography Marek Štryncl was born in Jablonec nad Nisou, but he comes from the vil ...

): early music ensemble *

Schola Gregoriana Pragensis Schola Gregoriana Pragensis (English: ''The Gregorian School of Prague'') is an '' a cappella'' male voice choir from the Czech Republic, founded in 1987 by David Eben. Their core repertoire consists of Gregorian chant, Bohemian plainchant, and ...

: ''a cappella'' male choir whose core repertoire is Gregorian chant, Bohemian plainchant, and early polyphony * Czech Ensemble Baroque (

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): early music ensemble

Denmark

Ars Nova Copenhagen Ars Nova Copenhagen is a Danish vocal ensemble specialised in the interpretation of the polyphonic choral music of the Renaissance and new vocal music. It was founded in 1979 by composer Bo Holten among others. In 1996 Hungarian conductor Tamás Vet ...

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Paul Hillier Paul Douglas Hillier OBE (born 9 February 1949) is an English conductor, music director and baritone. He specializes in both early and contemporary classical music, especially that by composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. He was a co-foun ...

): Renaissance to contemporary *

Concerto Copenhagen The Danish national baroque orchestra Concerto Copenhagen is one of the leading baroque orchestras in the world. History Danish National Baroque Orchestra Concerto Copenhagen played its first concerts in 1991 and has since developed into the lead ...

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (born 1955) is a Danish harpsichordist and conductor, mainly of Baroque solo music, chamber music and early music repertory. He was a professor in Munich in 1996–99 and has since then been artistic director of Concerto Cop ...

): baroque orchestra *

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Bo Holten Bo Holten (born 22 October 1948) is a Danish composer and conductor. He has been the principal conductor for the vocal ensembles '' Ars Nova (Copenhagen)'' and '' Musica Ficta (Denmark)'', as well as guest-conductor for the ''BBC Singers''. He wa ...

): Renaissance and contemporary choral

Estonia

Hortus Musicus Hortus Musicus is an Estonian ensemble that was established in 1972 by Andres Mustonen, a violin student of the Tallinn State Conservatory. Hortus Musicus specialises in performing early music, including 8th–15th-century European forms such ...

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Andres Mustonen Andres Mustonen (born 1 September 1953) is an Estonian conductor and violinist. Biography Mustonen was born in Tallinn on 1 September 1953. He graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1972 and five years later both he and Endel Lippus gr ...

): medieval and Renaissance and baroque and contemporary music *

Rondellus In music rondellus is the formalized voice exchange, interchange of Part (music), parts or register (music), voices according to a scheme, often used in English conducti and frequently in English motets of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth ...

: medieval and Renaissance and contemporary music

Finland

* Kuninkaantien muusikot –

Musicians of the King's Road Musicians of the King's Road (Finnish: ''Kuninkaantien muusikot'', Swedish: ''Kungsvägens musiker'') is a Finnish professional baroque orchestra and choir. The orchestra plays on period instruments. Orchestra and choir Musicians of the King' ...

: baroque orchestra and choir * Oliphant: medieval music

France

L'Arpeggiata 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. The group focuses on Italian, ...

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Christina Pluhar Christina Pluhar (Graz, 1965) is an Austrian theorbist, harpist, conductor, and director of L'Arpeggiata ensemble.Herz Europas "Christina Pluhar ist eine der innovativsten Musikerinnen der Alte-Musik-Szene, die in ihren Projekten die Grenzen der ...

): early baroque * Les Arts Florissants ( William Christie): baroque orchestra * Boulanger Ensemble (

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

): historic revival of Monteverdi * Capriccio Stravagante ( Skip Sempé): baroque chamber music *

Les Siècles Les Siècles is a French symphony orchestra founded in 2003 by François-Xavier Roth, with ambition to put works from the 17th to 21st centuries into today's perspective. The musicians of the orchestra play each repertoire on the historical instrum ...

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François-Xavier Roth François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor, who founded Les Siècles, an orchestra which performs on instruments appropriate to the period of composition of each piece, from the late Baroque and Classical eras to 20t ...

): symphony orchestra *

La Chapelle Rhénane La Chapelle Rhénane is a French Baroque music, baroque musical ensemble conducted by Benoît Haller, also a soloist in the ensemble. History Founded in 2001 by tenor Benoît Haller, La Chapelle Rhénane is a musical ensemble of lyrical and inst ...

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Benoît Haller Benoît Haller is a French conductor and tenor, born in Strasbourg in 1972. Biography Benoît Haller studied choral and orchestral conducting with Hans Michael Beuerle at the Hochschule für Musik in Fribourg-en-Brisgau. He studied singing w ...

): baroque orchestra *

La Chapelle Royale La Chapelle Royale is a French ensemble of baroque music. History La Chapelle Royale was founded in 1977 in Paris by the Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe. It takes its name from the Chapelle royale of the French kings. The initial vocation ...

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): baroque orchestra * Chœur de Chambre Accentus (

Laurence Equilbey Laurence Equilbey (born 6 March 1962) is a French conductor, known for her work in the choral repertoire, and more recently as the founder and music director of the Insula Orchestra. Equilbey studied piano and flute in her early life. She under ...

): Renaissance to contemporary choir *

Le Concert d'Astrée Le Concert d'Astrée is an instrumental and vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Baroque music. It was founded In 2000 by Emmanuelle Haïm, and has been in residence at the Opéra de Lille since 2004 and has established an international ...

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Emmanuelle Haïm Emmanuelle Haïm (; born 11 May 1962) is a French harpsichordist and conductor with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music. Early life, student and assistant years Haïm was born and grew up in Paris, and was raised Catholic al ...

