LIVIA CAFFAGNI has a diploma in recorder from the Conservatory of Bologna, a degree in modern foreign languages and literature from Bologna University, and has studied viola da gamba with Paolo Pandolfo, Gregorian semiology with Antonino Albarosa, and voice with Sergio Foresti. She began her concert activity collaborating with various ensembles specialised in Renaissance and Baroque music in 1982, and since 1986 collaborates regularly with La Reverdie, having performed with this ensemble at numerous prestigious European festivals. Since 1993 she records regularly for the French label Arcana, under the patronage of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Since 1997 she has been active as a teacher of the recorder, having held positions at the Conservatories of Vicenza, Pescara, Bari and, since 2003, Trento. She also teaches at various courses, seminars and masterclasses of early music, with particular attention to problems of "authenticity" in the performance of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music.