Biography
Les Cornets Noirs
Members: Patrick Sepec, Matthias Spaeter, Simen van Mechelen, Adrian Rovatkay, Amandine Beyer, Gebhard David, Bork-Frithjof Smith, Angelika Hirsch, Markus Märkl, Franck Poitrineau, Fernando Günther, Brian Franklin (2), Matthias Müller (13), Brigitte Gasser, Detlef Reimers, Jörg Andreas Bötticher, Stephanie Pfister, David Blunden, Tore Eketorp, Cosimo Stawiarski, Henning Wiegräbe, Joseph Bastian, Eckart Wiegräbe, Leonardo Bortolotto, Nicoleta Paraschivescu, Michael Juen, Christoph Prendl, Tobias Lindner, Christine Brand (2)
Swiss instrumental ensemble from Basle is spcialised in Italian and German early Baroque music, founded in 1997 by Gebhard David and Bork-Frithjof Smith The ensemble's main interest lies in solo and ensemble literature of the cornetto instrument, also called "black cornetto" because of its leather covering.