Christina Pluhar

{{Short description|Austrian musician (born 1965)}}

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File:Christina Pluhar, Philippe Jaroussky - Misteria Paschalia 2011 (1).JPG, Misteria Paschalia 2011]]Christina Pluhar (born 1965, Graz, Austria) is a theorbist, harpist, conductor, and the founder of the early music ensemble L'Arpeggiata. [https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/classique/rencontre-christina-pluhar-fete-les-15-ans-de-l-arpeggiata-ce-week-end_3334687.html Rencontre : Christina Pluhar fête les 15 ans de "L'Arpeggiata" ce week-end], francetvinfo.fr, 12/11/2015.[https://www.radiofrance.fr/personnes/christina-pluhar Christina Pluhar - Luthiste, théorbiste, guitariste et harpiste autrichienne (1965, Graz, Autriche - )]

She discovered her passion for early music while studying at the University of Graz and went on to specialize in the lute, theorbo, and Baroque guitar. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

In 1992, as a member of Ensemble La Fenice, Pluhar won first prize at the Festival of Early Music in Malmö. Since then, she has been based in Paris, performing both as a soloist and as a basso continuo player in the Baroque music scene. In 2000, she set up L'Arpeggiata.