Lee Santana
Lee Santana is an American lutenist and composer, resident in Bremen, Germany.
Lee Santana studied with Stephen Stubbs.
He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orchestra.
He performs with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the gambist Hille Perl and in the group Los Otros, among others. He has made many recordings with Perl and solo, as well as Concerts à deux violes esgales by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe with Hille Perl, Lorenz Duftschmid, and Andrew Lawrence-King.
Family
He is married to the viola da gamba player Hille Perl.Solo and Composer Discography
- The Star and the Sea 2002 - music by Santana. Discussed in depth on the, July 2020, with Jonas Niederstadt, on the occasion of the remastered release of the record.
- Cradle of Conceites 2008 - music by Anthony Holborne. This was the first release on Carpe Diem Records under the direction of Jonas Niederstadt. All aspect of the recording, both technical and musical, are discussed by Niederstadt in the, May 2020.
- Pentagram 2011 - music by Santana, Nicolas Vallet, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Doulandia 2013 - music by and around John Dowland.
- Music from the Acoustic Neighborhood 2018 - with Antje Rux, soprano; Andreas Wahl, electric guitar and e-bow; Marthe Perl, viola da gamba. Music by Wahl, Santana, Perl, and Enriquez de Valderrábano, Francisco Salinas, Diego Ortiz, Juan Vasquez.