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"Vox Sæculorum is an organisation devoted to the custodianship of the Baroque Revival in contemporary art music.
Taking inspiration from the Accademia dell'Arcadia, a 17th century Italian scholarly society that counted Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Georg Friedrich Händel as some of its more notable members, Vox Sæculorum offers composers of the contemporary Baroque Revival a forum to showcase their work and offer criticism to other like-minded artists. It is intended as a guild to maintain the integrity of a unique, living tradition ensuring its development and sustenance.
Vox Sæculorum is a natural outgrowth of an informal association between founding members Mark Moya, Giorgio Pacchioni, Michael Starke, and Roman Turovsky dating back to the early 1990s. As leading composers of the contemporary Baroque Revival, these four often shared musical knowledge, engaged in collaborative efforts, and offered constructive criticism of each other's work.
Unlike similar organisations that have been formed in the past, there is no ideological or philosophical slant to our activities. Our members share a common passion for writing music according to the æsthetic precepts of the Baroque era. As an organisational entity, Vox Sæculorum maintains its neutrality in the ongoing conflicts between the various currents of contemporary Western art music and does not assert the superiority of one type of music over another. There is plenty of room in the air for musical variety and it is hoped that, through the establishment of this society, the Baroque Revival takes its rightful place as a legitimate artistic movement. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style
Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 2204
"I've worked with Kevin Fryer since 1999, and together with the client we enjoy creating an overall visual scheme designed to compliment, but not compete with the instrument itself. I've applied the same sensitivity to the integrity of tonal and visual qualities in a number of highly successful collaborations with other instrument makers. " ...
Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments
Added on: Oct 29, 2005 | Hits: 2200
" La Belle Danse Baroque Dance Company was founded in 1996 under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Daniel Gariépy. The company is devoted to bringing to life the beauty of baroque dance.
Using original 18th century sources as our starting point, we also create unique, innovative works that honour the spirit and traditions of the past while building bridges to new audiences today. Our performances have been hailed by the critics as: "stylistically flawless and lovely to behold."
"The eight dancers of La Belle Danse were perfectly in tune with the period style, and enhanced and illustrated the emotions of the music."
Combining the ethos of baroque dance with our own contemporary creativity, we seek to foster an understanding and appreciation of this unique art form. We strive to create and perform works that are accessible, enlightening and inspiring. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Early Dance
Added on: Sep 07, 2008 | Hits: 2136
... in this online shop you will find all strings you need for your plucked or bowed instrument
- strings for historical plucked instruments: lutes, Theorboe, baroque guitar,
romantic guitars, renaissance guitares, Vihuela, baroque mandolin - strings for historical bowed instruments: viols, pardessus, violone , baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello
- strings for Aoud & Saz
- strings for modern bowed instruments
- guitar strings
- harp strings
- some predefined search pages will help you to need only a short time to find the correct strings "
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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)
Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 2124
"Philippe Grisvard was born in Nancy in 1980. There he studied piano and oboe before entering the harpsichord class of Anne-Catherine Bücher. In 1999 he got into the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he studied harpsichord and basso continuo with Jesper Christensen, and pianoforte with Edoardo Torbianelli. From 2002 he's called to join La Cetra (Barockorchester Basel) where he has played under the direction of René Jacobs, Jordi Savall, and participated as continuist and répétiteur to Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea and Rameau's Les Paladins with Konrad Junghänel. After getting his diploma in 2003, he becomes the regular harpsichordist of the ensemble Harmonie Universelle, leaded by Florian Deuter; with this group he plays as continuist and soliste threw Europe and US and made two recordings for eloquentia - Telemann and Fasch quartets and quintets (EL 0502) and Pachelbel's works for strings (EL 0606). Now Philippe lives in Paris and plays regulary with Vincent Dumestre's Le Poème Harmonique, with whom he participated since 2006, among other projects, to Molière and Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", staged by Benjamin Lazar, and plays with Le Concert d'Astrée (Emmanuelle Haim) and The Chamber Orchestra of Europe. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards
Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 2066
“Hello, welcome to the Hurdy-gurdy Forum. We are an online group for hurdy-gurdy players and enthusiasts. Hopefully you will make some great gurdy friends here, chat about tunes, events, workshops and strings and fluff. Swap information and stories and so on, and learn more about the best instrument ever!“
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Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists
Added on: Jun 05, 2010 | Hits: 2033
"Carolina Pro Musica Early Music Ensemble
* Established in 1977 to promote performance of music written before 1800
* Performs with historic instruments and/or copies and voices
* Uses performance styles of the period in which the music was written
* Has presented a concert series in Charlotte since 1978. "
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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts
Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 1926
This is a forum for serious fortepianists, professional and amateur, as well as builders and restorers of fortepianos. Other topics could include performance practice,interpretation and technique, tuning, care and maintenance of historical pianos, recordings on historical pianos. Courtesy and respect toward all participants is encouraged. ...
Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists
Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 1911
Clavichord discussion list/forum.
Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists
Added on: May 14, 2008 | Hits: 1841
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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America
Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 1690
"Marieke Spaans (b. 1972) strives for the maximum in musical expression and dialogue, combined with a thorough knowledge of early music practice. The result is a sparkling performance, full of spontaneity and deep emotions, driven by a boundless passion for the music of the 17th and 18th century.
Last student of Gustav Leonhardt, in 1997 she received her Concert and Teaching diplomas, after five years of study with this grand master of the harpsichord. Coming from this school of harpsichord playing, the keys to her performances are a refined and dynamic touch, historical awareness and respect for the composer and his intensions. Besides her harpsichord studies she studied organ and church music with Hans van Nieuwkoop and Wolfgang Zerer. She attended many master-classes, and received important impulses from musicians such as Lars-Ulrik Mortensen and Jesper Christensen. Currently she is also concentrating on fortepiano.
She was prizewinner at several renowned competitions, in 1997 at the harpsichord competition of NDR Hamburg, in 2000 at the Musica Antiqua Competition of the Flanders Festival in Bruges and at the Competition “Premio Bonporti” in Rovereto.
Marieke Spaans performs in Europe as soloist and as partner of the outstanding violinists John Holloway and Anton Steck. Her recording of W.A.Mozart's opus 1 together with Anton Steck received many rewards of the press (f.ex. "an absolute discografical highlight!" – www.klassik.com)
Marieke Spaans is Professor for Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Institute for Early Music of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen (Germany). Before her appointment in Germany she taught at the Conservatories of Amsterdam (1994-2000) and Rotterdam (1997-2000). She teaches regularly at courses all over Europe."
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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards
Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 1574
“As a recorder player being principally autodidact, Antonio Politano took Salvatore Sciarrino and Heinz Hollinger as his musical models - the former in the innovative concept of the form, the time and the sound in music, the latter as a performer of the wind instruments, and also as an integrated musician which means a performer and a composer at the same time. Since he left the school at the age of 14 and didn't get any institutional diplomas, he took some private recorder lessons with Amico Dolci, Conrad Steinmann and Kees Boeke.
From the very beginning, he has been attracted to the new music, which naturally led him to experiment on the instrument to discover many new sounds of the recorder. Meanwhile, he has always continued to play and study the early music through reading various treatises applying them thoroughly in the most practical way in performing.
His approach to the early music as a performer whose first aim is to convey the expression in music has rendered him the most essential realization in his playing -the sound of the instrument as a human voice. No matter what music he plays - either early music or contemporary music, his reference to the human voice made him develop unique technique and phrasing. The technique never separate from music, the sound being realized only after the musical intention.“
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Category: Contemporary Early Music
Added on: Mar 01, 2012 | Hits: 1471
"The mission of the Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is to promote and enrich public understanding and appreciation of early music in New York City.
GEMS will achieve its mission by
♦ providing administrative, marketing, and financial services to professional and amateur early music organizations based in the City;
♦ increasing the public's awareness of and access to early music events;
♦ producing concerts, seminars, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, and scholarly forums by New York City based individuals and organizations;
♦ acting as a liaison among performers, presenters, instrument builders, scholars, teachers, the general music industry, and educational institutions interested in early music; and
♦ disseminating information concerning the publication, performance and recording of early music."
