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Hopkinson Smith
Hopkinson Smith is a Swiss-American lutenist and pedagogue, longtime resident in Basel, Switzerland. Smith was born in New York City, the son of architectural writer and photographer G. E. Kidder Smith. He graduated from Harvard University with Honors in Music. He moved to Europe in 1973 to study lute and vihuela with the renowned Catalan classical guitarist Emilio Pujol, as well as Eugen Mueller-Dombois. In the mid-1970s, Hopkinson Smith was involved in the founding of the ensemble Hespèrion XX, which led to his ten-year collaboration with Jordi Savall. Since the mid-1980s, Hopkinson Smith has focused principally on solo music for early plucked instruments. These include the vihuela, Renaissance lute, theorbo, Renaissance and Baroque guitars and the baroque lute. His 2000 recording of the J.S. Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin adapted for baroque lute has been called 'arguably the best you can buy of these works – on any instrument' by Gramophone magazine. Hopkinson Smith gives concerts and masterclasses throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North and South America. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopkinson_Smith) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Albums See All
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Bach: Suites (Arr. for Lute) 2021
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Dowland: Whose Heavenly Touch 2019
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Mad Dog 2017
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J. S. Bach: Suites arrangées pour luth baroque 2017
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Bach: Sonatas, Partitas & Suites (Arr. for Lute) 2016
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Lautenkonzerte 2016
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Bach: L'oeuvre de luth 2016
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Bach: Sonatas & Partitas (Arr. for Lute) 2016
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Bach: Suites Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (Arr. for Lute) 2013
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Bach: Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (Arr. for Lute) 2013
Singles & EPs
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The Second Book of Songes: No. 11, Come Away, Come Sweet Love Single • 2019
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The Second Book of Songes: No. 10, O Sweet woods, the Delight of Solitariness Single • 2019
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6 Cello Suites, No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude Single • 2016
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Caldibi castigliano (Intabulatura de lauto, Libro quarto) Single • 2023
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Saltarello ala ferrarese (Intabulatura de lauto, Libro quarto) Single • 2022
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Johnson's Jewell Single • 2017
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Galliard to the Delight Pavan Single • 2017
Videos See All
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John Dowland - Fortune My Foe (Hopkinson Smith) Andria Rogava • 9.6K views
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Julian Bream A Fancy by John Dowland Paul Nash • 28K views
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Hopkinson Smith plays Bach's Prelude from suite BWV995 andreas krasnek • 11K views
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Alonso de Mudarra: Fantasía que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Ludovico (Hopkinson Smith) Francisco Parralejo Masa • 1K views
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John Dowland's "A Fancy, (Fantasy P5)" performed by Nino D'Amico on a 2023 Valerio Licari guitar Guitar Salon International • 9.1K views