Hailed as one of the most gifted and versatile recorder players of the new generation, Erik Bosgraaf has a colourful past in a rock band and as an oboe player. He believes that good music is irrespective of style and feels equally at home in early and contemporary music as well as commissioning new works including several concertos incorporating new media. In 2007 Frans Brüggen invited him to perform Bach's Actus Tragicus at the Concertgebouw. Current engagements include solo performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden and the Dutch Radio Chamber Philharmonic/Thierry Fischer.
His début recording, a 3-CD box with music by Dutch composer Jacob van Eyck, was number one in the Dutch classical music charts in 2007

and his CD/DVD 'Big Eye', including contemporary music for film, was hailed as 'wacky, irreverent and thought-provoking' (Gramophone). He has also made CDs of Telemann, Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. In 2006 he co-founded Ensemble Cordevento specializing in the music of the 17th and 18th century.
Born in The Netherlands in 1980, Erik Bosgraaf is a former student of Walter van Hauwe and Paul Leenhouts (Amsterdam). He also holds an MA in musicology from Utrecht University and received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2009.

(Sassari, 1972) Alessandro Pianu studied piano at the local conservatoire, where he succeeded with the highest honour in 1992. From 1995 he was taught harpsichord by Mary Vittoria Guidi at the Conservatoire of Venice. He graduated cum laude 1999. Because of his performance he got a scholarship  to continue harpsichord study abroad. He studied with Bob van Asperen at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam, where he got the 'Tweede fase Diploma' in 2003.
Moreover he attended masterclasses from Christophe Rousset at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Academy musicale the Villecroze. In 2000 he was laureate of International Harpsichord Concours of Boedapest and in 2001 he was awarded the first price on the 9th edition of the National Harpsichord Festival of Bologna. Alessandro Pianu gave run-times as soloist and continuo-player in Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, France and Belgium, with in particular Academia Montis

Regalis, Balthasar-neumann Ensemble and Via Artis (music from the late Middle Ages). He worked in particular with baroque violist Lucy van Dael and soprano Claron Mcfadden, and played under conductors as Jordi Savall, Barthould Kuijken, Alessandro Di Marchi and Thomas Hengelbrock.

'Fantastic musicality, highly developed sense of style, elegance and allure'  (Jury of the international Tromp Music Competition, The Netherlands)

'Izhar Elias is the perfect advocate of 19th century repertoire, which now gradually gets the authentic interpretation it deserves' (Holland Festival Early Music)

Izhar Elias (born in Amsterdam, 1977) is one of the most lyrical and versatile guitarists of the new generation. His sense of style and his innovative approach to the instrument and its repertoire have earned him worldwide critical acclaim. 'Izhar Elias is a musician of outstanding ability, whose whole approach to his art displays a maturity beyond his years' was the conclusion of Classical Guitar Magazine's review of Elias's debut album Omaggio a Guadagnini. The Dutch newspaper Trouw wrote: 'Elias links unbelievable technique with great musicality:

he transcends his instrument with a feeling for style, timing, colour and depth. The lyrical Elias is symphonic and you seldom encounter that with guitarists.' Elias has given concerts, masterclasses and lectures in Europe, Russia, south-east Asia and Australia.

Izhar Elias has been nominated for the prestigious Dutch Music Awards, the highest possible musical award given by the Dutch government. In May 2009 Elias will release the world premiere recording of Rossini's opera 'Semiramide' arranged by Giuliani (Brilliant Classics).

He has studied with Ton Terra, the Groningen Guitar Duo, Zoran Dukic´ and Kees Hendrikse. In 2002 he completed his Master studies with distinction and won the Nicolaprize. He studied performance practice of 19th-century music at the Accademia di Studi Superiori l'Ottocento with Carlo Barone in Italy. Early music performance practice (the Baroque and the early 19th century) as well as chamber music and new music are the fields which have Elias's special attention. Through extensive research, Elias has been able to recreate a musical language of the Classic and Romantic periods using original instruments and historical methods. Elias has revived works which had remained unperformed for nearly 200 years.

His interest in the creation of new repertoire is mainly reflected in his cooperation with recorder player Erik Bosgraaf. As a duo they have premiered over 30 works. In addition they mix different artistic disciplines in their collaborations with experimental film-makers. The result was released on the CD/DVD Big Eye (Phenom Records), which received wide acclaim from the international press including Gramophone and Classical Guitar.
Elias owns a unique original Guadagnini guitar from 1812. The Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation made the purchase of the instrument possible.