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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations
Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 1429
"Born in the summer of 2004, thanks to the historical dance courses organised by Alia Music and conducted by Lucio Paul Texts, Alt (r) Dança is a group of ancient dance that seeks the reconstruction of original music and choreography taken by first treated the "masters of dance" (Dominic from Piacenza, William Jew, Antonio Cornazano, Fabrizio Caroso, Cesare Negri, etc.)
Since its inception the group has participated in dinners, events and exhibitions of medieval and Renaissance music, and now works steadily with Alia Music, occupying an important role in the Review devoted to "Music in the places of ancient Via Francigena." (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Early Dance
Added on: May 17, 2008 | Hits: 1428
Site listing composers of early music written in the traditional early music styles. Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style
Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 1405
"A discussion list for those interested in historical (pre-Boehm) flutes: renaissance, baroque, classical or romantic. Postings must be related to the history, performance, or making of historical flutes. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists
Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 1391
“Friends of Square Pianos is a sort of on-line club for owners, potential owners, and friends of - Square Pianos!
We are also happy to welcome owners of very old grand pianos – say before about 1840 – as they do not seem to have a website of their own.
Our aim is to encourage ownership and enjoyment of these historic instruments, and to help owners to keep them in playing condition. There is a special pleasure in playing (and hearing) music played on the instruments for which it was composed. ..“
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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards
Added on: May 14, 2009 | Hits: 1350
“Peter Kooij started his musical career at 6-years-old as a choir boy and sang many solo soprano-parts in concerts and recordings. He started his musical studies however as a violin student. This was followed by singing tuition from Max van Egmond at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, which led to the award of the diploma for solo performance.
He has been an active soloist in many concerts all over the world in the most important concert-halls like Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Carnegie Hall New York, Royal Albert Hall London, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Berliner and Kölner Philharmonie, Palais Garnier Paris, Suntory and Casals Hall Tokyo, where he performed with famous conductors like Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, Roger Norrington and Iwan Fisher.
His wide repertoire contains all kind of music from Schütz to Weill and he has made over 130 CDs for Philips, Sony and Virgin Classics, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, EMI and BIS. He was invited by BIS to record the complete Bach cantatas, passions and masses with the Bach Collegium Japan under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki.
Peter Kooij is the artistic director of the "Ensemble Vocal Européen". From 1991 to 2000 professor at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. From 1995 to 1998 Lehrauftrag at the Musikhochschule in Hannover. Since 2000 Professor at the Tokyo University of fine Arts and Music. From September 2005 professor at the Royal Conservorium in Den Haag. He was invited to give master classes in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Finnland and Japan. “
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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice
Added on: May 09, 2009 | Hits: 1346
"Hannelore Devaere studied historical harp at the Akademie für alte Musik, Bremen, with Andrew Lawrence-King. Her main focus is on music of Spain and Italy from the Renaissance and Baroque periods . As a soloist she can be heard in many recordings and is often featured on national radio. As a continuo player, she records regularly with many national and international ensembles, including Zefiro Torna, Romanesque, Elyma and Al Ayre Espanol. Hannelore is also a musicologist specialized in 16th- and 17th-century iconography and organology; as such, she has worked for the Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels. She is a very active lecturer at symposia and music festivals, and is a published scholar.
Hannelore teaches the harp, continuo, improvisation and primary-source reading at the music schools of Tielt, Knokke and Woluwé (Brussels). She is often invited to give masterclasses in Belgium (Festival Van Vlaanderen) and abroad.
Hannelore was the first harpist on record to perform on the ice cap in the Antarctica and has a landing spot under her own name. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings
Added on: Jul 15, 2008 | Hits: 1322
“Activities:
- We play fortnightly at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 207 Davey St
- We have an Annual Concert, normally in Hobart
- We usually have one or two Weekend Workshops per year and recent instructors have been:
- Anthony Roland-Jones (UK)
- Robyn Mellor (Canberra)
- Glyn Marillier (Perth)
- Ruth Wilkinson (Melbourne)
- David Bellugi (Italy)
- Roy Sansom & Roxanne Layton (USA)
- Colin Touchin (UK)
- Drora Bruck (Israel)
These are also Culinary extravaganzas (if you don't like the music, come for the food)“
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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)
Added on: Apr 18, 2009 | Hits: 1295
"hough officially founded in 1973, the publishing firm of Arnaldo Forni began its operations back in the early sixties. Ever since then, owing to the quantity and quality of its output, it has held a leading position in the facsimile reprinting market.