): baroque orchestra *

Le Concert Spirituel Le Concert Spirituel is a French ensemble specialising in works of baroque music, played on period instruments. Founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987, it is named after the 18th-century concert series Concert Spirituel. The group performs internationa ...

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Hervé Niquet Hervé Niquet (born 28 October 1957) is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and the director of Le Concert Spirituel, specializing in French Baroque music. Biography Born on 28 October 1957, Hervé Niquet was raised at Abbeville in the ...

): baroque orchestra *

Concerto Vocale Concerto Vocale is a Belgian musical ensemble for baroque music. History Concerto Vocale was founded in Amsterdam in 1977 by the Belgian countertenor and Conducting, conductor René Jacobs. The vocal ensemble has included sopranos María Cristin ...

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René Jacobs René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera. Biography Countertenor Born in Ghent, Jacobs began his music ...

): baroque vocal *

Diabolus in Musica ''Diabolus in Musica'' (Latin for "The Devil in Music") is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on June 9, 1998, by American Recordings. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman wrote most of the album's content, which has bee ...

, Paris: medieval choral * Ensemble 415 (

Chiara Banchini Chiara Banchini is a Switzerland, Swiss violinist, involved in the historical performance practice movement. She specializes in the music of the Baroque music, Baroque. Banchini was born in 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland. She graduated from the Gen ...

): baroque chamber orchestra * Ensemble baroque de Nice (

Gilbert Bezzina Gilbert Bezzina is a French violinist and conductor of baroque opera. Gilbert Bezzina studied violin at the Conservatory of Nice and continues to perform and record as a violinist. In 1965 he founded the “Société de Musique Ancienne de Nice� ...

): baroque opera *

Ensemble Clément Janequin The Ensemble Clément Janequin is a French early music ensemble founded in 1978 and specializing in the chansons of the Renaissance and early Baroque. The founder, and leader, is the countertenor Dominique Visse. The group has recorded almost excl ...

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Dominique Visse Dominique Visse (born 30 August 1955) is a French countertenor and founder of the Ensemble Clément Janequin. Life and career Dominique Visse was a chorister at the Notre-Dame de Paris and studied organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory. A ...

): Renaissance chansons *

Ensemble Matheus Ensemble Matheus is a French baroque orchestra. Based in Brittany, the ensemble gives concerts in a number of French cities, including Brest at ''Le Quartz'', where it has enjoyed a residency since 1996, Vannes (Théâtre Anne de Bretagne), and Pl ...

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Jean-Christophe Spinosi Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born 2 September 1964) is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of French orchestra Ensemble Matheus. Life and career In 1991 he created the Ensemble Matheus in Brest, an orchestra which accompanies him through ...

): baroque orchestra *

Ensemble Organum Ensemble Organum is a group performing early music, co-founded in 1982 by Marcel Pérès and based in France. Its members have changed, but have included at one time or another, Josep Cabré, Josep Benet, Gérard Lesne, Antoine Sicot, Malcolm Bo ...

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Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. Pérès was ...

): Gregorian chant *

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Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor. Early life Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France. His mother was born in Italy. Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory ...

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Les Musiciens du Louvre Les Musiciens du Louvre (literally ''The Musicians of the Louvre'') is a French period instrument ensemble, formed in 1982. Originally based in Paris, since 1996 it has been based in the Couvent des Minimes in Grenoble. ''The Guardian'' considers ...

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Marc Minkowski Marc Minkowski (born 4 October 1962) is a French conductor of classical music, especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works, and is the current general director of Opéra national de Bordeaux. His mother, Mary Anne (Wade), i ...

), Grenoble: baroque orchestra * Orchestre

Les Passions Les Passions is a Baroque orchestra. Created in 1986 by the Recorder (musical instrument), recorder player Jean-Marc Andrieu, the orchestra is in residence in the south-west French town of Montauban. This ensemble specialises in the practice of Li ...

Le Poème Harmonique Le Poème Harmonique is a musical ensemble founded in 1998 by Vincent Dumestre to recreate and promote early music, in particular that of the 17th century. Using rare instruments such as the theorbo, the lirone, the tiorbino and the arpa tripla, ...

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Vincent Dumestre Vincent Dumestre (born 5 May 1968) is a French lutenist. In 1997 he founded the ensemble Le Poème Harmonique. He studied the classical guitar at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and art history at the École du Louvre. Afterwards he dedi ...

): Renaissance-baroque chamber group *

Les Talens Lyriques The French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques was created in 1991 in Paris, France, by the harpsichordist and orchestral conductor Christophe Rousset. This instrumental and vocal formation derives its name from the subtitle of ''Les fêtes d'Hé ...

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Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18 ...

): baroque opera and orchestra

Germany

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Early Music Berlin, short name: Akamus) is a German chamber orchestra founded in East Berlin in 1982. Each year Akamus gives approximately 100 concerts, ranging from small chamber works to large-scale s ...

: baroque orchestra *

Pera Ensemble The Pera Ensemble (founded 2005) is a Turkish early music group specializing in music of the Ottoman Empire. The group was founded by oud player Mehmet Cemal Yeşilçay (b. 1965) and psaltery player Mehmet İhsan Özer (b. 1961). The name "Pera" c ...

: baroque orchestra, Alla Turca *

Cantus Cölln A cantus (Latin for "singing", derived from ''cantare''), is an activity organised by Belgian, Dutch, French, and Baltic fraternities. A cantus mainly involves singing traditional songs and drinking beer. It is governed by strict traditional ru ...

