Each programme is the fruit of a long period of research and preparation in various fields, resulting in a different sonority for each programme: a mixture of voices and instruments which permits a recreation of the mediaeval soundscape, in all its vitality, with the freedom in execution which comes from a solid knowledge of musical style and historical background.

From its beginnings, this combination of meticulous preparation and creativity, which has opened up new perspectives in historical performance practice, has won the group both popular and critical acclaim while participating in the most important international early music festivals.

She was born in Philadelphia. After receiving her diploma from Oberlin Conservatory, she moved to Amsterdam, where she studied the recorder with Walter van Hauwe at the Sweelinck Conservatory. Her interest in mediaeval music brought her to Basel, where she specialised in the history and performance practice of fipple flutes, in particular the double flute and the pipe and tabor.

She has performed in most of the important European early music festivals, and has given numerous stages throughout Europe, Israel and South America, notably at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Centre de Musique Médiévale de Paris.

He was born in Carrara. Co-founder of Alia Musica and Ars Italica, two of the most influential Italian mediaeval groups of the 19801s, he is considered a protagonist in the development of the Italian interpretative school.

He has played with several early music ensembles, such as: the Boston Camerata, The Ferrara Ensemble, Micrologus, Daedalus, and Hesperion XX; and is the first person to have received a diploma in mediaeval lute at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Francis Biggi has published various articles concerning the mediaeval lute and Italian music of the 14th and 15th centuries.