Harpsichordist and organist, as well as conductor and director of the Accademia Bizantina ensemble, with whom he has recorded a series of memorable albums of both instrumental, and opera, music. Following his brilliant successes scored in various competitions in the mid-1980’s, he immediately drew the attention of critics and audiences. In 1989 he began his collaboration with the Accademia Bizantina orchestra, becoming its director in 1996. Under his leadership, the ensemble has achieved a unique position in the musical world. As a conductor, Dantone leads both chamber music ensembles and orchestras, expanding his repertoire with works from the classical period and Romanticism. Since 1999, he has also paid a great deal of attention to opera pieces – especially to the forgotten ones - without, however, neglecting his solo career. So far, he has recorded for various labels, including Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Naïve, or Harmonia Mundi, winning numerous international prizes in the process. tickets

Nowadays, this group is among the most distinguished early music ensembles on the international stage. It was formed in 1983 with the intention of performing chamber music retaining the style and quality of a ‘classical string quartet.’ Initially, the band developed in collaboration with artists such as Jörg Demus, Riccardo Muti, Luciano Berio or, finally, Stefano Montanari, who was to remain the orchestra’s concertmaster for twenty years and guide them towards the idea of performing music of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries on period instruments. Since 1989, Ottavio Dantone has been collaborating with the Accademia, becoming its director in 1996. The ensemble performs in the world’s most prestigious venues and at the most famous festivals. Its numerous records for labels such as Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Naïve, Deutsche Grammophon, or Onyx, have regularly received enthusiastic reviews, won renowned prizes such as the ‘Diapason d’Or’ or ‘Midem Classic Award’, or received ‘Grammy Award’ nominations. Since 2024 Accademia Bizantina has been orchestra-in-residence at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik. tickets

World-famous conductor, performer and explorer of early music, particularly interested in Renaissance music that he studied at Oxford. It was there, too, that he founded The Tallis Scholars ensemble in 1973, a group performing sacred music a cappella. He has been their leader ever since and has given more than two thousand concerts. Phillips is a renowned promoter of the Renaissance polyphony, which he has been propagating through concerts, recordings, and articles as well as by running master classes and choral workshops all over the world. He is also the artistic director of choral singing courses The Tallis Scholars Summer Course. In 1980, he established the record label Gimell and, since 1995, has been the owner and editor of “The Musical Times” magazine. Apart from his output with The Tallis Scholars, Phillips has also collaborated with the BBC Singers, Collegium Vocale Gent, and Netherlands Chamber Choir. tickets

British vocal early music ensemble founded by Peter Phillips in 1973. Over the years, the singers have won renown fore their historically informed performance and, by winning the ‘Gramophone Award’ in 1987 they confirmed their stature as a leading ensemble performing the vocal sacred music of the Renaissance period. The group is valued, first and foremost, for their clear and clean sound, which allows the listener to appreciate subtlety of the Renaissance polyphony. The group gives concerts all over the world, performing at both popular and sacred venues such as the Sistine Chapel or Basilica of Saint Mary Major. The Tallis Scholars’ ample discography comprises scores of recordings, including nine albums in its project to record and release all Josquin's masses before the 500th anniversary of the composer’s death. Their latest Gimell release in November 2024 is of music by Robert Fayrfax and was made Editor’s choice in ‘Gramophone’. tickets

François Lazarevitch is a French flute virtuoso, early music scholar, and instrument collector. He studied at conservatories in Toulouse, Versailles, Brussels, and Paris. Constantly seeking new inspirations, he developed a fascination with traditional music and the music of other cultures. In 2006, he founded Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, a platform for musical experiments and the interpretation of works in various historical and cultural contexts. As a soloist, Lazarevitch has performed with ensembles such as Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Talens Lyriques, Ensemble 1700, Capilla Flamenca, and Micrologus. He has also collaborated with Pierre Séchet and Les Arts Florissants. His discography includes over twenty albums released by Alpha Classics label, covering both Renaissance and Baroque music as well as traditional music. As a researcher focusing on the connections between early and folk music, he uncovers forgotten repertoire and publishes musical notations. Lazarevitch is also a dedicated pedagogue, teaching Baroque flute and musette at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional in Versailles. tickets

Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien is an early music ensemble founded in 2006. Under the leadership of founder and director François Lazarevitch, the ensemble has spent nearly two decades uncovering forgotten repertoire, sharing an interest in other cultures, and attempting to view the history of music from a different perspective. They have performed in prestigious venues such as Salle Cortot, the French Senate at the Luxembourg Palace, Logis de la Chabotterie in Saint-Sulpice in Montréverd, Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing, and the Philharmonie de Paris. The ensemble has also appeared at La Maison Française in Washington, D.C., the Ciclo de Música Antigua festival in Mexico, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci in Germany, the Festival Bach Montréal in Canada, and has held residencies at the Bach Academy in Arques-la-Bataille, as well as at the Festival Baroque de Pontoise and Festival Lanvellec. Numerous recordings for the Alpha Classics label have further solidified the ensemble's strong presence on both the French and international music scenes. tickets

Organist and harpsichordist, Daucé is also the founder and leader of the Ensemble Correspondances which he conducts while playing his instrument. With his group, established in 2008, following the completion of his studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon, Daucé explores the French repertoire from the period of the ‘Grand Siècle’ (17th century), performing nationally and throughout Europe, as well as in Asia and both Americas, and recording albums for the label Harmonia Mundi. At the same time, he is engaged in music instruction (he has been teaching at Le Pôle supérieur de Paris since 2012). Alongside his activities as a performing musician, Sébastien Daucé works with the leading scholars of 17th-century music, publishing regular articles and taking part in important performance-practice projects. He can also boast the title of ‘Associate Artist’ of the Royaumont Foundation. tickets

A group of vocalists and instrumentalists led by harpsichordist and organist Sébastien Daucé which derives its name from Charles Baudelaire’s poetry and combines music with other fine arts as well. The ensemble both performs the works of composers enjoying a well-deserved reputation – Charpentier, for instance – and brings back to life various compositions which –in spite of having been appreciated and frequently performed in the past – have fallen into obscurity and are little known today, such as the works of Antoine Boësset or Etienne Moulinié, emphasising that they still sound quite novel nowadays. The group also recorded several albums – each of which was enthusiastically received by critics – and some of these records won the most prestigious prizes and awards of the phonographic industry. The ensemble performs at the most important festivals in France and other European countries as well as in Japan and is regularly present in the programmes of leading European radio broadcasting corporations. tickets

Singer, organist, conductor and musicologist, Paolo Da Col studied music at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini and musicology at the Universidad de Venecia Ca' Foscari and at the Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance in Tours. From a very young age he has focused his interests on the repertoire of Renaissance and pre-classical music, constantly combining research and performance. He has been a member of numerous Italian vocal ensembles for over twenty years. Since 1998 he has directed the vocal ensemble Odhecaton. Together with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, he has directed the magazine L'Organo and collaborated as a music critic with various specialised magazines. He has directed the music catalogue of the publisher Arnaldo Forni in Bologna, is editor of editions of instrumental and vocal music, author of catalogues of music collections and essays on the history of vocal music. He collaborates on the critical edition of the works of Gesualdo and Tartini. He is currently the librarian of the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia. tickets

One of the best Italian men’s ensembles specialising in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music, its name derives from the first printed collection of polyphonic music ‘Harmonice Musices Odhecaton’, published by the famous Ottaviano Petrucci. The core of the group’s repertoire comprises the output of Franco-Flemish composers; principally of Obrecht, Josquin, and Compère. The ensemble’s contribution to the rediscovering and recording of forgotten works of early music - such as, for instance, the production of 17th-century Spanish and Portuguese composers from the region of the Canary Islands, or Alessandro Scarlatti’s church music – is also very important. Their commitment to the old master’s music is appreciated by both musical scholars and critics, which is confirmed with numerous prizes and awards. The group led by Paolo Da Col can boast a rich discography and regularly performs at Europe’s most prestigious festivals. In 2018 it was awarded the Premio Abbiati of the Association of Italian music critics. tickets

