Joachim Held - Polish Lute Music of the Renaissance

Born 1963 in Hamburg, received his musical education at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Eugen Dombois and Hopkinson Smith. In 1988 he completed his studies with the Diploma for Early Music. From 1988 - 1990 he studied with J�rgen H�bscher at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe and graduated with the Artistic Final Examination. In 1990 Joachim Held won the 2nd prize at the Concours Musica Antiqua of the Flanders Festival in Bruges. Since then an intensive international concert activity as soloist, chamber musician and continuo player began.