Gerald Trimble

Viola da gamba

Gerald with viola

The viola da gamba is a versatile bowed and fretted instrument with ancient roots in Moorish Spain and Renaissance and Baroque Europe. As much a jazz or rock improvisor as an interpreter of ancient music, Gerald Trimble sails the viola da gamba out of its accepted role in historical performance and into a much deserved role as a world instrument. His latest CD, Uncharted: A Viola da Gamba Adventure, from MSR Classics, chronicles his musical voyages and has received praise in the US and Europe.

Ne ws

Heading to France

I’ll be performing at the Festival de Musique Ancienne en Normandie taking place in Arques-la-Bataille, France from August 21–25.

The Grammys!


In the press

I am releasing a new single, available on iTunes now. It's called "Mr. Gow's Voyage." Let me tell you about it:


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Columns London

“Think Indiana Jones…”

—Laurence Lewis, Czech Music Review, London


—Bruce Reader, The Classical Reviewer