Michele Pasotti

Michele Pasotti graduated in lute with Massimo Lonardi and specialized following seminars by Hopkinson Smith and Paul O'Dette. At the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan he then specialized in Renaissance Theory and Counterpoint and deepened the study of medieval music in both Milan and Barcelona (ESMUC). He also graduated with honors in theoretical philosophy.

He teaches lute at Cesena's Conservatorio and often gives seminars on medieval music and on the lute in specialized institutions, conservatories, schools, festivals and radios. He is the director and founder of the Early Music ensemble la fonte musica. As a lutenist, he collaborates regularly with Il Giardino Armonico, Collegium Vocale, I Barocchisti, Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Cecilia Bartoli. He devotes himself with passion to chamber music in small ensembles.

He has performed in the most prestigious concert halls in Europe, the United States and Asia, under the direction of Claudio Abbado, John Eliot Gardiner, Giovanni Antonini, Philippe Herreweghe, Marc Minkowski. As a soloist (lutes, theorbo, baroque guitar) he has a repertoire ranging from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century and has recorded a work dedicated to the great 17th century guitarist Francesco Corbetta (Dynamic). He has performed on more than 70 records.