A native of Sweden, baroque violinist Boel Gidholm has more than twenty years' experience performing throughout Europe and the US, working with ensembles including Ensemble Aperto (Germany), Fiori Musicali/Barockorchester Bremen, Barockorchester L'Arco Hannover, Pegasus Early Music, NYS Baroque, Publick Musick, ARTEK, Ars Lyrica Houston, La Follia Austin, and the Texas Early Music Project. She studied violin at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and performance practice at the Akademie für Alte Musik in Bremen, Germany. Boel Gidholm is co-director of Publick Musick with Christopher Haritatos, presenting period-instrument concerts in the greater Rochester area.