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Konrad Junghänel Konrad Junghänel (born 27 February 1953) is a German lutenist and conductor in the field of historically informed performance, the founder and director of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln. Career Junghänel studied at the Hochschule für Musi ...

): Renaissance and baroque vocal * La Capella Ducale

Musica Fiata Musica Fiata, also Musica Fiata Köln, is a German instrumental ensemble, founded in Cologne in 1976 by director Roland Wilson (conductor), Roland Wilson. According to AllMusic it is "appreciated for its dynamic vivacity, virtuosic precision, and th ...

( Roland Wilson) * Cologne Chamber Orchestra (

Helmut Müller-Brühl Helmut Peter Müller-Brühl (28 June 1933 – 2 January 2012) was a German conducting, conductor. Müller-Brühl was a pupil of Hermann Abendroth, founder of the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. In 1958, Müller-Brühl invited this orchestra to be the p ...

): baroque orchestra *

Concerto Köln Concerto Köln is an ensemble specialising in music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The group formed in 1985, one of many groups associated with the surging interest in period instruments in that decade. Its members consisted mainly o ...

: baroque orchestra; concert master: Evgeny Sviridov, guest conductors inc.

Evelino Pidò Evelino Pidò (born 1953 in Torino) is an Italian conductor. Acclaimed for his Vincenzo Bellini, Bellini and Donizetti interpretations, he has served as conductor of the Lyon Opera. ''Gramophone'' said "Evelino Pido is a specialist in this reperto ...

Daniel Harding Daniel John Harding (born 31 August 1975) is a British conductor. Biography Harding was born in Oxford. He studied trumpet at Chetham's School of Music and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra at age 13. At age 17, Harding assembled ...

Ensemble amarcord amarcord is a German male classical vocal ensemble based in Leipzig, founded in 1992 by five former members of the Thomanerchor. They primarily perform Medieval music, Renaissance music as well as collaborating with contemporary composers. Unt ...

, Leipzig, vocal ensemble, medieval, Renaissance, contemporary *

Ensemble Santenay Ensemble Santenay is an early music ensemble, originating in the Institute of Early Music in Trossingen, Germany. It was established in May 2004 by four musicians of four different nationalities specialising in their studies in the historically ...

, Trossingen, Germany: Renaissance choral *

Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * Ensemble (album), ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the ...

: baroque orchestra *

Estampie The estampie (french: estampie, Occitan and ca, estampida, it, istanpitta) is a medieval dance and musical form which was a popular instrumental and vocal form in the 13th and 14th centuries. The name was also applied to poetry. Musical form T ...

: medieval *

Freiburger Barockorchester Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is a German Baroque orchestra founded in 1987, with the mission statement: "to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds". History The orchestra is based in Freiburg im Breisgau. ...

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Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Born into the ancient Brandenburgish Goltz family, Gottfried was a great-grandson of the former commande ...

): baroque orchestra *

G. A. P. Ensemble The G. A. P. Ensemble, short for Giovanni Antonio Piani Ensemble, is a classical music ensemble based in Germany. It was founded by the Macedonian violinist Emilio Percan, the Catalan cellist Oriol Aymat-Fusté and the Italian harpsichordist Luca Qu ...

, instrumental trio *

Hamburger Ratsmusik The ''Hamburger Ratsmusik'' was the name, in German, for the Hamburg city government musical establishment of Hamburg during the baroque period. ''Ratsmusik'' was a generic term to distinguish from ''Hausmusik,'' domestic music making, during the H ...

: baroque chamber orchestra *

il Gusto Barocco il Gusto Barocco is an orchestra specialising in early music and historical performance practice with its headquarters in Stuttgart. History The Baroque Orchestra was founded in 2008 by Jörg Halubek and is made up of young, freelance musician ...

: baroque orchestra *

Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble The Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble is a German early music group formed by the German cornetto player and conductor Arno Paduch in 1995. The group's performance and discography focuses on the rediscovery of unknown music of the 17th and 18th centuries ...

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Arno Paduch Arno Paduch (* 1965 Hattersheim am Main, Germany) is a German cornetto player, conductor and musicologist. After highschool degree in Friedberg (Germany), Paduch studied musicology at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) and afterwards cornetto a ...

): Renaissance baroque choir and orchestra * Lautten Compagney (

Wolfgang Katschner Wolfgang Katschner (born 1961 in Kyritz) is a German lutenist and Conducting, conductor. He is director of the ensembles Capella Angelica and Lautten Compagney which specialise in Baroque music—notably the operas of Handel. Katschner studied g ...

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Münchener Bach-Orchester The (Munich Bach Orchestra) is a classical music ensemble based in Munich, Germany, which specialises in the performance of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was founded in 1954 by the conductor Karl Richter (conductor), Karl Richter. It works ...

(founder Karl Richter) *

Musica Antiqua Köln Musica Antiqua Köln was an early music group that was founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel and fellow students from the Conservatory of Music in Cologne. Musica Antiqua Köln devoted itself largely to the performance of the music of the 17th and 18th ...

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Reinhard Goebel Reinhard Goebel (; born 31 July 1952 in Siegen, West Germany) is a German Conducting, conductor and baroque violin, violinist specialising in early music on Historically informed performance, authentic instruments and professor for historical perf ...

): baroque chamber music, now disbanded *

( Roland Wilson): baroque wind orchestra *

Oni Wytars Oni Wytars is an early music ensemble that was founded in 1983 by Marco Ambrosini and Peter Rabanser. The Music Appearing in concerts and at festivals throughout Europe, Americas, Middle- and Far East they perform music of the Middle Ages and R ...

