Jadran Duncumb
Baroque lute | Theorbo | French
About Jadran Duncumb
Jadran Duncumb has established himself as a distinctive voice on lute instruments, praised for the sensitivity, virtuosity and richness of his playing. He studied guitar at Barratt Due Music Institute in Oslo and the Royal College of Music in London before completing master’s studies cum laude with Rolf Lislevand in Trossingen, Germany.
As a soloist, chamber musician and artistic director, Duncumb has appeared across Europe at Wigmore Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus and, with Barokkanerne, Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. He has ongoing duo projects with André Lislevand, Emil Duncumb, Johannes Pramsohler, Kinga Ujszàszi and Lina Tur Bonet, and his discography includes Dowland’s Lachrimae with Accademia Strumentale Italiana. His two Audax recordings of J.S. Bach’s complete lute works received Diapason d’Or awards in 2021 and 2025. On his 2026 Harmonia Mundi release Corde di luna with Giulia Semenzato he returns to the 19th-century guitar in music by Schubert, Rossini, Sor and Giuliani.
Since 2023 Duncumb has been Artistic Director of Barokkanerne – Norwegian Baroque Ensemble, leading repertoire from Monteverdi madrigals and Baroque opera to concertos, suites and sacred music. Duncumb has also served as Associate Professor of Lute at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.
