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17th July, 2010
Hopkinson Smith is a world known American lutenist from New York. He came to Europe in 1973 to study with Emilio Pujol and Eugen Dombois, who both have a sense of unity between performer, instrument and historical periods. Their aim is to re-create music from various historical periods using traditional instruments and techniques.
Since the mid 80s, Hopkinson Smith has focused mainly on solo music for plucked instruments from the Renaissance era. These include the vihuela, Renaissance lute, theorbo, Renaissance and Baroque guitars and the baroque lute.
With his recitals and series of over 20 solo recordings, Smith continues to rediscover and re-create the most famous pieces of music from eras such as the Renaissance. His recording of the lute arrangements of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin has been called “arguably the best you can buy of these works – on any instrument” by Gramophone magazine.
Internationally recognized as a leading personality in the field of early music and one of the world’s great lutenists, Hopkinson Smith gives concerts and master classes throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North and South America. Don’t miss his performance at the Estoril Music Festival while you are staying in one of our apartments in Lisbon!
