Education
He studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland.
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He studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland.
Born to a musical family, Duftschmid began studying music in an early age, and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from the great masters of the viol, such as Jordi Savall. Duftschmid is the director of the ensemble Armonico Tributo Austria, besides his solo career as a gamba player. Duftschmid is an expert in the field of Baroque music, and excels in the performance of Renaissance and early Classical repertory as well.
Duftschmid owns and plays on the following viols:
Gasparo da Salo (ca 1580)
Jakobus Stainer (Absam-Tirol, 1679)
Nicolas Bertrand (Paris, 1699)
Antony Stephan Posch (Vienna, 1717).
He is also a member of Jordi Savall"s ensembles Hesperion XX and Louisiana Capella Reial de Catalunya.