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We are Ensemble Pampinea, bold, vibrant, and madly in love with early music!
We craft lively, well-researched programmes that blend Medieval and Renaissance music with other arts and cultures, sparking joy, curiosity, and connection across all ages.
From Boccaccio's The Decameron stories intertwining with Trecento Florentine music to rolling through Fortuna's decisions with Ars Nova/Ars Subtilior repertoires, to accompanying Jan van Eyck's paintings with Burgundian soundscapes — Ensemble Pampinea excites, inspires, and playfully presents vibrant programmes that cross the borders of cultural media. (Our programmes)
"Their command of this difficult music is world-class. It is precise yet flowing, exacting yet seemingly effortless."
Claude Lapalme, Artistic Director of Rosa Barocca
Calgary, 2026
Made up of graduates of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Switzerland), Ensemble Pampinea's successes have been recognized in competitions and on prestigious stages. Ensemble Pampinea won First Prize at the London Early Music Young Ensemble Competition in 2022 and performed at the 2023 London International Festival of Early Music. The ensemble was also finalist in Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci competition in 2023. (Electronic Press Kit)
"The young, virtuosic, and studious members of the ensemble breathed life into the music, which is seven centuries distant from us, with a refined sense for personalized, highly expressive interpretations."
Review from Tomaž Gržeta
Nova Gorica, 2024
Ensemble Pampinea performs and tours across Europe and beyond. Apart from a 2024 U.K. tour across South and West England, the ensemble concluded a critically-acclaimed tour in Alberta, Canada in January 2026. The ensemble also played in Slovenia, Italy and Lithuania, at Flores Musicae, Musica Cortese, Šumskas Early Music Festival, Seviqc Brežice, Kristalni Abonma Škofja Loka, etc. (Upcoming concerts)
Directed by recorder/keyboard player and musicologist Fiona Kizzie Lee, the ensemble reimagines early music with a perfect mix of historical accuracy and audience awareness — captivating both newcomers and seasoned listeners alike. (The Ensemble)
A spectacular range of instruments is featured in the ensemble, including the recorder, organetto, fiddle, pipe and tabor, clavisimbalum, and, last but not least, the voice. (Videos)
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