CHIEF CONDUCTOR
Orchestra
Orchestra il Pomo d’Oro
The orchestra il pomo d’oro is a group of versatile, carefully selected young musicians from all over the world, specialized in historically informed interpretation. They reunite for concerts and recordings in variable constellations, depending on the programs and the specific requirements of the instrumentation.
The orchestra’s repertoire spans from 16th to 21st century compositions.
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
Maxim Emelyanychev
Chief conductor, Il Pomo d’Oro
Principal conductor, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Shortly after his conducting debut at the age of 12, Maxim Emelyanychev was invited to conduct quite a few of the international baroque and symphonic orchestras in Russia. Then, in 2013, he became Principal Conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro and Principal Conductor of the Nizhny-Novgorod Soloists Chamber Orchestra.
In 2014, he made remarquable debut in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Sevilla Teatro de la Maestranza. These critically acclaimed performances were swiftly followed by a series of symphonic guest engagements all over Europe.
Highlights of the 2016/17 season featured a major international tour with Il Pomo d’Oro and Joyce DiDonato, his debut at the Opernhaus Zürich in Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail, and his debut at the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, which has led to three programmes a year.
In addition to his fourth visit to both the Toulouse National and the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Maxim made in 2017/18 his debut with the following orchestras: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, National de Lyon, Sinfonica di Milano LaVerdi, National de Belgique, National de Bordeaux and Saint-Petersburg Symphony.
An invitation to conduct the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Schubert Symphony no.9 on a last-minute replacement led the enthused musicians to appoint him their new Principal Conductor, effective from the autumn of 2019. And on the very first days of his mandate as Principal Conductor, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra extended his contract until 2025.
The 2018/19 season included his debut with the Antwerpen Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic orchestras. Maxim also joined Il Pomo d’Oro for a three weeks tour of Asia and the Middle East with Joyce DiDonato.
He conducted the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at two of the major international opera institutions: the Glyndebourne Festival (Handel Rinaldo, with Jakub Orlinski in the title role) and the Royal Opera House (Handel Agrippina, with Joyce DiDonato in the title role). He returned to the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Other engagements included the Berliner Konzerhausorchester, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Real Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria and the Seattle Symphony.
Maxim’s 2020/21 engagements included the Geneva Grand Theatre in Mozart’s Clemenza di Tito and the Toulouse Théâtre du Capitole in Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro. Debuts with the Orchestre de Paris, the Atlanta Symphony, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Belgian National Orchestra and the Luxembourg Philharmonic. His concerts with the Müchner Philharmoniker and the Swedish Radio Symphony have been postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19.
In August 2021 Maxim and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra were invited to the BBC Proms and to the Edinburgh International Festival, to which they return in 2022.
The highlights of his 2021/22 season see also his debut with some of the most prestigious international orchestras: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Toronto Symphony, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. They include returns to the Antwerp Symphony, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and a European tour with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, followed by appearances to the Radio-France Montpellier Festival and the Edinburgh International Festival. A tour with il pomo d’oro presented Handel’s oratorio Theodora with Lisette Oropesa in the title role.
In 2022/23 Maxim will tour the US with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and will make his debut with the New Japan Philharmonic, the Osaka Kansai Philharmonic, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and will return to the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and to the Royal Opera House in Mozart Magic Flute.
With il pomo d’oro Maxim will perform the new program of Joyce DiDonato, Eden, in Europe and the US. An instrumental program with il pomo d’oro is dedicated to Mozart symphonies.
Maxim was awarded in 2013 the Golden Mask for his participation in quality of harpsichordist to the stage production of Nozze di Figaro of the Perm Opera Theatre conducted by Teodor Currentzis (Sony Classical).
He was a recipient of the Young Talent Award 2019 in the Music Section of the Critics’ Circle.
The same year he was awarded an international Opera Award in the New Comer category.
