Annalisa Pappano

Biography

Annalisa Pappano is the founder and artistic director of the early music ensemble Catacoustic Consort, and led the group to win the grand prize in the Naxos/Early Music America Live Recording Competition. Her wide range of instruments includes the viola da gamba (treble, tenor, bass), pardessus de viole, and lirone.

She was on faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music—teaching viola da gamba and historically informed performance practice —until moving to Germany in 2019, where she is expanding her performance career while continuing appearances in the USA. She was a featured soloist on Austrian State Television ORF3 in the J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion (Thomas Guggeis, conductor).

Pappano has performed throughout Belgium, England, Ireland, Colombia, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the U.S. She is a member of Wildcat Viols, Trio Pardessus, and Atalante, and with Atalante won aDiapason d’Or and Gramophone Award.

Pappano studied at Indiana University’s Early Music Institute and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and now resides in the Inn Valley of Bavaria.