Originally trained as a flautist, Lynda Sayce read Music at Oxford, and studied lute and recorder at the Royal College of Music. She gained a Ph.D for her work on the history of the theorbo, and haspublished widely. She is principal lutenist with La Serenissima and Ex Cathedra, and freelances internationally with both modern and period instrument ensembles, including the Dunedin Consort, Le Concert d’Astrée, the Britten Sinfonia, the LSO and the Berlin Philharmonic. She directs the lute ensemble Chordophony, whose repertory and instrumentarium are based entirely on her research. She teaches lute and continuo at Birmingham University, and appears on more than 100 commercial recordings.