After over six years of silence in Quebec City, with about 140 concerts offered each year and more than 170 recording projects since its debuts, Jordi Savall is an exceptional figure in today’s music world and an Catalan specialist of viol da gamba. Prodigious musician and musical director, he presents a rich program including the masterpieces of the Golden Age of the consort Viol Music before 1700.

Accompanied by the Hespèrion XXI ensemble, founded in 1974 together with Lorenzo Alpert, Hopkinson Smith and Montserrat Figueras (1942-2011), an outstanding performer in a vast vocal repertoire, his muse and life partner, will play timeless pieces by masters such as Dowland, Gibbons, Cabezon, Philidor, Scheidt, Rossi and others performed by virtuoso instrumentalists viol, lute and theorbo.

Jordi Savall’s numerous awards and distinctions include “Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” (1988) from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication; the “Sant Jordi Cross” (1990) awarded by the Generalitat (Autonomous Government) of Catalonia; “Musician of the Year” (1992), awarded by Le Monde de la Musique; “Soloist of the Year” (1993) awarded by Victoires de la Musique; the “Gold Medal for Fine Arts” (1998) from the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Arts; Honorary Member of the Konzerthaus, Vienna (1999); Doctor honoris causa of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (2000); “Victoire de la Musique” in recognition of his professional achievements (2002)

For more than thirty years he has been devoted to the rediscovery of neglected musical treasures: thirty years of research, study and interpretation. He has restored an essential repertoire to all those with ears to hear it.