Maxim has recorded quite a few CDs for Warner Classics/Erato at the head of Il Pomo d’Oro, among which Haydn symphonies and concertos an album with Haydn symphonies and concertos with Ricardo Minasi and In War and Peace, Harmony through music with Joyce DiDonato, CD which won the Gramophone Award 2017. For Warner Classics he has also recorded two albums with Il pomo d’oro and counter-tenor Jakub Orlinski: Facce d’Amore and Anima Sacra, as well as Handel’s opera Agrippina, with Joyce DiDonato in the title role, which won in 2020 the Gramophone Classical music Award in the Category ‚Opera‘. Eden, the new program of Joyce DiDonato with il pomo d’oro and Maxim conducting, will be released in 2022.
In 2019 his first CD with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Schubert Symphony no.9 – the very symphony of his appointment as their Principal Conductor – was released on Linn Records and was awarded 5 ***** by The Guardian, The Times and The Scotsman.
The label Aparté Music released in 2018 Maxim’s CD with Beethoven Symphony No. 3 and Brahms Haydn Variations with the Nizhny-Novgorod Soloists Chamber Orchestra. The same year was released Maxim’s first solo album of Mozart Sonatas on fortepiano which won a Choc de Classica 2018 and the ICMA 2019.
In 2021 Aparté Music released Emelyanychev’s CD of the Brahms Sonatas for piano and violin with violinist Aylen Pritchin.
Photo credit: Tessa Posthuma de Boer
VIOLIN
Nome Cognome
VIOLIN
Nome Cognome
Laura Andriani is originally from Italy, studied violin with Elena Guizzardi and Massimo Marin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Torino, where she graduated at the age of 17.
She also studied with Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Adelina Oprean (obtaining
the Solisten-Diplom at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo. She mastered in Chamber Music in England (Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London) and Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet and the Quartetto Italiano. Alongside her musical life, in 2005 she graduated in Humanities (Letters and Philosophy) with great distinction from the Università degli Studi in Turin.
Aged 20, she started being regularly invited to perform in Milano at La Scala with the Orchestra del Teatro, la Filarmonica della Scala and the Orchestra da Camera della Scala. She later obtained a position at the Teatro Regio di Torino where she played as a regular member. She has been also a regular member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and Sentieri Selvaggi. After performing as First Violin of the Andriani Quartet, Laura became the first violin of the Alcan Quartet and moved to Quebec in 2003. The Alcan Quartet’s activity and discography (including works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Gould, MacMillan, and the Complete Beethoven’s Quartets) were highly successful in Canada and internationally. As a chamber musician, Laura has performed in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and Czech Republic), Canada, the United States, China and Korea. She won several first prizes in major Italian competitions (i.e. Mantova, Vittorio Veneto).
In 1997, at the 44th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, she won the Special Jury Prize for her performance of the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio. In January 2010, the CD Chant de terre et de ciel, (Messiaen’s music; ATMA classique) won the Opus of the Year award of the Conseil québécois de la musique. Laura is one of the few current violinists to play with as much ease the repertoire from baroque to contemporary eras according to historical criteria of interpretation, with appropriate instruments and bows. In 2016, the meeting with Sigiswald Kuijken was noteworthy and she perfected with him the original technique chin-off. Since then, she regularly presents herself to the public also as a baroque violinist and she has been presenting the Complete Bach Solos. She has played with Les Idées Heureuses, Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, Tafelmusik, Il Gardellino and Il Pomo d’Oro. She has been Instructor in Baroque Violin and Ensembles at the Early Music Department at McGill University and Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal.
CELLO
Cristina Vidoni
CELLO
Cristina Vidoni
Born in Udine (Italy) in 1989, she starts playing cello at the age of 6 with Prof. E. Francescato, under the guidance of whome, she gains in 2009 the Diploma with full marks, “cum laude” and special mention at the “J. Tomadini” Music Conservatory. Beside her academic music studies, she partecipates in masterclasses and workshops with several reknown cellists, such as E. Bronzi, M. Brunello, E. Dindo, M. Flaksman, M. Scano, L. Franzetti, W. Panhofer, O. Mueller. In 2011 her cello studies go on in Switzerland, in the class or R. Rosenfeldat the Musik Hochschule Basel; here, in 2013, she gets the “Master in Music Performance”. The approach to the baroque cello dates back to many courses with W. Vestidello and it develops in years thanks to the rich old music field in Basel: the experience of Schola Cantorum in the class of C. Coin and P. Skalka let her reach again a “Master in Music Performance” (2015) for “Violoncello in Alte Mensur”.
