After an unusual upbringing - born in Sweden of Sephardi/Turkish origins, with French as her first language - Carole Cerasi has been based in London since 1982. Her playing, like her background, resists being easily placed in any category.

Performances have included concert work throughout Europe; she has recently performed in France (La Roque d’Anthéron, Sablé, Ambronay), Belgium, Israel, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Japan and Colombia.

With her group Ensemble Türk, a flexible group with the classical trio format at its centre, performing on original instruments, she explores the classical fortepiano chamber repertoire; they have given concerts at the Wigmore Hall, Zürich Tonhalle and for the BBC.

She is Professor of harpsichord and fortepiano at the Guildhall School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Yehudi Menuhin School.

Her first solo CD, the complete works of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, received unanimous praise from the press and won the prestigious Baroque Instrumental Gramophone Award; discs of sonatas by C.P.E. Bach and works by Thomas Tomkins were received to great critical acclaim, including the Diapason d’Or de l’Année.

Her next CD, J.S. Bach and the Möller Manuscript, was released in 2002, winning a further Diapason d’Or de l’Année and coming second in the Gramophone Baroque Instrumental Awards.

Her latest disc presents music by one of Scarlatti’s most colourful and quirky contemporaries, Manuel Blasco de Nebra.< /p>