Founded in Toronto, Canada in 1979, by Kenneth Solway (oboe) and Susan Graves
(bassoon), the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra – commonly referred to as Tafelmusik
– is a baroque orchestra that focuses on early music. Tafelmusik has 19
full-time members who specialize in historical performance and technique, often
using period instruments and utilizing the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir (established
1981) and additional musicians if required. One of those additional musicians,
acclaimed American violinist Jeanne Lamon, performed several times with the
ensemble in the late 1970s. In 1981, sh...