In 2014 she plays together with Quatuor Mosaïques for the opening concert season of Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice. Several masterclasses also with M. Testori, M. Valli and M. Ceccato and frequent collaborations with baroque ensembles as Il Pomo d’oro, Ensemble Cafè Zimmermann, Ars Musica Zuerich (Sabrina Frey), Accordone Ensemble (Guido Morini), Cappella Neapolitana (Toni Florio), and with Ensemble Pulcinella (Ophélie Gaillard) also as soloist at the Festival de Sablè for a concert dedicated to Vivaldi Cello concertos.
STRUMENTO
Kristina Chalmoska
STRUMENTO
Kristina Chalmoska
Laura Andriani is originally from Italy, studied violin with Elena Guizzardi and Massimo Marin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Torino, where she graduated at the age of 17.
She also studied with Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Adelina Oprean (obtaining
the Solisten-Diplom at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo. She mastered in Chamber Music in England (Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London) and Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet and the Quartetto Italiano. Alongside her musical life, in 2005 she graduated in Humanities (Letters and Philosophy) with great distinction from the Università degli Studi in Turin.
Aged 20, she started being regularly invited to perform in Milano at La Scala with the Orchestra del Teatro, la Filarmonica della Scala and the Orchestra da Camera della Scala. She later obtained a position at the Teatro Regio di Torino where she played as a regular member. She has been also a regular member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and Sentieri Selvaggi. After performing as First Violin of the Andriani Quartet, Laura became the first violin of the Alcan Quartet and moved to Quebec in 2003. The Alcan Quartet’s activity and discography (including works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Gould, MacMillan, and the Complete Beethoven’s Quartets) were highly successful in Canada and internationally. As a chamber musician, Laura has performed in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and Czech Republic), Canada, the United States, China and Korea. She won several first prizes in major Italian competitions (i.e. Mantova, Vittorio Veneto).
In 1997, at the 44th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, she won the Special Jury Prize for her performance of the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio. In January 2010, the CD Chant de terre et de ciel, (Messiaen’s music; ATMA classique) won the Opus of the Year award of the Conseil québécois de la musique. Laura is one of the few current violinists to play with as much ease the repertoire from baroque to contemporary eras according to historical criteria of interpretation, with appropriate instruments and bows. In 2016, the meeting with Sigiswald Kuijken was noteworthy and she perfected with him the original technique chin-off. Since then, she regularly presents herself to the public also as a baroque violinist and she has been presenting the Complete Bach Solos. She has played with Les Idées Heureuses, Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, Tafelmusik, Il Gardellino and Il Pomo d’Oro. She has been Instructor
in Baroque Violin and Ensembles at the Early Music Department at McGill University and Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal.
DOUBLE BASS, VIOLA DA GAMBA
Riccardo Coelati
DOUBLE BASS, VIOLA DA GAMBA
Riccardo Coelati
Riccardo Coelati Rama graduated in 2001 in Double Bass and 2009 in Viola da gamba from the Conservatorio di Musica FE Dall’Abaco in Verona. In 2004 he was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra. His performing experience includes projects with orchestras and ensembles such as the Il Pomo d’Oro, Europa Galante, Complesso Barocco, I Barocchisti, Ensemble Aurora, Il Suonar Parlante,Gambe di Legno Consort, Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Harmony of Nations, Ensemble Zefiro, Cordia. He regularly participates in numerous radiobroadcasts and recording projects for label such as Virgin, Sony, Brilliant, Glossa, Divox.
STRUMENTO
Valentina Mattiussi
STRUMENTO
Valentina Mattiussi
Laura Andriani is originally from Italy, studied violin with Elena Guizzardi and Massimo Marin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Torino, where she graduated at the age of 17.
