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“The vocal ensemble TriacaMusicale was first formed in 1995 and its activity has since mainly revolved around giving concerts and carrying out research into old music and in particular unknown repertoires and authors from the European Baroque and Renaissance musical periods.

Research and study into the original theories of the chosen historical period, of manuscripts and original prints, is carried out by the members of the Ensemble, exploiting their various levels of musical experience and competence.“

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" ... Our activities include the representation of music concerts, sacred and profane from the medieval-Renaissance periods ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Andrea Ortu traverso flute
Claudio Frigerio cello
Milena Frige' harpsichord

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Midieval musical, theatrical and dance ensemble. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Luca Mereu: baroque mandoline
Elisabetta Fardelli:  harpsichord

“The Pizzico Ensemble was created with the intent to promote a repertoire dedicated to compositions for harpsichord, mandolin, vocals and strings now forgotten. The repertoire experienced its heyday in the eighteenth century along with a lot of mandolin composers such as: Paganini, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Vivaldi and others. …”

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" ... It is to recreate the atmosphere and courteous popular medieval world that the group uses of musical instruments, some faithfully reconstructed on the basis of precise iconographic references, others still in use in the tradition of countries bordering the Mediterranean.

The group has toured in France, Germany, Poland, Holland, Austria, Finland, Hungary, Australia. The ensemble has performed for important associations concert and has participated in major ancient music events both Italian and foreign. ... " (translated (ed.)) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 18, 2008 | Hits: 285

“Founded in 2007 by violinist Riccardo Minasi, unites the solo, chamber music and orchestral experiences of some of the most active young musicians on the international scene today. In the few years since the group was conceived,  it was already invited to important festivals and concert series such as Bologna Festival, GOG of Genova, Ravenna Festival, Birmingham Early Music Festival, Festival of Utrecht, Auditori of Barcelona, Caixa Madrid, Valencia, Festival de Divonne, Santiago de Compostela, Attersee Festival, Potsdam Sanssouci Festival, Musica e Poesia a S.Maurizio, O Flos Colende from Florence, Bad Kissingen, Festival de Santander, Innsbruck Festival,Teatro de El Escorial, etc… With a repertoire that expands from late 1500’s to the beginning of the 1800’s Musica Antiqua Roma thanks to rigourous study and continuous musicological research, maintains a particular attention to the vast, and partly forgotten repertoire of Music by roman composers from the 17th and 18th centuries.”

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Early Music Ensemble performing Medieval music. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 25, 2008 | Hits: 457

"LiliumLyra is an artistic project that aims to research and interpret medieval music, sacred and profane of the XII-XIII centuries inspired directly from the original manuscripts. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 25, 2008 | Hits: 323

"The Trompettes des Plaisirs ensemble has a staff of natural trumpets (in number varying from three to five), baroque timpani and organ in addition, the voices and other instruments, as the songs scheduled to reach a staff orchestra. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 01, 2008 | Hits: 257

"Formed in 1993 by Neapolitan musicians dedicated to research in the field of early music, "Le Musiche Chamber" from the outset has directed its activities towards the rediscovery of songs unpublished or little known Neapolitan composers of the XVII and XVIII. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 27, 2008 | Hits: 359

"Inspired by Romance lyrics (reverdies) celebrating the return of Spring, the ensemble laReverdie was founded in 1986 by two pairs of sisters, all singers and instrumentalists, with the intent of exploring the musical repertoire of Europe from the High Middle Ages to the end of the 14th century.

The painstaking attention to authenticity with which laReverdie prepares its programs is only one of the numerous means through which the ensemble strives to communicate the vitality, meaning and unaffected harmony of everything it presents to its audience. A particular attention is given to the wide and mostly unexplored repertoire of "sacred theatre": liturgical dramas and dramatic liturgy, collective representations, manifestations which evoke the religiousness of an age whose echoes are not extinguished yet. The aim is not so much to meticulously catalogue a collection of archaeological relics as it is to faithfully reconstruct the musical heritage of the Middle Ages as a living fragment of a culture long since past but not lost.

laReverdie has enjoyed the regular collaboration of various other musicians: among the others Doron David Sherwin, one of the leading specialists of cornetto, as well as a versatile arranger, singer and percussionist. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"THE DULCAMARA training is instrumental, composed primarily of reeds and percussion, who wants to convey the variety of colors and sensations of representations itinerant street in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and early Baroque. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Cultural Association of "Orchestra Barocca La Confraternita de' Musici" is not for profit and aims to promote the musical culture through diversified solutions such as research, concerts, conferences, meetings, records, courses and competitions.

Founded by Cosimo Prontera, the Ensemble makes its debut at the “Leonardo Leo” Barocco Festival 1997. The ensemble plays on period instruments esploring the important and unknown repertoire of apulian composers acttive in Naples during the XVII and XVIII century. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“L’Astrée was born in Turin in 1991 and specializes in early music instrumental repertoire with the use of original instruments.

The ensemble takes its name from a combination of François Couperin Le Grand  and that of the one of his trio sonatas called L'Astrée.”

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"Born in Sardinia, Paola Erdas was awarded her diploma in harpsichord at the Conservatory of Venice in 1991. From 1992 to 1996, thanks to a five-year scholarship, she studied under Kenneth Gilbert at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Since 1996 she has been a member of the ensemble L'Apothéose, recording for the Stradivarius label. In the same year, together with recorder virtuoso Lorenzo Cavasanti, she founded the JANAS ensemble. The group, which collaborates with the theatre and historical dance specialist Deda Colonna, soon became multi-instrumental, with the sound of the harpsichord augmented by voice,winds,strings and percussion , in performances combining poetry, dance and music of the late Renaissance and Baroque periods in the Mediterranean area. ...

