Elisabeth Kenny

Elizabeth Kenny has a solo repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century. She is a principal player in the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and regularly appears with other leading period instrument groups. She has been part of William Christie’s Les Arts Florissants since 1993, and has toured throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. She performs with the viol consorts Concordia and L’Ensemble Orlando Gibbons and has a special interest in the literature of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. She studied under Michael Lewin and Nigel North; Robert Spencer and Pat O’Brien have given her advice and inspiration. She has taught at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, and is now professor of lute at the Royal Academy of Music in London.