Thomas Dunford
Program
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"Thomas Dunford’s supple technique, combined with his passion for jazz, allows him to embellish and develop written texts with an improvisatory freedom, casting a new light on early music... A true ‘Eric Clapton’ of the lute.”
– BBC Magazine
About the artist
Born in Paris in 1988, Thomas Dunford discovered the lute at the age of nine. A graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris and the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Thomas gave his first performances playing the role of the lutenist in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on stage at the Comédie française.
Since then, Thomas has played solo recitals in Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Palau de la Musica, and made numerous appearances in the most prestigious European festivals including Ambronay, Arc La Bataille, Bozar, La Chaise-Dieu, Nantes, Saintes, Utrecht and many others.
He regularly performs with leading European Baroque ensembles including Les Arts Florissants, Les Ambassadeurs, Capriccio Stravagante, Le Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Collegium Vocale Gent, Le Concert d’Astrée, The English Concert, La Fenice, Pygmalion and La Serenissima.
His first solo CD Lachrimae, recorded for the French label Alpha in 2012, was unanimously acclaimed by critics and was awarded the Caecilia prize of 2013, with BBC Magazine calling him the “Eric Clapton of the lute”.