My prevalent interest as an amateur musician is the lute. I started studying this wonderful instrument in 1986. I've played classical guitar for three years before without any teacher and so the level I reached was not so high. ... I bought my first lute and started to study with a florentine lutenist, Gianluca Lastraioli. ... The musical quality in that case was not the best but the large number of the singers (~130) made singing there a unique experience. ...