Specialising in the Baroque repertoire, Delphine Galou is a mezzosoprano collaborating with ensembles such as the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, I Barocchisti, Accademia Bizantina, Collegium 1704, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco, Les Siècles, Les Arts Florissants, Le Concert des Nations, Ensemble Matheus, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Le Concert d'Astrée, Les Ambassadeurs and Les Talens Lyriques. She appears at major opera stages and festivals in Europe and performs as a soloist at, inter alia, Festival de Beaune, where she collected very favourable reviews for Handel’s ‘Rinaldo’ and ‘Alessandro’, Porpora’s ‘Semiramide’, Vivaldi’s ‘Juditha triumphans’, ‘Orlando furioso’ and ‘L'incoronazione di Dario’. She maintains close relations with Zurich Opera, where she plays the part of Medoro in ‘Orlando’, Ottone in ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’ and Damira in ‘La verità in cimento’. tickets

A French soprano performing a wide operatic repertoire. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne. After completing her studies, she joined Theater Aachen, where she remained a permanent member of the ensemble until the 2023/2024 season. She has participated in numerous international competitions (including as a finalist of the International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera “Pietro Antonio Cesti”) and festivals (Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Klangvokal Musikfestival Dortmund, and the Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe). Her repertoire includes a wide range of roles, such as Poppea in Monteverdi’s ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’, Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’, Zerlina in ‘Don Giovanni’, Despina in Mozart’s ‘Cosi fan tutte’, Maria in Bernstein’s ‘West side story’ and Lauretta in Puccini’s ‘Gianni Schicchi’. She has also appeared as Belezza in Handel’s ‘Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno’, the title role in Cavalli’s ‘La Calisto’ and Helena in Britten’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. tickets

Tim Mead is a countertenor of international acclaim, praised by critics and audiences alike, with great reviews featured in publications such as ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Guardian’. He has won over a broad audience with diverse musical preferences. Mead honed his vocal skills at King's College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Music in London. He is renowned for his interpretations of works by J.S. Bach, Handel, Britten, and Pergolesi. Mead has collaborated with conductors such as Emmanuelle Haïm, Jonathan Cohen, Harry Bicket, Robin Ticciati, and William Christie. He has performed at renowned venues and opera houses, including Garsington Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real, Opera Philadelphia, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra de Lille, Bergen National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, English National Opera, Theater an der Wien, Théâtre de Caen, the Bolshoi Theatre, Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Concertgebouw. He has also appeared at festivals such as Glyndebourne Festival, BBC Proms, London Handel Festival, and the Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen. tickets

Praised for his “outstanding” (The Guardian), “flawless” and “captivating” (TheArtsDesk) performances across opera, concert and theatre stages worldwide, countertenor James Hall is known for his distinctive artistry in both baroque and contemporary repertoire. He is a graduate of the Royal School of Music. He particularly enjoys interpretations of works by Bach, Purcell and Handel. He works with such leading conductors as Phillipe Herreweghe, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, John Butt, Harry Bicket, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Peter Whelan, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Ottavio Dantone, Richard Egarr, Sir Donald Runnicles and Masaaki Suzuki. He has been invited to perform in some of the world’s most prestigious opera and concert halls, including Glyndebourne Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Wigmore Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, Wiener Konzerthaus, the Palau de la Música Catalana, Tonhalle Zürich, and Carnegie Hall. tickets

Clavichordist and organist as well as music theorist, Erdman is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw and Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and participant of master courses in organ playing and improvisation. As a soloist and basso continuo performer she gives concerts at music festivals in Poland and abroad. She devotes particular attention to early music and the music of Romanticism. Erdman is able to combine her concert activity with research on the sources of the Polish repertoire and historical performance practice. In 2006, the Acte Préalable label issued her debut triple album with a recording of pieces compiled from a 1768 hymn-book of Poor Clares from Stary Sącz. Currently, Erdman teaches the clavichord at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań and K. Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, and also serves as a lecturer for Summer Early Music Method Courses in Warsaw. tickets

