Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata

While Christina Pluhar established a highly successful career as a multi-faceted instrumentalist in early music and Baroque repertory, she has come to be identified in the 21st century as the founder and music director of the vocal/instrumental ensemble L'Arpeggiata. Not surprisingly, Pluhar leads this group in similar repertory, but with a focus on Italian fare and with the infusion of jazz and folk elements. She has appeared both as a soloist and with L'Arpeggiata on numerous recordings. Pluhar was born in Graz, Austria, in 1965. She began studying guitar in Graz, then went...