Phillip Rukavina - Biography

Phillip Rukavina (theorbo, archlute, cittern, lutes, vihuela da mano), is a native of St. Paul, Minnesota. he studied lute and early performance practice with Patrick O'Brien at Sarah Lawrence College in New York City, and with Hopkinson Smith at the Academie Musicale in Villecroze, France and in Basel, Switzerland through a grant supplied by the Jerome Foundation.

Phil is a founding member of Minstrelsy!, with several compact discs on the Lyrichord Early Music Series label. Phil is also a founding member of Ensemble 392, which specializes in music of the French Baroque era, and MiLQ (the Minnesota Lute Quartet). Phillip has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Lyra Concert Baroque orchestra, the historical theater ensemble Ex Machina, and with Diverse Passions based in Denver, Colorado. He supplied the solo incidental music for the audio release of The Last Unicorn, read by the author Peter Beagle (1994), and music to accompany a recording of Minnesota author/poet Robert Bly (1994).

Phil has served on the Board of the Lute Society of America and was the general editor of the LSA's Quarterly magazine from 1992 until 1995.

For immediate contact telephone (651) 699-1808

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