Esfera Armoniosa- Early music ensemble
Recorder Player – Early Music Specialist
Director of Esfera Armoniosa
Claudia Liliana Gantívar is a recorder player and Early Music specialist with over 25 years of international experience as a performer, teacher, and cultural manager. She earned her Master of Arts in Performance – Recorder at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève under Gabriel Garrido, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Pedagogy from the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Colombia).
In 2006 she founded Esfera Armoniosa, an ensemble dedicated to the research and dissemination of colonial Latin American repertoire. With the group, she has led archival recovery projects, recordings, and performances at major venues such as Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. She has also collaborated with ensembles including Elyma (Switzerland), Música Ficta (Colombia), California Bach Society, and American Bach Soloists (USA).
She has taught at Universidad El Bosque and the National University of Colombia, and currently resides in Florida, where she continues to promote Early Music as performer, pedagogue, and active member of the American Recorder Society. In 2025 she completed a Master’s Degree in Cultural Project Management and Entrepreneurship (UNIR, Spain), focusing her research on strategies to strengthen the Early Music field in Colombia.
Selected Discography
- Le Balet Comique de la Royne – Elyma / K617 (1997)
- Del Mar del Alma – Música Ficta (2007)
- Io vo Cantar – Esfera Armoniosa (2011)
- Qué Dulce Violencia – Esfera Armoniosa (2015)
- Alternen las avecillas – Música Ficta (2024)
