Azul Lima

Azul Lima is an Argentine theorbo player based in Switzerland. He currently performs with La Scintilla (Opernhaus Zürich), Kammerorchester Basel, Les Musiciens du Prince (Monaco) and CHAARTS Chamber Artists. He also performs chamber music with Maurice Steger and Anastasia Kobekina.

His duo recitals with Magdalena Kožená have taken him to Wigmore Hall in London, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid and L’Auditori in Barcelona, among other European venues.

Over a career spanning thirty years, Lima has performed as a soloist and continuo player in chamber music and opera productions. Improvisation is an essential part of his musical life. He has appeared on more than 70 recordings and worked with Jordi Savall, René Jacobs, Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Riccardo Minasi, Hervé Niquet, Ottavio Dantone, Paul Van Nevel and Enrico Onofri, among others.

He began his musical training in Buenos Aires at the Escuela de Música Juan Pedro Esnaola and the Conservatorio Nacional López Buchardo, before continuing his studies at the Conservatoire de Genève and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has won awards in several competitions, including first prize at the 7th International Young Artist Competition in York.