Jordi Savall

Jordi Savall (born 1941, Igualada) is a famous Catalan viol player and is largely responsible for bringing the viola da gamba back from obscurity. He has made more than 80 recordings.

Savall is conductor of three touring and recording Early Music ensembles: the chamber-scale Hespèrion XXI, as well as Le Concert des Nations, a Baroque orchestra, and La Capella Reial de Catalunya, a vocal group. He is also a two-time Grammy nominee, who scored the 1991 Alain Corneau film, Tous les matins du monde. The soundtrack, re-released on his own Alia Vox label, has sold more than a million copies worldwide.

Filmography

As a composer, Jordi Savall has written for the following films:

• (1991). Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World)
• (1993). El Pajaro de la feliciad (The Bird of Happiness)
• (1993) Jeanne la Pucelle I : Les batailles (Joan the Maid: The Battles)
• (1994). Jeanne la Pucelle II : Les prisons (Joan the Maid: The Prisons)
• (1997). Hosszu alkony (Long Dusk)
• (1997). Marquise
• (1998). Secret defense