Monica Pustilnik

Mónica Pustilnik was born in Buenos Aires, where she studied at the Conservatorio Nacional López Buchardo guitar and piano, obtaining her Diploma in 1991, after lessons, among others, with Carlos Groisman, Graciela Pomponio and Omar Cyrulnik. In 1994 she begins her studies in renaissance and baroque music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel, Switzerland), specializing in lute, chitarrone, baroque and renaissance guitar under the guidance of Hopkinson Smith. She also studied Basso Continuo with Jesper Christensen, both at the lute and the harpsichord. At the same time she did make a master on the lute with Rolf Lislevand at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen (Germany). Afterwards she attended the Class in Choral Direction of Michel Corboz at the Conservatoire Superieur in Gêneve (Switzerland). In 2010 she earns the "Master of Arts in Spezialisierter Musikalischer Performance / Vertiefung Historischer Spielpraxis" from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, under the guidance of Hopkinson Smith. Her activity as a soloist, both in chamber music groups and as a Basso Continuo player in orchestras interpreting operas and oratories, is very intense. Among others, she plays with the following ensembles: Le Concert d’Astrèe (Emanuelle Haim), Les musicienes du Louvre (Marc Minkowsky), Les Talens Lyrics (Christophe Rousset), Concerto Vocale (Renè Jacobs), Ensemble Elyma (Gabriel Garrido), Il Seminario Musicale (Gerard Lesne), Concerto Soave (Maria Cristina Kiehr).