Lee Santana
Encyclopedia
Lee Santana is an American
lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen
, Germany
.
He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lute
s, viol
s, recorder
s and small baroque orchestra
.
He performs with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the gambist Hille Perl
and his own trio Los Otros. He has recorded Concerts à deux violes esgales by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
with Hille Perl
, Lorenz Duftschmid
, and Andrew Lawrence-King
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
lutenist who lives and teaches in Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
s, viol
Viol
The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...
s, recorder
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
s and small baroque orchestra
Baroque orchestra
The Baroque orchestra is the type of orchestra that existed during the Baroque period, commonly identified as 1600-1750. Its origins were in France where Jean-Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautboy and transverse flutes to his vingt-quatre violons du Roy...
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He performs with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the gambist Hille Perl
Hille Perl
Hille Perl is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries...
and his own trio Los Otros. He has recorded Concerts à deux violes esgales by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe was a French composer and violist.It is speculated by various scholars that Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe was of Lyonnais or Burgundian petty nobility; and also the selfsame 'Jean de Sainte-Colombe' noted as the father of 'Monsieur de Saint Colombe le fils.This assumption...
with Hille Perl
Hille Perl
Hille Perl is a German virtuoso performer of the viola da gamba and lirone. She is considered to be one of the world's finest viola da gamba players, specializing in solo and ensemble music of the 17th and 18th centuries...
, Lorenz Duftschmid
Lorenz Duftschmid
Lorenz Duftschmid is an Austrian viol player and conductor.- Biography :Born to a musical family, Duftschmid began studying music in an early age, and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from the great masters of the viol, such as Jordi Savall...
, and Andrew Lawrence-King
Andrew Lawrence-King
Andrew Lawrence-King is a harpist and early music specialist, and is currently the director of The Harp Consort...
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Discography
- Pour la violle et le Théorbe (SonyBMG)
- Les Voix Humaines (SonyBMG)
- Tinto (SonyBMG)
- Aguirre (SonyBMG)
- The Star and the Sea (Carpe Diem)