Performers
The most important living archlute players are Edin Karamazov, Axel Wolf and Luca Pianca (the founder of Il Giardino Armonico), who predominantly play archlutes, and Paolo Cherici, Massimo Lonardi, Luciano Contini, Paul O'Dette, Jakob Lindberg and Nigel North who use archlutes extensively.
The Edin Karamazov's archlute is featured on Sting's album Songs from the Labyrinth, devoted to sixteenth-century music composed by John Dowland, and Karamazov's album "Come, heavy sleep" (music by J. S. Bach and Britten).
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