Ina Lohr (1903 - 1983) was a Swiss composer, music teacher, and a founding member of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Lohr was born in Amsterdam in 1903. She studied the violin at Muziek-Lyceum Amsterdam and graduated from there in 1929 with a violin pedagogy degree. During a trip to Davos, Switzerland by train for a vacation, she felt weak and got off in Basel, where she decided to live in 1942. In 1930, Lohr became an assistant of Paul Sacher which heavily impacted her music career. Lohr later became a founding member and instructor of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where she taught Protestant church music and liturgy. In 1958, the University of Basel gave her an honorary doctorate in theology. [1] [2]
Evelyn Tubb is an English soprano, and long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances.
Andreas Scholl is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music.
Hopkinson Smith is a Swiss-American lutenist and pedagogue, longtime resident in Basel, Switzerland.
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August Wenzinger (1905–1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas.
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Mats Lillhannus is a Finnish tenor singer. He is an ensemble singer specialised in early music.
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Imke David is a German viol player, author, Professor and Ensemble-Member.
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