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"Recorder and traverso player Lorenzo Cavasanti began studying music as a child; still a student of oboe at the Conservatory of Music in Genova, he soon took up recorder, attending the International Early Music Courses in Urbino. Specialising in the recorder with F.Brüggen, K.Boeke and M.Miessen, Lorenzo received his Diploma at the Scuola Civica di Musica in Milano, with P. Memelsdorff and E.M.Recondo. He also studied baroque flute with B. Kuijken. " Visit webiste for more information. (ed.)

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“Gabriele Cassone received his conservatory diploma in Trumpet following studies with Mario Catena, and in Composition studying with Luciano Chailly.
He is world renowned not only as a historical artist performing on original instruments (Baroque natural trumpet, Classical keyed trumpet, rotary valve trumpet and piston cornet), but enjoys an equal fame as a contemporary musician.
Luciano Berio selected Gabriele Cassone to premiere his works for solo trumpet: Sequenza X for solo trumpet, and Kol-Od, performed with L'Ensemble Intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez.
He has also shared the stage with celebrated trombonist Christian Lindberg in performances of Berio's opera Cronaca del Luogo, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival.
Famous international conductors have requested Gabriele Cassone for performances of the most demanding trumpet repertoire; Sir John Eliot Gardiner named him principal trumpet in the English Baroque Soloists for the entire cycle of J.S. Bach's Cantatas, and for the Second Brandenburg Concerto, and Ton Koopman, director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, requested him as principal trumpet for the ensemble's recording of Cantata BWV 51 by J.S. Bach. ..“

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Claudio Santambrogio has been active as a flutist both in the field of early as well as contemporary music, specializing on period instruments. He is a member of the ensemble 'de vinea', specialized in Medieval Music, and of The Modena Consort, a quartet of Renaissance transverse flutes.
He has conducted extensive research on iconographical and textual references of the transverse flute in the Middle Ages, and has explored the repertoire of what he believes being a forgotten golden age the transverse flute, the late 14th century culminating in the so-called Ars subtilior.
With Boaz Berney he worked on the reconstruction of an instrument for this repertoire, based on a very unusual instrument from the Musikinstrumentemeuseum in Berlin. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Born in Cagliari, he graduated as flutist at the Conservatory "G. P. da Palestrina" in Cagliari under the direction of Maestro G. Pellegrini. For more than year he has carried on an intense concert activity, mainly in the field of chamber music. He took part to the seminar of flute interpretation by Maestro C. Klemm. He has played with Orchestra dellíEnte Lirico "G. P. daPalestrina" of Cagliari, with Orchestra "S. Cecilia" of Milano, the Chamber Orchestra "New Art Ensemble" of Novara and with the Orchestra "G. Donizetti" of Sesto S. Giovanni (Milano) as solo player. He has played in several chamber formations at the International Festival "Kammermusik" in Bellagio, at the International Festival "Alfonso Reyes" in Monterrey (Mex), at "Magno Festival Palafoxiano" in Puebla (Mex), at the " Saint Hill European Art Festival" in Sussex (GB) and he took part to seven editions of the "Sui Sentieri della Fantasia" at Montisola (Brescia). Tours of concert have taken him to Egypt, Portugal, Mexico, Lebanon. He has recorded two pieces of the composer S. G. Masoni on the CD "The Clear Project" and in July 1999 is available his last CD "TIME BANDITS :Time's deception" recorded with Pier Paderni.

Since February 1995 he ha been studyng baroque flute and after winning a CEE scholarship he attended the VI edition of courses in baroque music at Porto (Portugal) specializing under the direction of E. Di Felice. At present he studing under the direction of M. Castellani at the Conservatory of Verona. (Italy) "

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“Inspired by the meeting of Martine Fleith, Isabelle Sainte-marie, Rachel Mathis and Alan Cowderoy during the “Journées de la Flûte Traversière de Stuttgart” in 2005, the creation of the ensemble stems from the common desire to rediscover the original structure of the consort of Renaissance flutes. ..“

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“Philippe Allain-Dupré studied baroque flute with Barthold Kuijken au Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles where he obtained his “Diplôme supérieur” in 1987.

He plays on instruments he has constructed from designs copies of various museums:  la flûte de Rafi, la flûte de Van Eyck, la flûte de Hotteterre, la flûte Quantz that was played by Frédéric II of Prusse and la flûte Tortochot de l'époque de Devienne. ..”

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"The instrumental ensemble La Caravaggia was created in 2004 by the cornettist Lluis Coll. The group specialises in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music according to historical criteria. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Founded in 1988 TROMPETEN CONSORT FRIEDEMANN ALWAYS maintains the trumpet ensemble music of the Baroque era. It consists of eight musicians, all specialists in the field of early music. More detailed information can be found under "TCFI" and "musicians" the current composition of the consort. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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" Philippe Emmanuel Haas was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1962.

Studies of Pan-pipes in ancient and classical music in Berne and at the Hilversum Conservatory, in the Netherlands.

Participation in masterclasses for the interpretation of ancient and classical music on copies of historical instruments at the "Centre International de Formation Musicale" in Nice, France, with Jean-Loup Grégoire and Simion Stanciu "Syrinx"; at the "Gesellschaft für Alte Musik" in Rastatt, Germany, with Hans-Martin Linde; as well as at the "Académie de Musique de Sion", within the "Festival Tibor Varga" in Sion, Switzerland, under the direction of Jordi Savall.

Concerts as a soloist, accompanied by the organ, the harpsichord, the harp or the lute, and as a member of ensembles of ancient music, during international music festivals in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

Artistic director of the international Festival "Festliche Musik in der Kirche Rötteln / Lörrach", Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, dedicated to the ancient music.

Guest lecturer at the "Académie Musique et Danse Florigammes" at Sartène-Propriano, Corsica. Teacher of Pan-pipes at music schools in Switzerland.

CD recordings, for the labels AUROPHON CLASSICS and VDE-GALLO, of music of the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, accompanied by the harpsichord, the violoncello and the organ. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jun 29, 2008 | Hits: 494

Early Flute ensemble.

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“Hailed as one of the finest flute players of our time, Chris Norman proves over and over again that the simple wooden flute is the original- and still unsurpassed- woodwind of expression, passion, joy and subtlety. His influential work as a performer, composer, recording artist and teacher has brought the simple wooden flute to the forefront as an alternative voice to the modern orchestral instrument.

Born in Halifax Nova Scotia, he began his musical studies at the age of ten. His interest in the traditional music of Maritime Canada; Scottish, Irish and French Canadian Styles, drew him from his early path studying classical flute. Chris embarked upon a quest to learn the music from the tradition bearers, travelling across North America and Europe. His subsequent work has redefined the boundaries of both traditional and classical styles, forging a synthesis that has been embraced by audiences, scholars, and critics of both schools. ..“

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Added on: Dec 06, 2009 | Hits: 490

"Since playing her first CBC radio gig at the age of 20, Alison Melville's career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player has taken her across Canada from Whitehorse to St. John's and to the US, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand and Europe. Her extraordinary breadth of experience as a performer comprises solo and chamber music recitals; music for dance, theatre, film and television; orchestral playing with modern and period instrument orchestras; music from the 12th to 21st centuries, composed, arranged and improvised; and music from Celtic and Scandinavian traditions." ...

Added on: Dec 18, 2005 | Hits: 625