Marco Horvat is an instrumentalist as well as a singer, capable of accompanying himself on lute, theorbo, lira, fiddle and other instruments. He studied medieval and Renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Dominique Vellard and Bob Crawford Young. He also studied carnatic music, the classical music of Southern India, for four years in Bombay and Madras under Aruna Sayeeram. In the last fifteen years, as singer, instrumentalist, or both, he has performed with such major ensembles as La Chapelle Royale, Ensemble Jacques Moderne, La Simphonie du Marais, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Alla Francesca, Labyrinthe, La Canzona, Amadis, la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, XVIII-21 Musique des Lumières, Akademia, Ensemble William Byrd, Le Poème Harmonique and Huelgas Ensemble.
As a soloist he has given recitals in Europe, India, Singapore and Brazil. In 1996, Marco Horvat founded Faenza, an ensemble specialised in medieval, renaissance and early baroque music. The group has performed in various French festivals and in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas and Recife. Directing ensemble Faenza, he recorded three CDs with the French label Alpha, “Il Giardino di Giulio Caccini,” a recital of Florentine music (2003), “La Semaine Mystique”, parodies of french Airs de Cour (2005), “Les Musiques de l’Astrée”, French Airs de Cour (2008).
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