今村泰典

Guitarist, lutenist and theorbist. Born in Tokyo. Studied the lute with Eugen M. Dombois and Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis from 1975 to 1981. In parallel studied performance and general bass with Ton Koopman and Johann Sonnleitner. Was appointed the professor for the lute at Conservatoire de Strasbourg in 1984, and lecturer at Hochschule Für Musik Und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt/M. in 1989.