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Marco Ambrosini Marco Ambrosini (born 1964 in Forlì, Italy) is an Italian musician, composer and arranger living in Germany. Studies From 1971 to 1981, Ambrosini studied violin and viola (with Adrio Casagrande) and composition with Mario Perrucci at the " ...

): medieval music * L'Orfeo Barockorchester (

Michi Gaigg Michi Gaigg (born in Schörfling am Attersee, 1957) is an Austrian violinist and conductor. She is founder and conductor of the Baroque music, Baroque orchestras L'arpa festante and L'Orfeo.Goldberg: early music magazine: Issues 53-54 2008 "So alt ...

): baroque orchestra *

Pantagruel ''The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel'' (french: La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, telling the adventures of two giants, Gargantua ( , ) and his son Pantagruel ...

: Renaissance music trio *

Rheinische Kantorei The Rheinische Kantorei is a German vocal ensemble of baroque music accompanied by an instrumental ensemble called Das Kleine Konzert. History The Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert were founded in 1977 by the German conductor Hermann M ...

and the Kleine Konzert (

Hermann Max Hermann Max (born 1941 in Goslar) is a German choral conductor. In 1977, he founded the Jugendkantorei Dormagen, which in 1985 became the basis of the Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert. In 1992 he founded the Knechtsteden Early Music Fes ...

): baroque choir and orchestra *

Sarband Sarband is a German early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for th ...

: baroque orchestra *

Sequentia A sequence (Latin: ''sequentia'', plural: ''sequentiae'') is a chant or hymn sung or recited during the liturgy, liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, before the proclamation of the Gospel. By the time of the Co ...

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Benjamin Bagby Benjamin Bagby (born February 20, 1950) is an American singer, composer, harpist, and performer of medieval music. Biography Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bagby was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Bagby foun ...

): medieval *

La Stagione Michael Schneider (born 10 August 1953) is a German flautist, recorder player, conductor and academic teacher. He is especially connected with later Baroque repertoire such as the works of Telemann and with early Classical repertoire such as the ...

( Michael Schneider), Frankfurt: baroque orchestra *

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Thomas Binkley Thomas Binkley (Cleveland, Ohio, December 26, 1931 – Bloomington, Indiana, April 28, 1995) was an American lutenist and early music scholar. Thomas Eden Binkley studied at the University of Illinois (BM. 1956, PhD. 1959) and the University of Mun ...

d.),

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

: medieval, disbanded * Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein (

Ludger Rémy Ludger Rémy (4 February 1949 – 21 June 2017) was a German harpsichordist, conductor and musicologist. Biography Born in Kalkar, Ludger Rémy studied the harpsichord in Freiburg im Breisgau and continued his studies with Kenneth Gilbert i ...

): baroque orchestra * Weser-Renaissance Bremen (

Manfred Cordes Manfred Cordes (born 1953) is a German conductor of early music, musicologist and teacher. He is professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen and was its rector from 2007 to 2012. Publications * ''Die lateinischen Motetten des Iacobus Regnar ...

): Renaissance and baroque

Greece

Ex Silentio ''Ex Silentio'' is the Greek early music ensemble, that has a wide repertoire from medieval music up to baroque music, baroque. ''Ex Silentio'' appears regularly in festivals and venues in many European countries and focuses on music from Southe ...

: medieval and baroque music

Iceland

Voces Thules Voces Thules is an Icelandic music ensemble formed in 1992. The ensemble consists of five male singers (Eggert Pálsson, Einar Jóhannesson, Eiríkur Hreinn Helgason, Guðlaugur Viktorsson and Sigurður Halldórsson) who have studied in Reykjavík, ...

: Icelandic medieval music

Israel

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

: baroque orchestra (music director: David Shemer) *

Accademia Daniel Accademia Daniel is an Israeli music ensemble that specializes in performing music of the baroque era. The ensemble performs regularly both in their native country and in Europe, appearing at such places as the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Haydn F ...

: baroque chamber group *

Profeti della Quinta Profeti della Quinta (Prophets of the Perfect Fifth) is a male vocal ensemble, specializing in the music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Founded in the Galilee region of Israel by Elam Rotem, the ensemble is currently based in Basel, Switz ...

, Israel/Switzerland: vocal ensemble * Barrocade: baroque orchestra (music director: Amit Tiefenbrunn)

Italy

Academia Montis Regalis The Fondazione Academia Montis Regalis is an Italian cultural foundation promoting baroque and classical orchestral training based in the town of Mondovì since 1992. In 1994 it was recognised as a non-profit organisation A nonprofit organiz ...

( Alessandro De Marchi): baroque orchestra *

Accademia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian conductor and keyboardist (primarily harpsichord and fortepiano) particularly noted for his performances of Baroque music. He has been the music director of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna sin ...

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Ottavio Dantone Ottavio Dantone (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian conductor and keyboardist (primarily harpsichord and fortepiano) particularly noted for his performances of Baroque music. He has been the music director of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna sin ...

): baroque orchestra * Accordone (

Guido Morini Guido Morini (born in Milan in 1959) is an Italian pianist, organist, harpsichordist, musicologist and composer. In the ensemble Accordone he performs early baroque works with singer Marco Beasley. Beasley is also the librettist for his ''Una Odi ...

): early baroque, often with

Marco Beasley Marco Beasley (26 February 1957, Naples) is an Italian tenor, voice-actor and musicologist. With composer and harpsichordist Guido Morini, Beasley was one of the three founding members of the Accordone early music ensemble in 1984; Stefano Ro ...

Auser Musici Auser Musici is a period instrument ensemble centered in Pisa that specializes in early music repertory from the Tuscan region of Italy. History, Mission, and Activities The ensemble was founded in 1997 by the flautist Carlo Ipata and has performe ...

