Who we are

“One of the world's greatest period-instrument bands, the Academy of Ancient Music is stuffed full with the superstars of the historically-informed style of playing... a band that, for nearly 40 years, through live performances and more than 250 recordings, has consistently breached the walls of ignorance, prejudice and misinformation to establish a benchmark of veracity and authenticity in getting composers' music played as it was intended to be played: free from accretions, stripped of varnish, and as straight and true as an arrow.” GLASGOW HERALD, 2010

The Academy of Ancient Music is one of the world’s great orchestras. It enriches the lives of a global audience of music lovers with its recordings, with concerts which reach tens of thousands of people each year, and with its AAMplify new generation scheme.

Unlike most modern orchestras, the AAM gets back to the original intentions of the composer by performing baroque and classical music on old instruments and in styles appropriate to the time when the music was composed. The result: inspirational performances, filled with energy, passion and joy.

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