Annegret Hoffmann, born in Berlin, has been active in (church) music since her earliest childhood. She studied violin (amongst other instruments) with Mechthild Blaumer in Saarbrücken, who evoked her interest in historically informed performances. After diplome degrees in both violin and music pedagogy, she went to Italy to specialize in Early Music, studying baroque violin with Enrico Gatti in Piacenza (Italy). Since 2009 she has continued her studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where she founded the Ensemble Hoffmann-Gröger-Feder. Specializing in 17th century music, this recording marks their first CD production. Annegret performes regularly as a soloist and concertmaster and has played with Elizabeth Wallfisch, Michael Chance, Enrico Gatti and accordone. She is a regular member of Accademia Hermans (Italy).

Lorenzo Feder, born in Schio (Italy) in 1980, started studying piano at the age of 8 with Renato Maioli. After his piano diploma (2000), he studied harpsichord with Patrizia Marisaldi at the Conservatory in Vicenza. He was the recipient of the Huygens Programme scholarship from the Dutch government, afterwich he took postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot and Patrick Ayrton. He performs as a soloist and continuo player on harpsichord and organ in international festivals throughout Europe and Mexico playing with soloists like Emma Kirkby, Frank Theuns, Michael Chance, Monica Huggett and with the baroque ensembles "Il Tempio Armonico" (Verona) and "I Musicali Affetti" (Vicenza).

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