Jordi Savall

Spanish viol player, conductor and composer, born 1941, in Igualada, Catalonia.
As performer and conductor, he's mostly devoted to Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music.
He's the founder of many ensembles:
- Period instruments ensemble , in 1974 (which became in 2001), devoted to early and Baroque music (10th to 18th centuries).
- Medieval-inspired vocal ensemble , in 1987
- Period instruments ensemble Le Concert des Nations in 1989, especialized in music from Baroque to Romanticism (roughly 1600-1850).
Since 1998 he releases his recordings under his own label, Alia Vox.