She also studied with Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Adelina Oprean (obtaining the Solisten-Diplom at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo. She mastered in Chamber Music in England (Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London) and Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet and the Quartetto Italiano. Alongside her musical life, in 2005 she graduated in Humanities (Letters and Philosophy) with great distinction from the Università degli Studi in Turin.
Aged 20, she started being regularly invited to perform in Milano at La Scala with the Orchestra del Teatro, la Filarmonica della Scala and the Orchestra da Camera della Scala. She later obtained a position at the Teatro Regio di Torino where she played as a regular member. She has been also a regular member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and Sentieri Selvaggi. After performing as First Violin of the Andriani Quartet, Laura became the first violin of the Alcan Quartet and moved to Quebec in 2003. The Alcan Quartet’s activity and discography (including works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Gould, MacMillan, and the Complete Beethoven’s Quartets) were highly successful in Canada and internationally. As a chamber musician, Laura has performed in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and Czech Republic), Canada, the United States, China and Korea. She won several first prizes in major Italian competitions (i.e. Mantova, Vittorio Veneto).
In 1997, at the 44th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, she won the Special Jury Prize for her performance of the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio. In January 2010, the CD Chant de terre et de ciel, (Messiaen’s music; ATMA classique) won the Opus of the Year award of the Conseil québécois de la musique. Laura is one of the few current violinists to play with as much ease the repertoire from baroque to contemporary eras according to historical criteria of interpretation, with appropriate instruments and bows. In 2016, the meeting with Sigiswald Kuijken was noteworthy and she perfected with him the original technique chin-off. Since then, she regularly presents herself to the public also as a baroque violinist and she has been presenting the Complete Bach Solos. She has played with Les Idées Heureuses, Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, Tafelmusik, Il Gardellino and Il Pomo d’Oro. She has been Instructor in Baroque Violin and Ensembles at the Early Music Department at McGill University and Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal.
STRUMENTO
Maria Bocelli
STRUMENTO
Maria Bocelli
Laura Andriani is originally from Italy, studied violin with Elena Guizzardi and Massimo Marin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Torino, where she graduated at the age of 17.
She also studied with Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Adelina Oprean (obtaining
the Solisten-Diplom at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo. She mastered in Chamber Music in England (Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London) and Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet and the Quartetto Italiano. Alongside her musical life, in 2005 she graduated in Humanities (Letters and Philosophy) with great distinction from the Università degli Studi in Turin.
Aged 20, she started being regularly invited to perform in Milano at La Scala with the Orchestra del Teatro, la Filarmonica della Scala and the Orchestra da Camera della Scala. She later obtained a position at the Teatro Regio di Torino where she played as a regular member. She has been also a regular member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and Sentieri Selvaggi. After performing as First Violin of the Andriani Quartet, Laura became the first violin of the Alcan Quartet and moved to Quebec in 2003. The Alcan Quartet’s activity and discography (including works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Gould, MacMillan, and the Complete Beethoven’s Quartets) were highly successful in Canada and internationally. As a chamber musician, Laura has performed in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and Czech Republic), Canada, the United States, China and Korea. She won several first prizes in major Italian competitions (i.e. Mantova, Vittorio Veneto).
In 1997, at the 44th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, she won the Special Jury Prize for her performance of the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio. In January 2010, the CD Chant de terre et de ciel, (Messiaen’s music; ATMA classique) won the Opus of the Year award of the Conseil québécois de la musique. Laura is one of the few current violinists to play with as much ease the repertoire from baroque to contemporary eras according to historical criteria of interpretation, with appropriate instruments and bows. In 2016, the meeting with Sigiswald Kuijken was noteworthy and she perfected with him the original technique chin-off. Since then, she regularly presents herself to the public also as a baroque violinist and she has been presenting the Complete Bach Solos. She has played with Les Idées Heureuses, Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, Tafelmusik, Il Gardellino and Il Pomo d’Oro. She has been Instructor
in Baroque Violin and Ensembles at the Early Music Department at McGill University and Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal.