The basis of the firm's publishing activities was the long and wide experience of the antique books market of its founder, Arnaldo Forni. The main incentive to transfer this experience from the commercial sector to that of industrial production was the increasing scarcity of antique books in the post-War years, as well as a growing demand, which could never hope to be satisfied by the available supply of original editions. Hence the decision to reproduce the original texts in limited editions, to be sold slowly over the years. Those were also years in which people were rediscovering the pleasure of reading, and particularly of reading books about one's "roots". From the very start, therefore, many of the Forni reprints were historical volumes on the towns, cities and regions of Italy." See website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers
Added on: Mar 11, 2008 | Hits: 1186
"Polyphony.com is a Web based concert listing of all early music and historically informed performances held within the greater New York City metropolitan area, including New York State, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
We define early music as all European influenced music, both vocal and instrumental, composed prior to 1900's and performed on original instruments or historically informed replicas.
Polyphony.com is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of historical performance by providing services and information that empowers performers and enhances the audience experience. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals
Added on: Aug 05, 2008 | Hits: 1186
"Amherst Early Music is the largest and most comprehensive teaching music festival for historical performance in the world. Held at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, for two weeks in July, our diverse programs include Recorder, Viol, Voice, Baroque Strings, Harpsichord, Reeds, Brass, Lute, Harp and Historical Dance. International faculty and staff provide high quality instruction and concerts for early music at all levels. In addition, audition-only special programs such as the Amherst Baroque Academy and Virtuoso Recorder provide advanced training for the serious amateur and the pre-professional musician. Weekend workshops are provided year-round featuring the world's finest early music artists. " ...
Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America
Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 1178
"Johan Hofmann studied the harpsichord with Jacques Ogg and Siebe Henstra . His repertoire encloses works from the 16th, 17th, and 18th century as well as contemporary, although he specializes in music from the early and mid baroque period. His interpretations are grounded in thorough theoretical and organological knowledge and are at the same time renowned for their spontaneity and purity of style.
He gave concerts in Austria , Denmark , France , Germany , Italy , Scotland , Spain , The Tsjech Republic, The United States and Sweden . In the Netherlands he regularly plays with ensembles and orchestras like The Northern Consort, Cappella Groningen, the Brabants Kamerkoor, Ensemble Occhio di Falcone (with Judith van Wanroij, Susanne Braumann and Bert Honig), the Combattimento Consort and cappella Frisae. Johan Hofmann also performed with distinguished players like Michael Chance, the Egidius Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Paul Leenhouts, Xenia Meijer, Robert Muuse and Marc Pantus. ...
Johan Hofmann teaches an international harpsichord class at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen. At the same institute he teaches thoroughbass and chambermusic. At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Johan Hofmann teaches harpsichord and thoroughbass as minor subjects, and lectures the course “Harmony in Performance Practice”. He is also regularly invited by the conservatories in Tilburg, Zwolle, Arnhem and Enschede and gives courses in the Netherlands as well as abroad. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards
Added on: Apr 16, 2008 | Hits: 1153
"Tatsuo Takahashi was born in 1952 in Tokyo. His grandfather was a master furniture artisan who lived through the Art Deco period in his youth, and his two uncles are also furniture artisans of the highest level.
In such an environment, Takahashi was able to develop woodworking skills and an intimacy with the spirit of wood from a young age. He took interest in the harpsichord as a 17 year-old high school student, and gradually began researching the instrument. He was only 20 years old when he finished building his first harpsichord, during his days as a student at the Musashi Institute of Technology. Since then, he has continued to build harpsichords and clavichords using his own unique methods. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments
Added on: Apr 09, 2007 | Hits: 1142
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