Paolo Pandolfo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paolo Pandolfo

Italian musician

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1964

Place of Birth: Italy

Profession: composer, conductor, music pedagogue, viol player

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Paolo Pandolfo

  • Paolo Pandolfo is an Italian virtuoso player, composer, and teacher of music for the viola da gamba. He began his studies as a double bass and guitar player, becoming a skilled performer of jazz and popular music.
  • In the mid-late 1970s he studied viola da gamba at the Rome Conservatory.
  • In 1979 he co-founded the early music ensemble La Stravaganza, and then moved to Basel, Switzerland in 1981 where he studied with Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
  • From 1982 to 1990 Pandolfo was a member of Jordi Savall's early music groups Hespèrion XX. Since 1989 Pandolfo has served as professor of viola da gamba at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis — a position previously held by maestros August Wenzinger and Jordi Savall.
  • He also directs, records, and performs regularly with his viola da gamba-oriented early music ensemble Labyrinto, which he co-founded. Pandolfo has recorded numerous CDs.
  • For most of the 1980s he recorded primarily with Jordi Savall and others.
  • His first recording as a soloist was in 1990 with the release of his highly acclaimed CD C.
  • P.
  • E.
  • Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (Tactus).
  • He has also recorded a viola da gamba interpretation of the cello suites of J.
  • S.
  • Bach.
  • Pandolfo explains that the suites, although written for the cello, were conceived in the polyphonic style of the viola da gamba; further, the dance suite was a common form for viola da gamba music, and playing the Bach suites on the gamba is thus a way to reclaim this tradition for the viola da gamba.Pandolfo has said that the patrimony of ancient music can be a powerful inspiration for the future of the Western musical tradition.
  • Building bridges between past and present is therefore an important part of his work.

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