VIOLIN, CONCERTMASTER
Zefira Valova
VIOLIN, CONCERTMASTER
Zefira Valova
Zefira Valova was born in Sofia. In 2006 she graduated at the National Music Academy in Sofia, having studied with Prof. Yosif Radionov and Stoyka Milanova and specialized baroque violin with Anton Steck and Lucy van Dael. From 2003 until 2008 she was concertmaster of the Classic FM Radio Orchestra and Sofia Festival Orchestra and appeared as a soloist with various Bulgarian orchestras and ensembles. In 2008 she became a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra and was concertmaster under the direction of Petra Mullejans, Ton Koopman, Roy Goodman, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Enrico Onofri. From 2011 until 2015 she was concertmaster and soloist of orchestra Les Ambassadeurs, directed by Alexis Kossenko. Since 2015 she is the concertmaster of Il Pomo d’Oro, under the direction of Maxim Emelyanychev. Zefira Valova is among the founder of the Sofia Baroque Arts Festival – the only annual event dedicated to early music and historically informed performance in Bulgaria. During the concert season 2017 – 2018 she appears as concertmaster of Il Pomo d’oro with Joyce di Donato – mezzo soprano, as leader of the performances with Franco Fagioli – counter tenor, Edgar Moreau – violoncello.
Since 2016 she is regularly conducting the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra within their early music series. She has collaborated also with the Helsinki Baroque Orchetsra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, La Chambre Philharmonique, Cordevento, B’rock and others. She has recorded for Brilliant Classics, Channel Classics, Alpha, Deutsche Grammophon, Bulgarian National Television and Radio. She plays a violin by L. and T. Carcassi from 1760, provided by Jumpstart JR.
STRUMENTO
Archimede de Martini
STRUMENTO
Archimede de Martini
Laura Andriani is originally from Italy, studied violin with Elena Guizzardi and Massimo Marin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Torino, where she graduated at the age of 17.
She also studied with Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Adelina Oprean (obtaining
the Solisten-Diplom at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo. She mastered in Chamber Music in England (Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London) and Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet and the Quartetto Italiano. Alongside her musical life, in 2005 she graduated in Humanities (Letters and Philosophy) with great distinction from the Università degli Studi in Turin.
Aged 20, she started being regularly invited to perform in Milano at La Scala with the Orchestra del Teatro, la Filarmonica della Scala and the Orchestra da Camera della Scala. She later obtained a position at the Teatro Regio di Torino where she played as a regular member. She has been also a regular member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and Sentieri Selvaggi. After performing as First Violin of the Andriani Quartet, Laura became the first violin of the Alcan Quartet and moved to Quebec in 2003. The Alcan Quartet’s activity and discography (including works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Gould, MacMillan, and the Complete Beethoven’s Quartets) were highly successful in Canada and internationally. As a chamber musician, Laura has performed in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and Czech Republic), Canada, the United States, China and Korea. She won several first prizes in major Italian competitions (i.e. Mantova, Vittorio Veneto).
In 1997, at the 44th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, she won the Special Jury Prize for her performance of the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio. In January 2010, the CD Chant de terre et de ciel, (Messiaen’s music; ATMA classique) won the Opus of the Year award of the Conseil québécois de la musique. Laura is one of the few current violinists to play with as much ease the repertoire from baroque to contemporary eras according to historical criteria of interpretation, with appropriate instruments and bows. In 2016, the meeting with Sigiswald Kuijken was noteworthy and she perfected with him the original technique chin-off. Since then, she regularly presents herself to the public also as a baroque violinist and she has been presenting the Complete Bach Solos. She has played with Les Idées Heureuses, Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, Tafelmusik, Il Gardellino and Il Pomo d’Oro. She has been Instructor
in Baroque Violin and Ensembles at the Early Music Department at McGill University and Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal.