: baroque orchestra *

Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini Cappella Neapolitana is an early music ensemble based in Naples and dedicated to the recovery of Neapolitan musical heritage, primarily from the baroque era. The Cappella Neapolitana was founded in 2016 by the musicologist and conductor Antonio F ...

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Antonio Florio Antonio Florio (born 1956 in Bari, Italy) is an Italian conductor, musicologist and composer.Antonio Florio - Cavalli à la napolitaine, Opéra International, 2004 He studied under Nino Rota Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (; 3 December 1911 – 10 Apri ...

): baroque orchestra * Il Complesso Barocco ( Alan Curtis): baroque orchestra *

Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others. The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its ...

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Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini (born 25 January 1960) is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi ...

): madrigals and baroque orchestra * Delitiæ Musicæ: Renaissance and baroque vocal music * Ensemble Aurora (

Enrico Gatti Enrico Gatti (born 1955) is an Italian violinist, known for playing Baroque music. Gatti was born in Perugia, Italy. He graduated from the Geneva Conservatory as a student of Chiara Banchini and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Sigiswal ...

): baroque to classical *

Ensemble Micrologus Ensemble Micrologus is an Italian group that performs vocal and instrumental medieval music, including both religious and secular pieces from the 12th to the 16th century in their repertoire. Through research into manuscripts, organology, and icon ...

: medieval *

Europa Galante Europa Galante is an Italian period-instrument Baroque orchestra founded by violinist Fabio Biondi in 1990 and directed by him. The ensemble has been invited to play at festivals and in concert halls such as La Scala in Milan, the Accademia di ...

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Fabio Biondi Fabio Biondi (born 15 March 1961) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He is a specialist in Baroque and early music. Biography Born in Palermo, Sicily, Biondi had a late start, having never even held a violin till age 11, but by the follo ...

): baroque orchestra * I Febiarmonici ( Alan Curtis): madrigals *

Il Giardino Armonico Il Giardino Armonico ("The Garden of Harmony") is an Italian ensemble well noted for its practice of Historically Informed Performance and founded in Milan in 1985 by Luca Pianca and Giovanni Antonini, primarily to play 17th- and 18th-century mus ...

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Giovanni Antonini Giovanni Antonini (born 1965) is an Italian conductor and soloist on the recorder and baroque transverse flute. He studied in his native Milan, and attended the Civica Scuola di Musica in that city and the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva. In 1 ...

), Milan: baroque orchestra *

Modo Antiquo Modo Antiquo is an Italian instrumental ensemble dedicated to the performance of Baroque, Renaissance, and Medieval music. It was founded in 1984 by Federico Maria Sardelli. Twice nominated for a Grammy award, the ensemble has an extensive discogr ...

( Bettina Hoffmann and

Federico Maria Sardelli Federico Maria Sardelli (born 1963) is an Italian conductor, historicist, composer, musicologist, comic artist, and flautist. He founded the medieval ensemble Modo Antiquo in 1984. In 1987, Modo Antiquo also became a baroque orchestra, debuti ...

): medieval music to baroque orchestra *

La Reverdie La Reverdie, stylized as "LaReverdie", is an Italian group performing polyphonic medieval and Renaissance music. Group members * Elisabetta de Mircovich - vocal, vielle * Claudia Caffagni - vocal, lute, psaltery * Livia Caffagni - vocal, flut ...

: medieval *

I Solisti Veneti I Solisti Veneti is an Italian chamber orchestra founded in Padua in 1959 by Claudio Scimone.Claudio Scimone Claudio Scimone (23 December 1934 – 6 September 2018) was an Italian conductor. He was born in Padua, Italy and studied conducting with Dmitri Mitropoulos and Franco Ferrara. He established an international reputation as a conductor, as well a ...

): baroque orchestra on modern instruments *

La Venexiana La Venexiana (founded 1995) is an Italian early music ensemble founded and led by Claudio Cavina, an Italian countertenor and conductor. Cavina studied in Bologna with the American singer and musicologist Candace Smith (singer), Candace Smith, and ...

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Claudio Cavina La Venexiana (founded 1995) is an Italian early music ensemble founded and led by Claudio Cavina, an Italian countertenor and conductor. Cavina studied in Bologna with the American singer and musicologist Candace Smith, and then with the Swiss bar ...

): madrigals *

Venice Baroque Orchestra The Venice Baroque Orchestra is a baroque orchestra founded in 1997 by the Italian conductor and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, based in Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital o ...

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Andrea Marcon Andrea Marcon (born 6 February 1963 in Treviso, Italy) is an Italian conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and scholar. In 1997, he founded the Venice Baroque Orchestra.Kozinn, Alla"Young Italians Stand at Attention, Which Their Ensemble Attracts" ...

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Japan

Bach Collegium Japan Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) is composed of an orchestra and a chorus specializing in Baroque music, playing on period instruments. It was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki with the purpose of introducing Japanese audiences to European Baroque music ...

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Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan. With this ensemble he is recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Swedish label BIS Records, for whi ...

), Kobe: Bach

Latvia

* Canto (Andris Gailis),

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

: Renaissance and baroque vocal and instrumental music * Collegium Choro Musici Riga (Māris Kupčs): baroque choir * Collegium Musicum Riga (Māris Kupčs): baroque orchestra * Lirum,

: Renaissance vocal music ensemble * Ludus (Māra Birziņa),

: late Renaissance to early baroque (chamber music) * Schola Cantorum Riga (Guntars Prānis): gregorian and early medieval chants * Trakula: medieval and Renaissance vocal and instrumental music

Netherlands

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir is a Dutch early-music group based in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir was created in two stages by the conductor, organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman. He founded the Amsterdam Baroqu ...

