Christina Pluhar

Christina Pluhar, with Philippe Jaroussky, Misteria Paschalia 2011Christina Pluhar (born 1965, Graz, Austria) is a theorbist, harpist, conductor, and the founder of the early music ensemble L'Arpeggiata.

She discovered her passion for early music while studying at the University of Graz and went on to specialize in the lute, theorbo, and Baroque guitar. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

In 1992, as a member of Ensemble La Fenice, Pluhar won first prize at the Festival of Early Music in Malmö. Since then, she has been based in Paris, performing both as a soloist and as a basso continuo player in the Baroque music scene. In 2000, she set up L'Arpeggiata.

Discography Albums 2004: Landi: homo fugit velut umbra 2004: Al Improvviso: Ciaconne, Bergamasche et un po' di folie 2004: Kapsberger: La Villanella 2004: La Tarantella: antidotum tarantulae 2005: Cavalieri: rappresentatione di anima et di corpo 2007: Los Impossibles 2009: Monteverdi: Teatro d'Amore 2010: Via Crucis 2011: Vespro della Beata Vergine 2012: Los Pajaros Perdidos 2013: Mediterraneo 2014: Music for a While 2015: Cavalli: L'amore innamorato 2016: Orfeo Chamán 2017: Händel Goes Wild 2018: Himmelsmusik 2021: Alla Napoletana 2023: Passacalle de la Follie 2024: Wonder Women 2025: Terra Mater, together with Malena Ernman 2025: Orfeo son io, together with Rolando Villazón