VIOLIN
Lucia Giraudo
VIOLIN
Lucia Giraudo
Lucia Giraudo, originally from Argentina, is a baroque violinist currently living in the Netherlands. She performs regularly with ensembles such as The Netherlands Bach Society, Collegium Vocale Gent, Il Pomo d’ Oro Orchestra, Vox Luminis, Collegium 1704, Les Musiciens du Prince (Cecilia Bartoli), B’Rock Orchestra, Les Passions de l’Ame, Academia Montis Regalis, Harmonie Universelle and Capella Gabetta. She was selected for the Netherlands Bach Society’s Young Bach Fellowship, and has participated in numerous recordings of The Netherlands Bach Society “All of Bach” project. Lucia is co-founder of the ensemble Radio Antiqua (winner of the International Händel Competition Göttingen 2014 and Van Wassenaer Concours at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2016) with whom she has performed in festivals such as Monteverdi Festival, Festival d’Ambronay, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musick, Göttingen Händel Festspiele, Thuringen Bachwochen, Pavia Barocca and Istanbul Opus Amadeus Festival.
In March 2019 Radio Antiqua released its second CD “Sonate a Tre- Triosonatas by Giovanni Benedetto Platti” (Ramee, Outhere) containing unrecorded, unedited sonatas, and receiving great reviews around Europe. Lucia also enjoys performing new music, having premiered compositions in the United States, Spain, The Netherlands and Norway. She holds an Bachelor degree from Indiana University (USA) and a master degree from The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where she studied with Kati Debretzeni.
VIOLIN
Laura Andriani
VIOLIN
Laura Andriani
Laura Andriani is originally from Italy, studied violin with Elena Guizzardi and Massimo Marin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Torino, where she graduated at the age of 17. She also studied with Corrado Romano, Franco Gulli, Adelina Oprean (obtaining the Solisten-Diplom at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland) and Salvatore Accardo. She mastered in Chamber Music in England (Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and Royal Academy of Music in London) and Italy (Scuola di Musica di Fiesole) with members of the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet and the Quartetto Italiano. Alongside her musical life, in 2005 she graduated in Humanities (Letters and Philosophy) with great distinction from the Università degli Studi in Turin. Aged 20, she started being regularly invited to perform in Milano at La Scala with the Orchestra del Teatro, la Filarmonica della Scala and the Orchestra da Camera della Scala. She later obtained a position at the Teatro Regio di Torino where she played as a regular member. She has been also a regular member of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana and Sentieri Selvaggi. After performing as First Violin of the Andriani Quartet, Laura became the first violin of the Alcan Quartet and moved to Quebec in 2003. The Alcan Quartet’s activity and discography (including works by Mendelssohn, Glenn Gould, MacMillan, and the Complete Beethoven’s Quartets) were highly successful in Canada and internationally. As a chamber musician, Laura has performed in Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and Czech Republic), Canada, the United States, China and Korea.
She won several first prizes in major Italian competitions (i.e. Mantova, Vittorio Veneto). In 1997, at the 44th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini in Genoa, she won the Special Jury Prize for her performance of the Sequenza VIII by Luciano Berio. In January 2010, the CD Chant de terre et de ciel, (Messiaen’s music; ATMA classique) won the Opus of the Year award of the Conseil québécois de la musique. Laura is one of the few current violinists to play with as much ease the repertoire from baroque to contemporary eras according to historical criteria of interpretation, with appropriate instruments and bows. In 2016, the meeting with Sigiswald Kuijken was noteworthy and she perfected with him the original technique chin-off. Since then, she regularly presents herself to the public also as a baroque violinist and she has been presenting the Complete Bach Solos. She has played with Les Idées Heureuses, Caprice, Arion, Les Boreades, Tafelmusik, Il Gardellino and Il Pomo d’Oro. She has been Instructor in Baroque Violin and Ensembles at the Early Music Department at McGill University and Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal. One of her latest research highlights concerns violin postures and the historical performance of Paganini Caprices; the recording of them will be released by Passacaille in 2022.
VIOLA DA GAMBA, CELLO
Natalia Timofeeva
VIOLA DA GAMBA, CELLO
Natalia Timofeeva
Originally from Russia, Natalia Timofeeva is a versatile musician, specialized in the field of early music. She currently lives in France and works as a freelance artist, performing internationally as cellist and gambist with ensembles, such as Hesperion XXI, Il Pomo d’Oro, Armonia Atenea and L’Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles. She has graduated from Moscow State P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatory where she studied modern cello with Alexander Buzlov and chamber music at postgraduate course with prof. Tigran Alikhanov. Having been awarded a French Government’s scholarship she went to study the viola da gamba with Christophe Coin at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where she received her master degree in 2016. Natalia has toured extensively all over Europe, Russia, South and North America and she can regularly be heard in radio broadcasts and recording projects. She teaches the viola da gamba at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles.
