Jonathan Dunford

Jonathan Dunford (born 30 October 1959 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American violist specialising in the baroque repertoire.

After studying the viol at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Dunford was awarded a scholarship in 1980 for further training by Jordi Savall at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

He has conducted extensive research at the Bibliothèque nationale de France on music for viola da gamba.

[1] Jonathan Dunford plays on a bass viola da gamba built in 1741 by Parisian luthier Solomon.

His son Thomas Dunford,[2] born in Paris in 1988, plays the lute and theorbo and participates in recordings and in early music festivals.