An award-winning harpsichordist, Weronika Paine regularly performs across Europe and overseas.  She was trained at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where she studied harpsichord with Andrea Marcon and historical organ with Wolfgang Zerer, as well as privately with Christophe Rousset in Paris. Weronika has performed at renowned early music festivals, such as the Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen, Musikfestspiele Potsdam-Sanssouci, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Festival d'Ambronay. Together with ensemble Régence sonore she is a double prizewinner at the Göttingen Händel Competition 2024 (Bärenreiter Urtext-Preis and Sustainable-EEEMERGING Prize), and a nominee for the ‘Coryphaeus of Polish Music’ award as a Discovery of the Year 2024. As a founder of the ‘La reine danse’ project alongside choreographer Zuzanna Grzegorowska, Weronika strives to contextualise her performances through collaborations with other artistic disciplines, as well as lectures and writing.

Graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk and the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort, Kaźmierczak, and the bursary of the City of Gdańsk and of the Government of The Netherlands. She started to learn the carillon in 2000 during courses run by Gert Oldenbeuving organised by the Historical Museum of the City of Gdańsk. In 2005, she participated in master classes run by Geert D’hollander in Belgium. Since 2001, she has played the Gdańsk carillons; and since 2018 she has held the official position of Municipal Carillonist. She is a prize-winner of international carillon competitions and gives numerous concerts in Poland and worldwide. In 2011–2015 she was the chairwoman of the Polish Carillon Society, and in 2006–2017 – the director of the Gdańsk Burghers Choir. Currently, she holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Kaźmierczak has been the promoter of numerous cultural events, including several of the programmes of the annual Gdansk Musical Festival, Summer Carillon Concerts, or the Gdańsk Carillon Festival. In 2021 she recorded – for the Anaklasis label – an album called ‘Contemporary Carillon’ that was shortlisted for the Fryderyk Award. She won the ‘Splendor Gedanensis’ Award of the City of Gdańsk in the Field of Culture for the year 2020, and also received the Decoration of Honour – Meritorious for Polish Culture. tickets

Harpsichordist and pianist specializing in historical performance. A laureate of numerous awards in competitions both in Poland and abroad, including third prize at the Concorso Internazionale di Clavicembalo in Milan in 2019 and first prize, along with a special prize from the Outhere publishing house, at the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges in 2023. He studied at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. The artist has performed in many venues in Poland, France, Belgium, and Japan. In 2019, he participated in the premiere recording of Roman Palestra's ‘Concertino per clavicembalo e dieci strumenti’ with Sinfonia Iuventus and Łukasz Borowicz, and he is an active promoter of the works of Franciszek Lessel. In 2024, his debut solo album ‘The Real John Bull’, showcasing the richness of the English composer's works, was released by Ricercar, recorded entirely on English and Flemish virginals. tickets

A harpsichordist and educator, he graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and completed postgraduate studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. He also studied at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz. In 2018, he received his doctoral degree from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, where he currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Organ and Harpsichord. He is primarily interested in 17th- and 18th-century vocal and instrumental music and early opera. He took his first steps in conducting ensembles with the Gradus ad Parnassum orchestra of historical instruments, which he had founded. This ensemble has participated in such opera productions as Pergolesi’s ‘La serva padrona’, Monteverdi’s ‘Coronation of Poppea’ and Handel’s ‘Aci, Galatea e Polifemo’. Since 2018, he has been the musical director of the Capella Regia Polona Ensemble of Early Instruments of the Polish Royal Opera. He has conducted a number of opera performances with it, including Handel’s ‘Rodelinda’, Monteverdi’s ‘L’Orfeo’, Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’, and Scarlatti’s ‘Scene Buffe’. tickets

Harpsichordist and educationalist. He developed his interest in early keyboard instruments during his studies under Magdalena Myczka in Kraków and Robert Hill in Freiburg im Breisgau. At the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, he received three awards: Bärenreiter-Preis (2014), the European Union Baroque Orchestra Prize “for the most promising harpsichordist of the competition” (2014) and the Audience Award in the final (2018). At the 21st Bach Festival in Świdnica in 2020, he launched a project to perform all of Bach’s keyboard works, beginning with ‘Die Kunst der Fuge’. He also appears in monographic recital programmes – from English virginalists on the muselar to Schubert song cycles on historical piano. He teaches harpsichord at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków. tickets