Edin Karamazov is a Bosnian musician-lutenist (born in 1965 in Zenica, Bosnia). He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, eventually becoming one of the most sought after ensemble lutenists. He worked with Hesperion, L'Arpeggiata, Andreas Scholl, inter alia. He achieved fame for the archlute recording of Benjamin Britten's "Nocturnal" and J.S.Bach's Partita in d-minor. The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... Zenica (Cyrillic: Зеница) is an industrial city (the fourth largest, after Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Tuzla) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. ... Motto: none Anthem(s): Intermeco Capital Sarajevo Largest city Sarajevo Official language(s) Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Government Republic  - Presidency members Haris Silajdžić1 (Bosniak) NebojÅ¡a Radmanović (Serb) Željko KomÅ¡ić (Croat)  - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzić Independence From Yugoslavia   - Recognized 6 April 1992  Area  - Total... Hopkinson Smith is a lutenist. ... The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis is a music academy and research institution focusing on early music, located in Basel, Switzerland. ... Hespèrion XXI is an international Early Music ensemble. ... An Archlute by Matteo Sellas, Venice, 17th century The archlute (Italian arciliuto, German Erzlaute, Russian Архилютня) a European plucked string instrument was developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficuties in the performance of solo music, and... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... For other people named Bach and other meanings of the word, see Bach (disambiguation). ...

Recent collaborations with Sting (in the field of 16th century music) resulted in the album "Songs from the Labyrinth", devoted to the lute-songs of John Dowland. He and Sting appeared on two episodes of the TV show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip[1], performing two-lute versions of Dowland's Come Again and Sting's Fields of Gold. For other uses, see Sting (disambiguation). ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Songs From The Labyrinth is an album of recordings of the music of John Dowland by Sting and Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov. ... John Dowland (pronounced to rhyme with Roland) (1563 – February 20, 1626) was an English, possibly Irish-born composer, singer, and lutenist. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is an American dramatic television series airing on NBC for its debut season in 2006-2007. ... Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 is the first compilation issued by Sting. ...