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Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

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Camerata Trajectina Camerata Trajectina is a Dutch early music ensemble (in English, the word, " camerata," generally means a choir or small chamber orchestra). The ensemble was founded in Utrecht (hence Latin ''trajectina''; of Utrecht) in 1974 by Jos van Veldhoven ...

, Utrecht: Renaissance and baroque Dutch music *

Collegium Musicum Den Haag New Collegium (formerly known as Collegium Musicum Den Haag) is a baroque orchestra and chamber ensemble based in The Netherlands. The orchestra was founded in 2006 by Brazilian/Italian harpsichordist Claudio Ribeiro. New Collegium is modeled afte ...

Egidius Kwartet The Egidius Kwartet is a Dutch vocal ensemble specialising in the music of the Franco-Flemish school, in particular of the Habsburgs, Margaret of Austria, governor of the Netherlands and her court at Mechelen. The ensemble was formed by four membe ...

, Holland: Renaissance vocal music *

Netherlands Bach Society The Netherlands Bach Society ( nl, Nederlandse Bachvereniging) is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands, and possibly in the world. The ensemble was founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach's ''St Matthew ...

, Naarden: baroque ensemble *

New Dutch Academy The New Dutch Academy (NDA) is an international Dutch Baroque orchestra based in The Hague, the Netherlands. It is composed of 40 international, early music, specialist musicians, who gather in The Hague to explore 18th-century music in all of its f ...

( Simon Murphy), The Hague, 18th- and early 19th-century symphonic music *

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century ( nl, Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw) is a Dutch early music orchestra. Frans Brüggen and Lucy van Dael co-founded the orchestra in 1981. Sieuwert Verster became financial manager in 1984. Although he did no ...

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Frans Brüggen Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the last of the nine children of August Brüggen, a textile ...

): baroque orchestra

Poland

* Polish Baroque Orchestra (

Krzysztof Czerwinski Krzysztof () is a Polish language, Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu Individuals named Krzysz ...

)

Portugal

* Concerto Atlântico (

Pedro Caldeira Cabral Pedro da Fonseca Caldeira Cabral (born 4 December 1950 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese composer, published author and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque and Iberian music. His primary instrument is the P ...

): medieval to baroque * Il Dolcimelo ( Isabel Monteiro): Renaissance * Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música (

Laurence Cummings Laurence Cummings (born 1968, Birmingham) is a British harpsichordist, organist, and conductor. He is currently music director of the Academy of Ancient Music. Biography Cummings was educated at Solihull School, Christ Church, Oxford and th ...

): baroque orchestra * AVRES SERVA ( Nuno Oliveira): early baroque to early classical * CONCERTO IBÉRICO ORQUESTRA BARROCA (João Paulo Janeiro): baroque orchestra * FLORES DE MVSICA (João Paulo Janeiro): instrumental and vocal ensemble, renaissance to classical

Russia

* Insula Magica,

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

* The Pocket Symphony (Nazar Kozhukhar),

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

St.Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

* Pro Anima,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

: 1980s, now disbanded * La Voce Strumentale (

Dmitry Sinkovsky Dmitry Evgenyevich Sinkovsky (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Синьковский) (born 1980, Moscow) is a Russian virtuoso violinist, concertmaster, countertenor and conductor. Sinkovsky started playing violin at age 5. He has be ...

), Moscow: baroque ensemble * Pratum Integrum (Pavel Serbin), Moscow: baroque and classical orchestra

Serbia

Ensemble Renaissance Renaissance Ensemble Serbia is the first early music ensemble in Serbia and the second in south-eastern Europe, having been founded in 1968 (the first in south-eastern Europe was Musica rediviva, founded in Sarajevo by Bojan Bujić, Milica Ze ...

, Belgrade: medieval and Renaissance * Ensemble Musica Antiqua Consort, Belgrade (1977): Medieval and Renaissance, also Baroque (vocal-instrumental ensemble, founder and director: Vera Zlokovich) * Ensemble Musica Antiqua Serbiana, Belgrade (1987): Medieval vocal music of the Orthodox spiritual tradition (ensemble founder and director: Vera Zlokovich) *

New Trinity Baroque New Trinity Baroque is an ensemble and orchestra with an associated chamber choir, specialised in baroque music played on period instruments. It was founded in 1998 in London but is now based in Atlanta, United States. It is led by harpsichordist an ...

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Predrag Gosta Predrag Gosta ( Cyrillic: ''Предраг Госта'') is a Serbian-American conductor, harpsichordist, and baritone. Life and career Predrag Gosta was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present day Serbia), on 14 January 1972. His father was bor ...

), Belgrade

South Korea

* Musica Glorifica ( Jin Kim), Seoul

Spain

* A5 vocal ensemble: vocal quintet *

Al Ayre Español Al Ayre Español is a vocal and instrumental ensemble specialized on early music founded in 1988 by harpsichordist Eduardo López Banzo.Interview with Eduardo López Banzo owww.odb-opera.com/ref> The name of the ensemble was inspired by the titl ...

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Eduardo López Banzo Eduardo López Banzo is a Spanish harpsichordist and conductor of baroque music. López Banzo was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam. In 1988 López Banzo founded the group Al Ayre Español, which sp ...

): baroque orchestra * Atrium Musicae de Madrid: dissolved *

Capella de Ministrers Capella de Ministrers is an early music group formed in 1987 in Valencia, Spain by Carles Magraner. Valencian music is prominent in its repertoire. Work Capella de Ministrers was formed in 1987 in Valencia by its director, the Valencian musicolog ...

