Jordi Savall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jordi Savall

Spanish gambist, conductor and composer

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1941

Place of Birth: Igualada, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: composer, teacher, conductor, cellist, musicologist, viol player

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jordi Savall i Bernadet (Catalan: ['???ði s?'ßa? i ß??n?'ð?t]; born August 1, 1941) is a Catalan-Spanish conductor 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 instruments (notably the viola da gamba) in contemporary performance and recording.
His characteristic repertoire features medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, although he has occasionally ventured into the Classical and even the Romantic periods.