The musicians
Antonia Tejeda was born in Barcelona in 1975. She graduated from the Professional Conservatory of Music in Badalona in 1994 and studied at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Barcelona with Josep Maria Saperas. She studied recorder with Dorothea Winter at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, graduating in 2002. She is currently a member of Dionysus Consort (15th and 16th - century repertoire) and Les passions de l’âme (18th century repertoire). She has played in the Early Music Festivals of Barcelona and Lincoln. She loves photography, books, cinema, painting, Billie Holiday and spending time with her daughter and son.
Eyal Streett was born in Jerusalem in 1978. He began his bassoon studies with Richard Paley, proceeding with Mordechai Rechtman. He studied historical bassoon with Donna Agrell at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, graduating in 2002, and with Alberto Grazzi in the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan, graduating in 2003. He has been a winner of the America-Israel Culture fund scholarship between 1994 and 2000 for his achievements on the modern bassoon, the baroque bassoon and the performance of chamber music. He tours and records with the leading early music orchestras such as Freiburger Barockorchester, Les Talens Lyriques and the European Brandenburg Ensemble. He is a member of Nachtmusique. He loves travelling, spicy food, arab music, Pharoah Sanders, singing to his children and to his cat.
Sasha Agranov was born in Saint Petersburg in 1977. He moved to Israel in 1979. He studied violoncello with Hilel Zori at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv. In 1999 he began his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, studying baroque violoncello with Jaap Ter Linden. He graduated in 2005. He has played in the Early Music Festival of Brezice and the Music Festival of San Sebastian. He is currently a member of Circus Delirium and Selva de Mar. He loves circus, insects, hummus, cooking and walking on stilts.