Thilo Hirsch, born in Munich, began his musical studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, studying horn and viola da gamba. After graduating, he went to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis for graduate studies in viola da gamba with Christoph Coin (diploma 1995, dissertation: The "cantar alla viola" in the 16. century). At the Schola in Basle he also studied singing with Richard Levitt and Kurt Widmer and attended the opera studio. He participated in concerts and theater productions as vocal soloist and gambist under distinguished conductors, including Anthony Rooley, Joshua Rifkin, and René Jacobs. In 1991 Thilo Hirsch founded the ensemble arcimboldo and in 1996 the Baroque theatre ensemble TEATRO ARCIMBOLDO. 
Aside from his active career as a soloist, he teaches classes in Early Music interpretation and viol consort and has a viola da gamba studio. Thilo Hirsch has a special interest in research on rarely played historical instruments. Therefore he also plays the Baryton and the Trumpet marine and has edited music for these instruments.
        Since 1992 he has participated in numerous concerts, CD and radio recordings with Michel Corboz (Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne), Ensemble TURICUM, Parthenia Vocal, Basler Madrigalisten, Tölzer Boys' Choir, Solothurner Singknaben and the Gulbenkian Choir (Lisbon), among others.

Agnieszka Kowalczyk, born in Poland, began her vocal career as a soloist of the youth choir "Alla Pollaca," with which she also participated in many opera productions at the Warsaw National Theater. At the same time, she took private singing lessons. In 1993 she graduated with honors from the Warsaw Music School with a diploma in music education. Subsequently, she went to Basel to specialize in the area of Early Music. She studied in the vocal studios of Richard Levitt and René Jacobs, and participated in master classes given by Emma Kirkby, Jessica Cash, Evelyn Tubb, Nigel Rogers, and Anthony Rooley. Even while still a student she took part in numerous concerts and radio productions in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, and Poland. Agnieszka Kowalczyk is a member of the vocal ensemble "Voce Poetica," with which she won the "7th International Young Artist's" Competition in York (GB) in 1997. 

Monika Barmettler (Mezzosoprano/ Alto). After having read modern languages at Basel University Monika Barmettler began to study singing with Heidi Wölnerhanssen. Her further musical education was in the hands of Vera Rosza/ London, Silvia Isenberg/ Bernried, and Barbara Sutter/ Zürich. She has sung sacred music, operas and Lieder. Her repertoire embraces the musical styles between the seventeenth and the twentieth century. For the love of literature she studied daclamation in Germany. Later she took lessons with the actor Henning Köhler. Monika Barmettler has since staged several musical-literary soirées.

Agileu Motta was born in Brazil. After he completed his guitar studies at the Sao Paolo College of Music, he went to Holland. There, at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, he dedicated himself to the study of early plucked instruments such as the vihuela da mano, the Renaissance and Baroque lutes, and the theorbe and archlute, with Toyohiko Satoh, earning both a performer's certificate in lute chamber music as well as the soloist's diploma "Uitvoerendend Musikus." From 1989 to 1994 he did graduate work at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Hopkinson Smith. Besides his activities as soloist, Agileu Motta regularly participates in radio and CD productions, and plays with various orchestras and Early Music ensembles, including "Les Musiciens du Louvre" (France), "Currende" (Belgium), "Akademia" (France), "Retrover" (Finland), "Les Flamboyants" (Switzerland).

Masako Fujimura, born in Kyoto, Japan, began playing the harp after many years of piano. After her studies in university, she studied early harp (fingernail technique) with William Taylor in Scotland in 1997/8 and then began her studies in medieval and Renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, specialising in the Renaissance harp with bray pins. In 2000, she began to play Baroque harp - solo and continuo, and is currently studying further with Heidrun Rosenzweig. She has performed in concerts in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, England, Belgium and Japan as solo/ensemble/orchestra musician, and has been taking initiative in unique projects. She has participated in recordings with New London Consort (Frottole) and Luca Scandali/Stefano Molardi (Trabaci).

Brigitte Gasser studied the viol at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Jordi Savall and was awarded her diploma in 1990. She gives numerous concerts throughout Europe with different chamber music groups and as a soloist. Her repertoire spans from the 15th century to contemporary music. In addition she has taught the viol for many years. She participates regularly in radio and CD recordings, amongst others with the Ferrara ensemble, Concerto Vocale (René Jacobs), the Parlement de Musique, Daedalus, The Earle his Viols and Concerto di Viole, of which she is a founder member. She has taken part in opera projects at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, the Theater Basel and the Festspiele in Innsbruck.
          Besides her work with stilistic careful copies of viols ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries, she is also fascinated by the sonority and the harmonique possibilities of the lirone as a continuo instrument.

Philip Tarr studied baroque timpani with Dieter Dyk (Solo timpanist of the Tonhalle Orchester, Zürich). Since the age of 9 years, he has been regular timpanist with the Brass Ensemble of his father Edward Tarr. He specializes in the performance of ornamentations ("Schlagmanieren") used by virtuoso baroque timpanists in order to hold their listeners’ attention. He performs regularly with leading trumpeters (Jean-François Madeuf, Marc Ullrich, Igino Conforzi, Guillaume Jehl, Guy Ferber, among others) and baroque ensembles. He teaches baroque timpani at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel) and has given master classes at the Conservatories of Basel and Lausanne. Tarr can be heard on 10 CD recordings. He is also active in research on performance practice and the construction of historical timpani and other percussion instruments, for which he collaborates with Thilo Hirsch and the coppersmith Walter Hauser (Glarus). Critics have been impressed by his “outstanding” (Berliner Morgenpost), "excellent" (Brass Bulletin), "splendid" (NZZ), “musically exquisite” (Basler Zeitung), and "most spectacular" (International Trumpet Guild News) performance in concert. Tarr also holds an M.D. and specialist degree in infectious diseases. He currently lives in Lausanne (Switzerland) with his wife and 2 young daughters.