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Welcome to the website of Caroline Ritchie, viola da gamba player, cellist, writer and editor.

I play baroque and renaissance viols of all sizes, baroque cello and bass violin, medieval fiddle, and lirone. My work is a mixture of solo, small ensemble and continuo, with a focus on consort playing, divisions, and 16th and 17th century English music. I live and work near Basel, but I return to the UK regularly to play with Newe Vialles.

For an official CV/biog in both English and German plus some photos, please see here.

You can find out about my current projects and CD recordings, or hear me playing here.

There are some links to my research and editing projects here.

I taught consort playing for 12 years at the Royal Academy of Music in London and am an experienced viol teacher and ensemble coach. I write programme notes for concerts and CD liners, translate, copy-edit and proofread texts, give pre-concert talks, and make editions. If you would like to discuss a potential project, I would love to hear from you! You can reach me via the contact page. I speak English and German.