Ruth Wilkinson
Ruth Wilkinson is a recorder and viol player devoted to music from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Her performances are praised for their musical integrity, imagination and brilliance.
As a member of many of Australia’s most established early music ensembles, including La Romanesca, Capella Corelli and Consort Eclectu, she has toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe and South-East Asia for Musica Viva. More recently she was invited to perform with the plucked-instruments ensemble Ludovico’s Band.
Ruth has taken part in many recording projects with the Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century, La Romanesca and the Elysium Ensemble, as well as a solo recording of the Suites for Voice Flute by Charles Dieupart. The breadth of her musical expertise is reflected in her extensive discography.
She studied recorder with Hans-Martin Linde and viola da gamba with Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. She teaches recorder and viola da gamba at the Early Music Studio of the University of Melbourne and is Director of Junior School Music at St Michael’s Grammar School, Melbourne.
Performing as Accademia Arcadia
Accademia Arcadia plays baroque cantatas and chamber sonatas with one-to-a-part heat: Buxtehude's sacred motets, Handel's Italian dramas full of fire, Corelli through Purcell and Leclair, and improvisatory violin writing that still feels spontaneous.
Buxtehude: Cantatas
This CD is a must for Buxtehude fans, with five works not then available on disc. Arcadia is a new Melbourne ensemble formed to explore early vocal works.
Ruth Wilkinson is a member of
La Romanesca
A leading force in early music in Australia since 1978, La Romanesca has developed a special interest in the performance of mediaeval monophonic and polyphonic song, although the group's repertory spans the twelfth to seventeenth centuries.
Elysium Ensemble
The Elysium Ensemble has been acclaimed by critics for its exciting performances, fine musicianship and authoritative interpretations of Baroque and Classical repertoire on period instruments.
Capella Corelli
Capella Corelli, one of Australia's foremost baroque chamber ensembles, was formed 21 years ago. The violin works of the great Italian virtuoso Arcangelo Corelli and of his Italian predecessors were the initial inspiration for the group.
Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century
The Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century is a collective of specialist singers and instrumentalists brought together for the Fourteenth Century Recording Project. The ensemble was initially formed around the leading Australian mediaeval ensemble La Romanesca, which was expanded to provide the varied instrumental and vocal combinations required by the repertoire.