Benjamin Bagby
Vocalist, harper and medievalist Benjamin Bagby has been an important figure in the field of medieval musical performance for over 45 years. Since 1977, when he and the late Barbara Thornton co-founded Sequentia, his time has been almost entirely devoted to the research, performance and recording work of the ensemble.
Benjamin Bagby
Apart from this, Mr. Bagby is deeply involved with the solo performance of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic oral poetry: an acclaimed performance Beowulf, heard worldwide, was released as a DVD in 2007. In 2017, he was awarded the Artist of the Year Award by REMA, the European Early Music Network. In addition to researching and creating over 75 programs for Sequentia,
Mr. Bagby has published widely, writing about medieval performance practice; as a guest lecturer and professor, he has taught courses and workshops all over Europe and North America. Between 2005 and 2018 he taught medieval music performance practice in a masters programme at the Sorbonne – University of Paris, and between 2018 and 2025 at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany.