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"One of the world's leading countertenors for nearly 30 years; James Bowman's career spans Opera, Oratorio, Contemporary music and Solo recitals. He was born in Oxford on 6 November 1941 and began singing as a boy chorister at Ely Cathedral. He later went to New College, Oxford. He was a member of the New College and Christ Church choirs. ...

In May 1996 James Bowman received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.James is also President of the Holst Singers.He was made a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1997. In November 1998 James was made an Honorary Fellow of New College Oxford. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“… A versatile countertenor equally at home on both the opera and concert stage, Iestyn has sung the roles of Ottone (L'incoronazione di Poppea’Monteverdi) for Zürich Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Arsace (Partenope/Handel) for New York City Opera; Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Britten) for Houston Grand Opera; Apollo (Death in Venice/Britten) for English National Opera and Hamor (Jephtha/Handel) for Welsh National Opera and Opera National de Bordeaux.

Performing across the world, Iestyn has made appearances in concert at Teatro alla Scala, Milan with Dudamel, the Concertgebouw and Tonhalle with Koopman, the Barbican, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Lincoln Centre and at the Royal Albert Hall in the BBC Proms. He has worked with many of the leading orchestras including the OAE, AAM, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, Concerto Köln, Concerto Copenhagen, Ensemble Matheus and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. …“

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"EMILY VAN EVERA has earned an international reputation for stylishly expressive singing in a variety of repertoires. Her many recordings include ground-breaking and award-winning performances of works by Monteverdi, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel with the Taverner Players, music of Renaissance Italy, England and Spain with the Musicians of Swanne Alley, Circa 1500 and Musica Secreta, music by Rossi and Cavalli with Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino and by Machaut and Hildegard of Bingen with Gothic Voices. She sang the role of Dido for the BBC’s acclaimed commemorative recording of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Taverner Players, re-issued by Sony), features on the Taverner Consort’s The Promise of Ages (“which Sony might safely have named ‘Quite Simply the Best Christmas Album Ever’” – BBC Music Magazine), and most recently released My Lady Rich, a portrait of Elizabethan gentlewoman Penelope Rich in music by Dowland, Byrd, Coprario and Tessier (see Reviews).

Stage and television appearances include productions of operatic works by Monteverdi, Lully, Charpentier and Handel, and a dramatised solo concert of early Tudor song for BBC2. Emily has broadcast from the BBC Proms and throughout Europe and North America in music ranging from folk ballads and trumpet arias to Haydn masses and songs by Charles Ives and Vaughan Williams. Born in northern Minnesota, she lives in Oxfordshire and travels in both continents for concerts. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Elizabethan Singers of London has established a fine reputation for its performances which have included concerts in The Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room on London's famous South Bank, and in many of the historic churches and buildings within The City of London. They also perform regularly at venues throughout the UK.

The group, one of the oldest established chamber choirs in London, are based in the heart of the City and rehearse in the shadow of a memorial sculpture to one of England's great Tudor composers John Dowland (1563-1626)

The Elizabethan Singers of London have made several professional tours abroad, on two occasions to Sweden as well as to Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. Foreign tours, festivals and other interesting engagements are on the Singers busy schedule for future seasons. London possesses numerous buildings with great historic connections and the ensemble has performed in several, including the elegant Banqueting House, Whitehall, used at the execution of King Charles I, and the Middle Temple Ilall in London which saw the first performances of Shakespeare's Twelth Night. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"David Newman comes from a musical family and always wanted to be a singer. He began singing professionally at the age of twelve and had lessons with Jennifer Lilleystone over a period of nine years.

As a treble, David Newman appeared for several years as First and Second Boy in The Magic Flute for English National Opera both at the London Coliseum and on tour. He appeared in the contemporary opera Snatched by the Gods by Param Vir for the Nederlandse Opera in Holland and Germany, and sang the role of Davey in Harrison Birtwhistle's Yan Tan Tethera at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Aged thirteen, David sang Miles in Britten's Turn of the Screw in a production by the Royal Opera Schools at the Royal College of Music, London. At fourteen, he sang with with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London's Royal Festival Hall for a live BBC radio broadcast of Light Sorrow by Gia Kanchelli. In the summer of 1995, David gave his last performances in Magic Flute in a UK tour by The Opera Company. In December that year, he was Cobweb in Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis. That performance was recorded commercially by Philips.

In the summer of 1997, David Newman sang his first adult role, at the Almeida Theatre, London, in a new work called Dokumentation 1 by Helmut Oehring. Oehring next wrote an opera, Requiem, with David's voice in mind and in 1998 David gave the work its world premiere at the Opera Bastille in Paris. Requiem toured Europe and was recorded live in Germany for the Col Legno label. In the same year, David toured Holland in Oehring's Polaroids.

In 1999, David Newman became a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music and in September 2000 began full-time study at the Royal Academy of Music with Elizabeth Ritchie and Antony Saunders. At the RAM, he sang in choral works and opera scenes and gave solo recitals. David is a keen pianist and maintains a very high standard of keyboard performance. In July 2003, David Newman was a prizewinner in the Isabel Jay Soprano Competition. In March 2004, in his home town of Chichester, he won second prize against fifteen competitors from leading UK conservatories in the John Warner Memorial Prize competition. David took his B.Mus.(Hons.) degree at the RAM in 2004. David Newman spent a year in Switzerland, studying with Evelyn Tubb and Andreas Scholl at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.He is now based in England. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Concerto delle Donne refers to the three celebrated singing ladies of the court of Duke Alfonso of Ferrara in the 1580s. The duke was such an enthusiast of the female voice that he gathered together a concerto delle donne comprising the finest sopranos of the day, famed throughout Italy for the beauty of their voices and their ability to execute the most elaborate ornamentation. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Born in Manchester, mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson read Classics with a Choral Scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge. She subsequently took up a scholarship to study at Trinity College of Music, London, where she won the Early Music, Lieder, English Song and Oratorio/Cantata Prizes.

Now established as a soloist specialising in Renaissance and Baroque music, Clare is in demand with many distinguished conductors and ensembles. In particular, she has performed in many of the world’s major concert venues, from the Hong Kong Philharmonic to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, with The English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (including her recent debuts at the Royal Albert Hall singing Grandi and Rigatti, and the Royal Opera House singing Mozart). With Gardiner she has also sung Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Magnificat and Mass in B Minor around Europe, Handel’s Dixit Dominus in the USA and Purcell’s The Tempest in the Far East. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Formed in 1994 and directed by Alistair Dixon Chapelle du Roi is an ensemble of eight singers, many of whom are in the first few years of their professional careers. The choir specialises in performing and recording sacred music of the late medieval, and Renaissance periods.

Chapelle du Roi has two aims. First, to unearth music that has previously languished unseen and unheard on library shelves and that is deserving of greater prominence. Second, to help re-establish Renaissance music as repertoire that can be enjoyed by everybody by bringing it to wider audiences. Whilst the first aim is achieved by careful research and preparation of new editions (many of which are published by the group's director, Alistair Dixon, through The Cantiones Press the second is met by giving live concerts in the UK and abroad and by making recordings and broadcasts. Chapelle du Roi places great emphasis on presenting programmes that are appealing and engaging and which allow the development of a strong rapport between audience and performers.

Chapelle du Roi is based in London, England, and in addition to accepting concert engagements it also promotes occasional concerts in and around London each year.”

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“Hailed as 'young, interesting, and someone to watch out for' by L’'Opera Magazine, Cenk Karaferya continues to thrill his audience with impeccable vocal quality and astonishing range.

In concert Cenk has appeared in Southbank Centre Purcell Room with Steven Devine and Broschi Ensemble, Centro Cultural de Belém Lisbon with Massimo Mazzeo and Divino Sospiro, London Handel Festival and Tudeley Music Festival with Stefano Molardi and I Virtuosi Delle Muse, St John’s Smith Square with Bridget Cunningham and Broschi Ensemble, London Handel Festival with Fleuri and Broschi Ensemble, Greenwich Festival of Early Music with Phillip Thorby and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and further appearances in Istanbul Baroque Festival with Istanbul Barok and Albert Long Hall with Raina Popova. ….“

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“Catherine Bott studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and then spent two years singing everything from Bach to Berio with the Swingles before beginning her solo career.

She is recognised as a virtuoso of early music: among her many recordings in this field are Bach's St. John Passion with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppaea with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Academy of Ancient Music.

In contrast, she is much in demand by contemporary composers and has premiered and recorded works by Craig Armstrong, Jonathan Dove, Michael Nyman and Errollyn Wallen.

Recent cd releases include Delectatio Angeli for Hyperion, "an utter delight, outstanding" (International Record Review) and a collection of Spanish and Moorish songs and poetry, and Convivencia, for the innovative new Fred label: "a rare commitment worthy of spoken theatre" (Gramophone).

Catherine Bott's speaking voice can regularly be heard on BBC Radio: she presents The Early Music Show on BBC Radio 3 at weekends, and is one of the hosts of R3's weekday evenings, Performance on 3. She has also presented programmes about Saint Cecilia - and Mantovani - on Radio 4. In 2007 she gave a series of talks on the life and music of Bach for a leading cultural travel company, and for passengers on Lufthansa flights she is the English voice of "Time for Classics".

She is a patron of the Portsmouth Festivities and a Governor of Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance. The GSM and D awarded her a Fellowship in 2009.”

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“Cambridge Handel Opera was founded by Andrew Jones in 1985 with the intention of presenting fully-staged productions of Handel's operas in English, and performed in a style that respects the composer's intentions and expectations in both the musical and the visual aspects of the production.

Our productions take place every two years in the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. We attract large and appreciative audiences both from the local region and from further afield: from all parts of the UK and even from abroad.

Whether you are a lover of Handel's music, or of opera in general, or a singer, or someone with an interest in opera production, we hope that you will find what you are looking for here. …“

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“Blackdowns Early Music Projects have been happening every year since 2004.  The Project was principally conceived  to draw together groups of experienced singers to work under the expert guidance of specialist music directors on programmes of infrequently performed early music (mostly pre 1720).   The singers are invited from all over Europe and the UK and spend 3 or 4 days working together on music that is performed in Blackdown Hills area venue.  The resulting choral concerts  have become a mainstream event in the Blackdowns calendar for anyone who loves renaissance or baroque vocal music.”

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“Andrew received his Master of Music in Vocal Literature and Performance from the University of Western Ontario, and then proceeded to the Royal College of Music, London, England where he obtained his graduate diploma, studying with Ashley Stafford. He has coached with such notable experts in the vocal Baroque as Dame Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Michael Chance and Daniel Taylor.

His repertoire includes performance roles in operas by Monteverdi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Hasse, Handel, Purcell and the contemporary composer Jonathan Dove. He is a founding member of The 1607 Ensemble vocal consort and My Lady’s Chamber period ensemble, was Lay Clerk in the Manchester Cathedral Choir and, from 2000–2004, a member of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. He has been a soloist in concert choral works by Purcell, Charpentier, Handel, Orff, and Bach (Mass in B Minor and St. John Passion) in the UK, France, and Canada. He was a Britten-Pears Young Artist and Brighton Early Music Festival Young Artist.

Work in 2009 includes Sorceress/Mercury in Dido and Aeneas for Opera Erratica, Toronto, and Nerone in Handel Agrippina for the Barber Opera, Birmingham.“

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“One of the leading vocal consorts in the UK, Alamire has an enviable line-up of some of the finest consort singers under the charismatic directorship of David Skinner. Inspired by the great choral works of the medieval and early modern periods, the ensemble expands or contracts according to its chosen repertoire and often combines with instrumentalists, creating colourful programmes to illustrate musical or historical themes. Recent collaborations with Andrew Lawrence-King (Peñalosa, Siglos De Oro festival, Madrid 2010; Henryʼs Music CD and 500th anniversary celebrations 2009) and QuintEssential Sackbut & Cornett Ensemble (Henryʼs Music) have been extremely well received.

David Skinner and Alamire record exclusively for Obsidian Records, for whom they have won a number of awards. In March 2010 they received critical acclaim (Gramophone Record of the Month) for their ground-breaking CD of the complete motets of the Cantiones Sacrae (1575) of Thomas Tallis and William Byrd. This is the first in the exciting project entitled Library of English Church Music - a series of 30 recordings which will explore the highlights of the repertoire.  …”

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“Aitone was formed in the autumn of 2005 and is based in the east Midlands town of Long Eaton (between Derby, Nottingham and Leicester). Although a recent collaboration, the members have a wealth of singing experience between them, both in early music and other repertoires.
 
We are a mixed a capella group singing a range of music from the 11th to the 18th centuries, including Anglo-Saxon chant, West Gallery psalmody, medieval English discant and Renaissance music.
 
Whenever possible our music is freshly edited from the original sources, providing authentic and sometimes surprising new interpretations of pieces.”

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“The Swedish soloist Susanne Rydén is one of Europe's sucessful sopranos specialising in early music. Her love and understanding of the colourful Baroque repertoire regularly has led her to work with internationally acclaimed ensembles and conductors, recent concert seasons having included the part of Dorinda in Handel's opera Orlando at the Handel Festival in Göttingen, at the Drottningholm Court Theatre in Stockholm as well as in San Fransisco under the direction of Nicholas McGegan, the St. Matthew Passion with the Nederlandse Bachvereiniging, a programme of Handel with Harry Bicket and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Stockholm, Haydn's Creation with the Kölner Akademie, Handel's Messiah with the Bach Collegium Japan under Masaaki Suzuki, concerts with Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Concerto Copenhagen, Mozart Concert Arias with the Australian Brandenburg Baroque Orchestra and Paul Dyer, and European tours with Emma Kirkby as well as Collegium Vocale and Philippe Herreweghe.
In 2009 she could be seen and heard as the soloist at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm.”

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"... During the Early Music Days in Sopron (Hungary, 1990) I attended classes of baroque singing held by Guy de Mey. I became completely passionate in baroque music, but there was no opportunity in Moscow to study thoroughly baroque singing. As I could not continue my education in European institutes, specialized in early music, I tried to learn as much as possible by listening records of the famous baroque performers, by talking and collaborating with a very few number of Moscow baroque instrumentalists with European education (and with prof. Tatiana Zenaishvili particularly), and by my own intuition.

In March 2000 I studied the Telemann vocal style with prof. Barbara Schlick and prof. Hermann Max at the 3rd Telemann Academy (Magdeburg). In June 2001 I was an active participant of the vocal courses held at the Moscow Conservatoire by prof. Sabine Kaipainen.

Between 1991 and 1995 I was soloist of the early music ensemble "Pratum Musicum". Since then I collaborate with such musicians as Tatiana Zenaishvili (harpsichord, organ), Tatiana Andrianova (organ), Antonio Gramschi (recorders), Svetlana Sheveleva (recorders), Vadim Krasnov (lute), with the Chamber Orchestra of the Moscow State University. Recently two new early music ensembles were founded by me and my musical friends: "Opella Lauta" and "La Squadriglia".

My repertoire includes a range of late renaissance and baroque songs and cantatas, some of them performed for the first time in Russia: "Leçons de Ténèbres" by François Couperin, Alessandro Scarlatti's Stabat Mater, solo cantatas by Nicolas Bernier, sacred music of Johann Rosenmüller among them could be mentioned. Apart from early music I like very much to sing Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninov, of late I sing also Russian romances from the manuscript of the 19th c. (1833) with Vladimir Markushevitch (Russian guitar). " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“NEW YORK POLYPHONY is gaining a reputation as the preeminent male classical vocal quartet in the fields of early and new music. Praised for a “rich, natural sound that’s larger and more complex than the sum of its parts” (National Public Radio), the four men deliver dynamic performances in a wide range of styles. From austere medieval melodies to cutting edge contemporary works, NYP balances refined musicianship with a uniquely modern sensibility.

Hailed as a “stunning tour through chant, polyphony and renaissance harmonies” (Minnesota Public Radio), their current CD Tudor City spent three weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard’s classical album chart. It has been featured on Danish Public Radio, American Public Radio and NPR’s All Things Considered.

NYP’s debut CD I sing the birth was released in 2007. The disc—an intimate meditation on the Christmas season—garnered unanimous praise. Gramophone Magazine named it “one of the season’s best”, BBC Music Magazine selected it as Editor’s Christmas Choice 2007, and Classic FM Magazine hailed it as “a disc for all seasons. …”

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"Founded in Oslo in 1997, trio mediaeval has developed three distinct strands of repertoire: polyphonic medieval music from England and France, contemporary works and Norwegian medieval ballads and songs. The group's initial phase was inspired by intense periods of work at the Hilliard Summer Festival in England and Germany, and subsequently with Linda Hirst and John Potter. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Valeria Mignaco began her singing studies in Argentina and obtained her classical and baroque singing Masters degree at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. She participated in workshops and masterclasses with Gabriel Garrido, Gustav Leonhardt, Richard Egarr, Elly Ameling, Jill Feldman, Carolyn Watkinson and Margreet Honig.

Finalist of the International Baroque Singing Competition of the Chateau de Chimay 2004 and the International Young Artists Presentation in Anvers (with ensemble Via Artis), she also received an Honorable Mention at the Soloists Competition of the Flemish Early Music Festival in Brugge 2005. Her duo with Alfonso Marín had a Special Mention at the Alte Musik Treff, Berlin 2005.

She has perfomed as soloist amongst others with Bachkoor Holland and Concertgebouw Kamerorkest, Cappella Amsterdam, Monteverdikoor Utrecht, Orquesta de Cámara de Rosario and Pro Música Rosario under the direction of Gabriel Garrido, Paul van Nevel, Paul McCreesh, Daniel Reuss, Charles de Wolff, Jan Willem de Vriend, Daan Admiraal and Cristián Hernández Larguía .She also collaborates with well-known vocal ensembles like Cappella Amsterdam, Huelgas ensemble and Deutsche Kammerchor.

With ensemble Via Artis she participated in the Caixa Forum Early Music Festival (Barcelona 2005); with Alfonso Marín she performed in the Burgos Early Music Festival 2005, Festival A-de-vant-garde Munchen (2005) and Leicester Early Music Festival (2006), giving many concerts in Holland, Spain, Belgium, England, Portugal, Switzerland and Argentina.“

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“Peter Dijkstra, born in the Netherlands in 1978, is one of the leading choral conductors of our time. He comes from a musical family and as a boy soprano he was invited for many solo performances, for example in opera productions like Die Zauberflöte at The Netherlands Opera Foundation in Amsterdam. He studied choral conducting, orchestral conducting and voice at the conservatories of The Hague, Köln and Stockholm, and graduated summa cum laude with decoration.

In 2002 he was awarded the Kersjes-van de Groenekamprize for orchestral conductors and the winning of the first prize at the Eric Ericson Competition 2003 in Stockholm launched his international career. Dijkstra works on a regular basis with choirs such as the Netherlands Chamber Choir, BBC singers, RIAS Chamberchoir Berlin, Collegium Vocale Gent and the Danish Radio Choir. There he displays a control of a broad repertoire, from early music to premiers of newly composed works. But he is also an appreciated guest with orchestras like the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Munich Radio Orchestra, DSO Berlin, Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra and the Japan Philharmonic. He also enjoys working with orchestras on period instruments, such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Concerto Köln. 

In the Netherlands, Peter Dijkstra is principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Chamberchoir and artistic leader of vocal ensemble MUSA (www.musa.nu), a mixed choir based in Utrecht. And having been artistic leader of vocal ensemble The Gents for 7 years (www.thegents.nl), he is now their first guest conductor. …”

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“After having been a student in mathematics at the Leiden University, Nico van der Meel decided to become a professional musician. He initially studied choral conducting at the Rotterdam Conservatory, but from 1982 he studied singing with professor Margreet Honig. He concluded his studies cum laude in 1987, after which he took part in masterclasses with Evelyn Lear, Ruud van der Meer, Robert Holl, Elly Ameling and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf amongst others. In the past few years he has been invited as a teacher to several summercourses, like the "La Caixa" Curso Internacional de Música. ..

Nico van der Meel is a member of the ensemble Camerata Trajectina, which is recognized as a major advocate for Dutch music of the 16th and 17th century. With this ensemble he made more than fifteen CD's. Nico van der Meel is also the leader of the William Byrd Vocal Ensemble, a choir that is mainly occupied with a capella music from the middle ages until the 21th century. Furthermore he coaches ensembles and led projects with various groups.

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“The Egidius Quartet was founded in 1995 by four members of Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Choir. From the outset the objective was clear: the singing of Renaissance and contemporary music from the Low Countries (in the widest sense). The quartet is named Egidius, a singer in one of the most famous poems from the Middle Dutch Manuscript Gruythuyse known. ..” (Google translate)

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"In 2006, Romain Bischoff has brought together a unique group of professional singers: five soloists, each with his or her own colour and personality, reflecting the eloquent and versatile character of Compagnie Bischoff.

Compagnie Bischoff is a vocal quintet that combines the most recent and the most ancient polyphonic music in its programmes: from Ars Nova to Adriaansz. Leaving specialisms behind, the ensemble aims at a musical dialogue within the rich vocal repertoire of seven centuries.

The Compagnie has found its own esthetics in the characteristics of the individual singers, and uses these in unexpected metamorphoses and combinations, ranging from solo and duet to quintet.

Compagnie Bischoff made its debut during the Holland Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in August 2006, in two concerts in Vredenburg. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"STEFANO TORELLI countertenor
Born in Parma (Italy)
Degree in classical Philology
Musicological studies in Cremona (School for Paleography and Philology) and Milan (Armenian musicology)

He studied organ and gambaviol. As a countertenor he attended several masterclasses with , Gloria Banditelli, James Griffett of Pro Cantione Antiqua , Evelyn Tubb and Poppy Holden of the Consort of Musicke, Claudio Cavina, Cristina Miatello and Sandro Naglia. Later his teacher was Anatoli Gusev in Milan. He studied the gregorian chant with G.Baroffio and the medioeval singing with Sequentia and Pedro Memelsdorff. He's specialising in Baroque singnig in Vicenza

He sings both in ensembles and as a soloist. He has recorded more yhan ten CDs, some focusing on Renaissance polyphony and some with the ensemble stirps jesse (Milan) on gregorian chant and medioeval polyphony. He also recorded a CD a soloist with gregorian chant from an unpublished codex and Italian arias (Donati, Pergolesi, Rossini). He took part in the first recording of Rognoni's Diminuzioni for gambaviol (Symphonia).

In 1996 he founded the male vocal quartett Quadrivium who performs a repertoire going from the Medieval Music to the Baroque. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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