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Carles Magraner Carles Magraner is a Spanish musician. He was born on November 16, 1962 in Almussafes (province of Valencia) and studied music at Carcaixent, the Conservatorio Superior de Valencia (cello and musicology), Conservatoire Toulouse and Amsterdam ( ...

): medieval to baroque *

La Capella Reial de Catalunya ''La Capella Reial de Catalunya'' is a group of soloist singers with the aim of making the repertoire of Catalan historical music and, by extension, that of Spanish and other music widely known throughout the world. The group was formed in Barce ...

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Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of ...

) * L'Apothéose baroque ensemble (18th Century) *

Capilla Peñaflorida The Capilla Peñaflorida is a Spanish early music group founded in 1985 by Jon Bagüés. The first director was the late José Rada Sereno (1947–2001). Currently musical direction is shared by the founder, the Basque musicologist Jon Bagüés (b. ...

: Renaissance choral * Cinco Siglos *

La Colombina LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

: vocal ensemble *

Le Concert des Nations ''Le Concert des Nations'' is an orchestra using period instruments, which performs the orchestral and symphonic repertoire from the Baroque to Romanticism: 1600 - 1900. The orchestra was created in 1989, the youngest of the groups conducted by the ...

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): baroque orchestra * Hespèrion XX/

Hespèrion XXI Hespèrion XXI is an international early music ensemble. The group was formed in Basel, Switzerland in 1974 as Hespèrion XX by Catalan musical director Jordi Savall (bowed string instruments, particularly the viola da gamba), his wife Montserrat ...

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): Renaissance orchestra * Música Antigua (

Eduardo Paniagua Eduardo Paniagua (born 1952 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish architect and musician, specializing in medieval Spanish music. Between 1966 and 1983, he was a member of the group Atrium Musicae de Madrid, led by his older brother Gregorio, playing wi ...

): medieval, cantigas *

( Raúl Mallavibarrena): Renaissance choral

Switzerland

Camerata Bern Located in Bern, Switzerland, the Camerata Bern was founded in 1963 as a conductorless, flexible chamber orchestra. The Camerata Bern performs early Baroque to contemporary classical music. The group tours extensively worldwide and is releasing ...

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Antje Weithaas Antje Weithaas (born 1966) is a German classical violinist. Apart from solo recitals and chamber music performances, she has played with leading orchestras in Europe, Asia and the United States. Career Born in Guben, Weithaas studied at the H ...

): chamber orchestra *

Ensemble Elyma Ensemble Elyma is an early music ensemble specialising in the baroque musical heritage of Latin America, led by Gabriel Garrido. Selected discography SeDiscography* 1991 Sigismondo d'India ''Arie, madrigali e baletti'' María Cristina Kiehr, Nadia ...

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Gabriel Garrido Gabriel Garrido is an Argentinian conductor specialising in Italian baroque and the recovery of the baroque musical heritage of Latin America. Garrido was born 1950 in Buenos Aires, and at the age of 17 with the Argentine recorder quartet, Pro Arte ...

): baroque orchestra * Ferrara Ensemble (

Crawford Young Crawford Young is an American lutenist and musicologist residing in Basel, Switzerland. He is the director of the Ferrara Ensemble, Ensemble Project Ars Nova, Shield of Harmony, and is a long time accompanist of Andreas Scholl. Life and career R ...

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

: medieval and Renaissance *

Gli Angeli Genève Gli Angeli Genève is a Baroque ensemble based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 2005 by the bass-baritone, Stephan MacLeod, their debut performance was at the Festival Amadeus de Meinier. The ensemble performs an annual season of four concerts ...

, Geneva: baroque ensemble
La Fiamma
medieval and renaissance ensemble
Les Passions de l’Âme – Orchester für Alte Musik Bern
(Meret Lüthi): baroque orchestra * Students of the

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that have ...

( Rene Jacobs), based in Basel: medieval to baroque

United Kingdom

Academy of Ancient Music The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the A ...

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Christopher Hogwood Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 194124 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically info ...

founder, currently

Richard Egarr Richard Egarr (born 7 August 1963) is a British conductor and keyboard player. Biography Born in Lincoln, Egarr received his early musical training as a choirboy at York Minster and at Chetham's School of Music. He was an organ scholar at Clare ...

): baroque orchestra * Alamire ( David Skinner): vocal consort *

Avison Ensemble The Avison Ensemble is one of England's leading exponents of classical music on period instruments. It is named after Charles Avison (1709–1770), the Newcastle-born composer, conductor and organist, considered ‘the most important English conce ...

: baroque orchestra * Brandenburg Consort (Roy Goodman): baroque orchestra * Brecon Baroque (Rachel Podger): baroque orchestra *The Brook Street Band, Handel specialists * Cancionero (ensemble), Cancionero, Kent * Cantilena (Adrian Shepherd): baroque on modern instruments * The Cardinall's Musick (Andrew Carwood): choir * City Waites (inc. Lucie Skeaping): medieval to baroque English music and folk * Collegium Musicum 90 (Simon Standage), English baroque orchestra * The Consort of Musicke (Anthony Rooley): Renaissance vocal, madrigals * Deller Consort (founded by Alfred Deller d.): Renaissance and baroque chamber * Dufay Collective: William Lyons, artistic director, medieval and renaissance instrumental and vocal *Dunedin Consort Director John Butt. Based in Scotland. * Early Music Consort of London (David Munrow d.): medieval, defunct * Early Opera Company: baroque opera * English Baroque Soloists (John Eliot Gardiner): baroque and classical-era music * The English Concert (Trevor Pinnock founder, then Andrew Manze, now Harry Bicket) * Ex Cathedra (Jeffrey Skidmore): choir and baroque orchestra * I Fagiolini: vocal consort, madrigals * Florilegium early music ensemble, Florilegium, London: baroque * Fretwork (music group), Fretwork: viol consort * Gabrieli Consort & Players (Paul McCreesh): baroque choir and orchestra * Gothic Voices (Christopher Page): medieval and Renaissance music * The Hanover Band: period instrument orchestra * The Harp Consort (Andrew Lawrence-King): Renaissance consort * The Hilliard Ensemble (formerly directed by

