Almara

Almara is an ensemble for early music, founded by Elisabeth Pawelke during her studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The ensemble's musical focus is on the secular repertoire of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, in which the musicians engage themselves with great intensity and which they revive with great joy of playing and virtuosity. The musicians studied at the conservatoires in Basle, The Hague, and New York and worked with renowned ensembles and orchestras for early music. In 2009 they published their first CD "Outros Amores" which theme concentrates on the various aspects of medieval love and veneration. The new album with compositions of the 15th century has been released by the label Naxos in the year 2020.