Richard Stone was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1960. He began classical guitar lessons at 14 with Joseph Marchello. He studied guitar with David Starobin and lute with Patrick O’Brien at the State University of New York at Purchase. In 1984 he was awarded a Fulbright Lusk Memorial Fellowship to begin theorbo and pursue further lute studies with Nigel North at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He moved to Philadelphia in 1994. Since 2007 he has been Professor of Lute and Theorbo at the Peabody Institute.

He performs on lute and theorbo as a soloist and accompanist. With Gwyn Roberts he co-founded Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, whose series began in the 2002–2003 season. His edition of the complete Weiss lute concerti, reconstructed from the surviving lute parts, is published by A-R Editions. He has performed the complete Bach solo lute suites over two seasons. His editions of orchestral music by Johann Friedrich Fasch are published by Prima la Musica.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stone_(lutenist)
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25189245