Musica Antiqua Köln

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Musica Antiqua Köln is an early music that was founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel and fellow students from the Conservatory of Music in Cologne. Musica Antiqua Köln devotes itself largely to the performance of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. The group's records with Deutsche Gramophon Archiv-Produktion have received numerous awards including the Grand Prix International du Disque, Gramophone Award, Diapason d’or, and Grammy nominations. The last record for Archiv 'Flute-Quartetts' by Telemann, 2005, was a coolaboration with the swiss Recorder Virtuoso Maurice Steger.