She is presently working on a critical edition of the "Pièces de Clavessin" by N. A. Lebègue, the first volume of which has been already been published by Ut Orpheus Edizioni and recently recorded by her on the Stradivarius label.

Paola Erdas teaches thorough-bass at the Conservatory of Trieste. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Il Giardino Armonico was founded in 1985 by Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Paolo Beschi (cello) and Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord), joined after a short time by the lutist Luca Pianca and the violinist Enrico Onofri, and brings together musicians from some of Europe’s leading music institutions, all of them specialized in performing on period instruments. The ensemble’s repertory is mainly focused on the 17th and 18th centuries. Depending on the demands of each programme, the group will consist of anywhere from 3 to 35 musicians. …”

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Early Music Ensemble from Italy. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Il Circolo delle Quinte Vuote”is a vocal and instrumental group which was formed in 1992 by musicians who share the same interest for ancient music.

Italian Renaissance and Baroque music, played with copies of original instruments, and according to a filologic lecture, is the main activity of the ensemble

The group gives several concerts every year, in Italy as well as abroad, always meeting the extreme favour of all kind of spectators.

“Il Circolo” took part in theatrical performances, as well as in international festivals such as the International Music Campus in Latina; the Festival Latina Musica Oggi; the second edition of the International Festival of Ancient Music in Avellino; the International Ferrara Buskers’ Festival; in Germany, Dachau and Munchen; in Prague, in the beautiful baroque frame of Nostilz Palace, at the presence of some members of both the italian and the czech Embassies, and of the Italian Culture Institute; in the International Ancient Music Festival in Var in France, etc. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Gruppo Seicento early music ensemble was established in 2002 by the effort of musicians dedicated for a long time to the early music in the will to face the baroque repertoire, with a special interest in Seventeen century Italian music, using original instruments or copies, studying the original sources of this period and performing on historical tunings.

The Gruppo Seicento has played in several early music concert seasons and festivals in Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and South America obtaining unanimous approval from the public and the critic. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Ghislieri Choir & Consort, Baroque ensemble in residence at the College Ghislieri, provides some of the best singers and instrumentalists Italian Baroque. Has an active project of rediscovery of the sacred choral reperorio the eighteenth century that will be released worldwide by Sony-Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.  …” (Google Translate)

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"The Galinverna music group was born in Turin in 1996, with the purpose to make a research in different directions concerning ethnic and ancient music. By means of musical festivals and historical shows they could perform in most Northern and central Italy and in France, giving concerts of ancient music or playing within historical commemorations, making street animations with traditional music, theatrical co-operations and also concerts of original music, where the interest for the ancient music melts with the interest for Mediterranean and European folk sonorities. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“GALATEA, founded and directed by Paul Beier, has performed in prestigious European festivals, and has recorded several CDs dedicated to Biagio Marini (Emanuela Galli, soprano; Monica Huggett, violin), Barbara Strozzi (Emanuela Galli, soprano), and Giovanni Battista Buonamente (Monica Huggett, violin and Bruce Dickey, cornetto). The repertoire of Galatea is centered on innovative Italian music of the beginning of the Seventeenth Century, experimental and virtuosic, of high artistic level, a bridge between the mature Renaissance and the Baroque period. The group comprises different instruments or voices according to the program, giving particular importance to the lute and other plucked stringed instruments for a rich and varied continuo. The name, recalling the legend of Pygmalion, who through his love transformed the marble statue of Galatea into a living person, symbolizes bringing Renaissance and Baroque music to life according to the spirit and practices of the period.“

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"Italian ensemble with variable musicians (from triosonata to chamber orchestra), Festa Rustica is active in the ancient music field since ten years. Its first worldwide recording of the Francesco Mancini recorder concerts was for the Musicaimmagine(MR 1004) music company. The record obtained several positive feedbacks from national and international critics and according to the American magazine “Fanfare” is one of the world’s best classical music recordings produced in 1995 (“the want list 1995”). In addition to the numerous concerts performed in Italy (Settembre Musica, Oratorio del Gonfalone, A. D. M. Di Novara ecc...) and abroad (France, Spain, Albania) Festa Rustica has produced several recordings for Milan’s Agorà and ASV music companies. The founder and director of the ensemble is a recorder and cello player, Giorgio Matteoli, music expert and teacher at the Aquila conservatoire. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The Ex Novo Ensemble was founded in Venice in 1979 by the composer Claudio Ambrosini and seven young musicians, who have remained with the Ensemble over since. The Ex Novo Ensemble now represents a point of reference on the international panorama of new music.The continuity obtained by working together, its artistic and professional coherence, have bequeathed a certain character, a "sound", which both public and critics of the major European festivals recognize to the Ensemble.

Their commitment to exploring the language of contemporary music later became the basis for re interpreting classical repertory, particulary those scores composed for rare instrumental sets that, although very beautiful, remain little known.

Many world premieres and works dedicated to the Ex Novo Ensemble have also been presented in recordings of the major European broadcasting corporations.

The Ensemble's contribution to the chamber music of the early Italian nineteen hundreds, as seen by its long collaboration with large recording companies, is significant.”

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