09/07/2026
๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ is one of the few musicians worldwide who have dedicated themselves to reviving the cornetto.
The revival of the instrument began in the 1950s, but from the late 1970s it was largely Bruce Dickey who gave the cornetto a new presence in historical performance. Through more than 40 years of teaching at the ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐, his many students have helped consolidate and raise the status of this once-forgotten instrument. Many of them, now remarkable virtuosi in their own right, are training a new generation of players.
For his achievements, the ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ awarded him the prestigious ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ in 2000, recognising โhis monumental work in cornetto performance, historical performance practice and musicological scholarshipโ. In 2007, he was honoured by British conductor and musicologist ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ with a ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, as one of 14 musicians whose โsignificant contributions to musical understanding have been motivated by neither commerce nor egoโ.
Bruce Dickey can be heard on countless recordings, many of them with ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผ, the ensemble he founded with ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฒ๐ in 1987. His first solo CD, ๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, received a ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑโ๐ข๐ฟ and was selected by ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ as one of the 100 best Baroque music recordings of the past half-century.
Since 2011, he has recorded a series of albums for ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ, including a solo album and five recordings with Czech soprano ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฬ๐ถฬ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ฎฬ. Drawn to the affinity between her voice and the cornetto, they have collaborated on two recordings with Concerto Palatino and formed ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
His new Passacaille album, ๐ณ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ปร ๐ซ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ต๐ถ, with ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ and ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, is available now on CD and digital platforms.
