Teaching and thinking Early Music in the 21 st century: an interview with Walter Reiter Marcus Held Universidade de São Paulo (USP) mvheld@usp.br Abstract: In this interview granted to Marcus Held, Walter Reiter discourses on his ideas regarding the field of knowledge known as Early Music. Having witnessed and actively participated in the consolidation of this movement in the 1960's and the 1970's, the violinist, chamber musician, teacher and director talks about the challenges and the successes of teaching and thinking music from previous times in the contemporary world. Furthermore, he presents his recently published book, The Baroque Violin & Viola: a fifty-lesson course (Oxford University Press, 2020) and, in the end, narrates his experience of teaching Early Music in Cuba. Keywords: Walter Reiter, Early Music, Historical Instruments, Violin Teaching, Early Music in Cuba. Ensinar e pensar Música Antiga no século XXI: entrevista com Walter Reiter Resumo: Nesta entrevista concedida a Marcus Held, Walter Reiter discorre sobre suas ideias a respeito do campo de saber conhecido como Música Antiga. Tendo testemunhado e participado ativamente na consolidação desse movimento nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, o violinista, camerista, professor e diretor nos conta sobre os desafios e os êxitos de ensinar e pensar música de períodos pregressos com instrumentos de época no mundo contemporâneo. Além disso, nos apresenta seu livro recém-publicado, The Baroque Violin & Viola: a fifty-lesson course, (Oxford University Press, 2020) e, por fim, narra sua experiência com o ensino da Música Antiga em Cuba. Palavras-chave: Walter Reiter, Música Antiga, Instrumentos Históricos, Ensino do Violino, Música Antiga em Cuba. Presentation Walter Reiter graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, obtaining his further education towards a Master's Degree in Violin Pedagogy in the Jerusalem Academy of Music. He worked with the Menuhin Festival Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and with many contemporary music groups in Paris. He was also a teacher at the Rubin Conservatory in Jerusalem. Currently, he is Professor of Baroque Violin and Viola in Royal Conservatory of The Hague and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. For some twenty years, he has been teaching and directing projects in the city of Havana, Cuba 1 . Early Music has occupied a central part of his career for about four decades. He has travelled and toured extensively around the world playing with, leading and directing groups 1 Information retrieved from Walter Reiter's website. Data in the References.