The British ensemble Sirinu performs and researches early music in programmes and projects that aim to bring history alive through their lively performance and audience engagement. They have made more than forty recordings of medieval, renaissance and even contemporary music on acclaimed labels such as Métier, Hyperion, Chandos and Tremula. They have performed at all the major London venues – Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and St James Piccadilly and early and at new music venues and festivals – Beverley Early Music, York Christmas Festival, Birmingham and Antwerp, Urecht, Bruges. The ensemble has toured Britain, Europe, South America, Asia and North Africa.
Sirinu are run by core members Sara Stowe and Dr Matthew Spring and joined in creating programmes by Dr Jon Banks, Kira Thomas and Lewis Spring. Sirinu’s recordings and performances are informed by their individual areas of expertise and scholarship and their publications include articles and books published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Glasgow and Edinburgh University Press, Garland and The Lute Society of Great Britain.