This is Pietro (Peter in Italian).

He plays the Harpsichord. ;)

My last year of my undergraduate was devoted to studying Early Music, which included music from the Baroque Period ( idk somewhere around the 17th century).

But my initial response was...this crap is boring. but after listening to music like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA0viFTN1zU&feature=related

Italians are so cool.

I changed my mind.

Why a lion? well i guess because the way the performer plays from the link sounds sorta fiere. ahaha.

it would have been cliche for me to dub him "Leonardo".

(Nota Bene: A Harpsichord and a Clavichord are NOT the same instrument. If anyone tells you otherwise then they are dumbos. LOL).