In 1984, Barto took top honors at the "International Lute Competition" in Toronto and the competition Musica Antiqua Bruges, Belgium. His performances of note have included solo recitals at the Festival of Flanders, London's Purcell Room, the Utrecht Festival, and in New York City's "Music Before 1800" event. In 2000, Barto performed a tribute to Sylvius Leopold WeissinDresden. He also gave solo recitals for Bavarian Radio's "Bach Night" in Munich as well as the "Lufthansa Baroque Festival" also held in London.[1]
He is greatly sought-after as a teacher, having given master classes in Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy and Japan. He has regularly been on the faculty of the Lute Society of America's[2] Summer Seminar series.[3]
Barto has recorded eleven volumes of lute sonatas by baroque lutenist-composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss[3] and two CDs of the solo works of Bernhard Joachim Hagen for the Naxos and Symphonia labels.[4]
Barto also recorded a part of soundtrack of an audiovisual installation by the Ukrainian artist and composer Roman Turovsky-Savchuk.[5]