): medieval, Renaissance and contemporary music * The King's Consort (Robert King (conductor), Robert King): baroque orchestra; see also Retrospect Ensemble * King's Singers: vocal sextet * London Baroque (founded in 1978 by Ingrid Seifert and Charles Medlam): baroque chamber orchestra * Magpie Lane, Oxfordshire: folk band * Musica Reservata (early music group), Musica Reservata (John S. Beckett), London * New London Consort (Philip Pickett): medieval to baroque orchestra * Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: baroque orchestra * Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (John Eliot Gardiner): classical and romantic orchestra * Orlando Consort: vocal quartet * Oxford Camerata (Jeremy Summerly): Renaissance choral * Palladian Ensemble, British instrumental ensemble (co-founded by Rachel Podger) * The Parley of Instruments (Roy Goodman): baroque orchestra * Phantasm (music group), Phantasm: viol consort * Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Philip Jones (musician), Philip Jones): brass quintet * Polyphony (Choir), Polyphony (Stephen Layton): Renaissance, romantic and contemporary music * Pro Cantione Antiqua: Renaissance choral * Raglan Baroque Players (Nicholas Kraemer): baroque orchestra * Red Priest: baroque orchestra, specializing in Vivaldi * Retrospect Ensemble: baroque orchestra * Rose Consort of Viols * La Serenissima (Adrian Chandler): baroque orchestra, Vivaldi * The Sixteen (Harry Christophers): mostly a cappella music of the Renaissance, with baroque orchestra for Handel * Solistes de Musique Ancienne: baroque orchestra and choir * Sounds Baroque (Julian Perkins): period instrument ensemble * Tallis Scholars (Peter Phillips (conductor), Peter Phillips): a cappella Renaissance music * Taverner Consort and Players (Andrew Parrott): Renaissance choir and baroque orchestra * Theatre of Voices: vocal consort * Tonus Peregrinus (Antony Pitts): Renaissance and contemporary choir * Trinity Baroque, Trinity College, Cambridge: vocal ensemble * Voces8: vocal ensemble * Westminster Abbey Choir School, Westminster Abbey Choir (Simon Preston) * Westminster Cathedral Choir (David Hill (choral director), David Hill)

United States

* Alkemie Early Music Ensemble * American Bach Soloists * Anonymous 4: all-female ''a cappella'' ensemble specializing in medieval music * Apollo's Fire (Jeannette Sorrell), Cleveland: Renaissance, baroque, early classical orchestra * Arcadia Players * Asteria Medievale, duo, New York: Renaissance chansons * Bach Ensemble (Joshua Rifkin): baroque soloists and orchestra * Bach Sinfonia (Daniel Abraham (conductor), Daniel Abraham), Maryland * Baltimore Consort * Blue Heron (vocal ensemble), Blue Heron, Boston * Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman): baroque orchestra * Boston Camerata (Anne Azéma) * Boston Early Music Festival: baroque orchestra and opera company * Bourbon Baroque (Nicolas Fortin and John Austin Clark): baroque orchestra * Camerata Mediterranea (Joel Cohen (musician), Joel Cohen) * Chanticleer (ensemble), Chanticleer: choir * Early Music New York, medieval, Renaissance, baroque and classical * Ensemble Alcatraz (Shira Kammen): medieval
Fanfare Barok
baroque, Washington, D.C. * Folger Shakespeare Library#Folger Consort, Folger Consort * Handel and Haydn Society, Boston: baroque choir and orchestra *Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra (Barthold Kuijken) * Lyra Baroque Orchestra (Jacques Ogg): baroque to early classical orchestra * Magnificat Baroque Ensemble * Music of the Baroque (Jane Glover), Chicago * Musica Angelica (Martin Haselböck), Los Angeles *

(

), Atlanta * New York Collegium (Andrew Parrott), dissolved * New York Pro Musica Antiqua (Noah Greenberg d. 1966, then John Reeves White to 1974): choir, defunct * Newberry Consort, at the Newberry Library: baroque chamber
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra
Davidson, NC * Opera Lafayette: pre-1800 opera * Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Nicholas McGegan): baroque orchestra * Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, Philadelphia * Portland Baroque Orchestra (Monica Huggett) * Project Ars Nova (inc.

): medieval * Renaissance Street Singers, New York City, a cappella Renaissance * Rose Ensemble Jordan Sramek, St. Paul * Schola Antiqua of Chicago * Texas Early Music Project, Austin, Texas * Tempesta di Mare: The Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra (Gwyn Roberts) * TENET (ensemble), now known as TENET Vocal Artists, New York, NY
Three Notch'd Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble
Charlottesville, VA * Early Music Ensemble at Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Early Music Ensemble * Voices of Music, San Francisco, California *
Wyoming Baroque
, Sheridan, Wyoming

Unspecified or international

* Cappella Mediterranea (

) * Ensemble Syntagma (Alexandre Danilevsky) * European Community Baroque Orchestra (Roy Goodman), European Union * Tetraktys (Kees Boeke (musician), Kees Boeke), medieval, early Renaissance

References

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