Thomas Dunford
Thomas Dunford was born in Paris in 1988 and began playing the lute aged 9; he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and Schola Cantorum Basel, where his teachers included Hopkinson Smith. Dunford’s debut solo album Lachrymae was released on Alpha in 2013 and was praised by BBC Music Magazine for his ‘supple technique and improvisatory abandon’; his discography also includes The Art of Melancholy – Songs by John Dowland with Iestyn Davies on Hyperion, Kapsberger – Labirinto d’amore on Alpha, and Flow my tears (again with Davies) on Wigmore Hall Live.
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Thomas Dunford and Lea Desandre on Songs of Passion
23rd Dec 2025
The lutenist and mezzo discuss their Presto Award-winning album of music by Dowland and Purcell, their own first encounters with both composers as teenagers, and some of the friends and family-members who played a part in the project.
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Barricades from Jean Rondeau and Thomas Dunford
5th Jun 2020
David enjoys the début recording of Jean Rondeau and Thomas Dunford's harpsichord-lute duo, featuring a selection of French Baroque treasures with vocal cameos from Marc Mauillon and Lea Desandre.
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Special offer. Songs of Passion
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Thomas Dunford (lute, theorbo), with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone) Jupiter
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Song
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The Mad Lover
Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Thomas Dunford (lute)
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Vivaldi/Jupiter
Lea Desandre, Bruno Philippe, Peter Whelan, Thomas Dunford Jupiter
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Assorted Program
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Special offer. Amazone
Lea Desandre (mezzo), Jupiter, Thomas Dunford
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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