Hille Perl
Hille Perl is widely regarded as one of the leading viola da gambists in the world. Because of the prominence of her instrument in the Baroque era, her repertory is rich in works from that period, with the names, J.S. Bach, Telemann, Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe, and other 17th and 18th century composers headlining her concert programs and recordings. Perl also plays the treble viol, the seven-string bass viol, Baroque guitar, Lirone, and Xarana. She often performs with her husband, lutenist Lee Santana, in duo repertory, and together the pair have formed two other ensembles: Los Otros, with guitarist Steve Player, and the Age of Passions, with violinist/conductor Petra Müllejans and flutist Karl Kaiser. Perl has also appeared with some of the leading Baroque ensembles in Europe, like the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Harp Consort. She has made numerous recordings, many of them available from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DHM).
Hille Perl was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1965. Her father Helmuth was a harpsichordist, organist, and musicologist. Hille began playing the viola da gamba at five. She had studies with Niklas Trüstedt (Berlin) and with Pere Ros and Ingrid Stampa (Hamburg). Perl earned a degree in 1990 at Bremen's Academy for Early Music, where she studied with Sarah Cunningham and Jaap ter Linden.
Perl steadily built her career, and soon began appearing on recordings. Among the earliest was a 1997 Deutsche Harmonia Mundi CD, Spanish Gypsies, with Santana, Player, Andrew Lawrence-King, and other notables. Perl and Santana formed Los Otros (The Others) in 2001 and their first recording, Tinto, a collection of works by Kapsberger, Corbetta, and others, appeared on RCA Special Imports in 2003. From 2002, Perl has taught viola da gamba at the University of the Arts in Bremen, while remaining busy both in the concert hall and recording studio.
In 2004 Perl appeared on one of her most acclaimed recordings, Marais' Pour La Violle, with Santana, on DHM. Perl and Santana's daughter, Marthe Perl, is also an acclaimed viola da gambist. She joined her parents on a highly praised 2010 DHM CD entitled Loves Alchymie.
Perl's busy concert schedule includes appearances at many of the major Baroque festivals. She performed with Santana and harpsichordist Patrick Ayrton to great acclaim at the May 2011 Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, held at St. John's Smith Square in London. Their performances in an all-J.S. Bach program were later broadcast over BBC Radio 3.
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Sainte Colombe: Pièces Pour Viole De Gambe
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Apr 28, 1997
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Born to Be Mild
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Mar 13, 2015
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Famous Blue Raincoat
Joel Frederiksen, Emma-Lisa Roux, Hille Perl
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Dec 16, 2022
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Biber: Violin Sonatas from the Kremsier Archive
Anton Steck, Lee Santana, Hille Perl, Christian Rieger
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on Aug 1, 2005
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De Profundis
Michel Godard, Hille Perl, Lee Santana
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Nov 1, 2008
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Doulce Memoire
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Aug 16, 1999
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The Star and the Sea (Remastered Edition)
Miscellaneous - Released by Carpe Diem Records Berlin on Jun 5, 1995
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A Thousand Kisses Deep / Un jour L'amoureuse Sylvie
Joel Frederiksen, Emma-Lisa Roux, Hille Perl
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Oct 7, 2022
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J.S. Bach: Viola da gamba Sonatas, BWVV 1027-1029
Chamber Music - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on Apr 8, 1999
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6 sonates pour le basson ou violoncelle avec la basse continue (1759)
Kristin von der Goltz, Hille Perl, Christine Schornsheim
Chamber Music - Released by Raumklang on Sep 14, 2007
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Suzanne / Susanne Un Jour
Joel Frederiksen, Emma-Lisa Roux, Hille Perl
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Nov 4, 2022
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You Want It Darker (Quand me souvient)
Joel Frederiksen, Emma-Lisa Roux, Hille Perl
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Sep 23, 2022
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Elements
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Jul 18, 2014
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SiXXes
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Sep 28, 2012
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Violin Sonata in G Minor, RISM A/I E 203, No. 11/I. Largo
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Apr 24, 2020
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Merz: Dépaysements
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Dec 16, 2004
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Out of This Wood
Classical - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on Mar 6, 2020
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