Outstanding international musicians are coming to Coupeville soon to perform, bringing a taste of music from centuries past in France and Italy, according to a press release.

Ukrainian harpsichordist Olena Zhukova, Canadian viola da gambist Susie Napper and Canadian pardessus de viole player Mélisande Corriveau will join flutist Jeffrey Cohan in presenting a program for an unusual and exquisite ensemble of instruments — pardessus de viole, viola da gamba, baroque flute and harpsichord. The concert begins at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9 in the Coupeville United Methodist Church, located at 608 N. Main St. There is a suggested donation of $20 to $30, though all are welcome regardless of donation. Ages 18 and under attend for free.

Corriveau and Napper are the famous viol duo Les Voix Humaines, and Zhukova performs widely in Ukraine and abroad as the most prominent Ukrainian harpsichordist and a courageous champion of the vibrant arts scene in Ukraine during these difficult times. Zhukova comes directly from Kyiv, while Corriveau and Napper are both from Montreal. Cohan is based in Skagit County.

The program will include music by Louis-Antoine Dornel, Louis and Françoise Couperin, Archangelo Corelli, André Cheron and Marin Marais. It will demonstrate the the stylistic chasm between the French and Italian styles that was debated so vociferously in France during the early years of the 18th century.

The rarely heard pardessus de viole is the highest-pitched member of the fretted viol family of stringed instruments, corresponding to the violin but played in the lap, alongside the viola da gamba or bass viol, also fretted like a guitar and with a range approximating that of the cello.

Zhukova maintains her role as one of the foremost performers of works for harpsichord from five centuries, with frequent prominent solo, concerto and ensemble appearances with distinguished festivals, ensembles and venues throughout Ukraine and abroad. She holds a PhD and is Associate Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv and founder of the harpsichord class at the Glier Music Institute, having studied with the most prominint harpsichordists of our time.

Viola da gambists Napper and Corriveau both play on historic viols from around 1700 by London luthier Barak Norman.

Napper is cellist, gambist and continuo player par excellence, alternatively praised or admonished for her colorful and controversial performances of solo and chamber repertoire of the baroque. Having studied at Juilliard in New York and at the Paris Conservatoire, she teaches in Montreal and Copenhagen and tours around Europe, the Far East and Oceania.

Corriveau is a core member of Ensemble Masques, Les Voix Humaines, Bande Montréal Baroque, Sonate 1704 and Les Boréades. Her discography numbers over 40 titles on the ATMA Classique and many other important labels.

Cohan, who according to The New York Times can “play several superstar flutists one might name under the table,” has performed in 25 countries. He is the first prize winner of the Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Competition in New York and recipient of grants from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music and the French Government.

Since 2011, the Salish Sea Early Music Festival has provided world class period instrument performances of chamber music, both familiar and rarely or never before heard in modern times, with musicians from Europe and all around the Puget Sound, the United States and Canada who are among the finest in their field around the globe.

More performances will be held on Whidbey through the rest of the year. To see the schedule, visit salishseafestival.org/whidbey.