Federica Valli
studied the piano with Duccia Gussoni Scacchi and the harpsichord with Fiorella Brancacci. Further studies with Guido Agosti, and Paolo Bordoni. In 1980, together with Paolo Beschi and Beppe Crosta, she founds the ensemble "La Gaia Scienza". She gives lectures on chamber music at the Como Conservatory.

Stefano Barneschi
studied with Carlo de Martini, Gyorgy Sebok and Daniel Philips. He is a member of the chamber orchestra "Il Quartettone", the quartet "Le Ricordanza", "Il Giardino Armonico", and "La Gaia Scienza". Since 1996, he teaches the violin at the Scuola Civica in Milano.

Paolo Beschi
studied with Maria Leali and Franco Rossi. He is a member of the "Gruppo Musica Insieme". In 1980, he founds the ensemble "La Gaia Scienza", together with Federica Valli and Beppe Crosta, and in 1985, "Il Giardino Armonico", with Giovanni Antonini and Lorenzo Ghielmi. He teaches quartet music at the Como Conservatory.