Born in Santiago del Chile, 

Florencia Bardavid Hoecker  

began her musical education at the age of 8 studying the recorder.
 

Between 2001 and 2006 she studied at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

where she obtained a degree in Lyrical Singing under the teaching of Ahlke Scheffelt and Rodrigo del Pozo. At the same university she also studied viola da gamba with Gina Allende. 

 

In 2007 she moved to the Netherlands to study viola da gamba at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Anneke Pols, Mieneke van der Velden and Philippe Pierlot where she obtained her Bachelor (2011) and Master (2013) degree.

 

She attended numerous early music master classes and courses, mainly the early Italian baroque music course with Gabriel Garrido in Bariloche (Argentina) and master classes with Wieland Kuijken, Jordi Savall, Hopkinson Smith and Marcel Pérès.

 

As gamba player, she has been invited by different Chilean early music ensembles, taking part in festivals and tours in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. Since she moved to the Netherlands she has been invited to perform in many ensembles acting as soloist in performances of the Johannes and Matthëus Passion by J.S. Bach. She has also taken part in the ensemble L'Arpeggiata  conducted by Christina Pluhar with which she has performed in France, Belgium and Spain and with which she collaborated in the CD Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi. 

 

As singer she has taken part in the Ensemble Organum conducted by Marcel Pérès performing in France and Belgium and recording the CD Lux Perpetua, Requiem by Antonius Divitis and Antoine de Févin. Since 2008 she is a member of the Scroll Ensemble.