The Swedish violinist, Maria Lindal, is trained at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and studied Baroque violin with Marc Destrubé in London. Maria Lindal is REbaroque's concert-master and artistic director. She has previously worked with several of Europe's leading Baroque orchestras such as Concerto Köln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Concerto Copenhagen, Norsk Barokkorkester and Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. Maria Lindal is also active as a musical coach and has worked extensively as a style instructor in numerous Swedish projects as well as abroad, for example with EuropaChorAkademie. She also gives master-classes and is the founder of a new institute for Baroque music which started at Kulturama in Stockholm in 2007.