OBOE
Ivan Podyomov
OBOE
Ivan Podyomov
Testo segnaposto
VIOLIN, VIOLA, MANDOLIN, VIOLA DA GAMBA, VIOLA D'AMORE, VIOLONCELLO DA SPALLA
Giulio d'Alessio
VIOLIN, VIOLA, MANDOLIN, VIOLA DA GAMBA, VIOLA D'AMORE, VIOLONCELLO DA SPALLA
Giulio d'Alessio
Parallel to his useless literary studies at the University of Naples, Giulio D’Alessio studied baroque music at the conservatories of Lyon and Geneva where he obtained the «Diplome de Soliste». He continued to study with Sigiswald Kuijken at the Conservatory of Brussels, where he received a Master degree in Baroque Violin. He joined Kuijken’s Petit Bande, for which he played for many years as well as Il Complesso Barocco, of which orchestra he quickly became manager. He plays the violin, viola, mandolin, viola da gamba, viola d’amore, and the violoncello da spalla, without, however, ever achieving technical and musical brilliance in any of them. His solo performances were greeted with critical silence, whether he played with “La Petite Bande”, the “Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples”, or the “Salzburg Soloist Chamber Orchestra”. This silence led to his decision to dedicate himself to other activities.
Thus in 2007, along with Ewald Demeyere, he founded the Bach Concentus orchestra, aimed at the rediscovery of the repertory of the Bach family. He also directed the staging of Handel’s Lotario and Rodelinda at the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao and created the scenes for the theater presentation, “Monologue for Editor”, written by Flavio Pagano for the “Festival of the Vesuvian Villas”. These varied and entirely schizophrenic activities have led him to approach the world of contemporary art and have led to a collaboration with the writer Flavio Pagano, leading to the creation of impressive, however useless, works of interactive art which soon will see the light of day. From 2011 he is the artistic director of Inspiratum (Antwerpen). In 2011 he founded with Gesine Lübben, the orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro. Since 2005, he has lived in Venice, where he devotes himself to the raising of his children and to row in the Venetian style. His current dream, no doubt not to be realized, is to become a gondoliere.
VIOLIN
Daniela Nuzzoli
VIOLIN
Daniela Nuzzoli
Nasce a Senigallia (Ancona). Si laurea brillantemente in violino presso il Conservatorio Statale di Musica “F.E.Dall’Abaco” di Verona sotto la guida del Maestro Walter Daga. Successivamente si diploma in canto lirico e con il massimo dei voti in Musica Vocale da Camera. Segue corsi di perfezionamento con Denes Zsigmondy a Frankfurt, con Pavel Vernikov presso la Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento di Portoguaro, con Massimo Quarta presso il Corso per solisti di Bologna. Debutta come solista con il Concerto per violino e orchestra di Samuel Barber al Teatro Filarmonico di Verona sotto la guida del maestro Enrique Mazzola.
Si appassiona alla prassi esecutiva barocca e collabora con i maggiori gruppi internazionali di musica antica (Giardino Armonico, Europa Galante, Accademia Bizantina, Talents Lyriques, Concert d’Astrée, ecc.). Si esibisce nei più importanti Teatri internazionali come: Carnegie Hall di New York, Oji Hall di Tokyo, Sidney Opera House, La Scala di Milano, Concert Gebouw di Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall e Barbican di Londra, Thêatre de Champs Elysée, Opera,Thêatre du Chatelet di Parigi, tra gli altri. Collabora con artisti come Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce di Donato, le sorelle Labèque. Svolge intensa attività concertistica esibendosi sia come violinista che cantante. Incide per diverse case discografiche come: Decca, Naïve, Emi-Virgin, Sony, Tactus. Il giornale Guardian di Londra scrive di lei: “Daniela Nuzzoli ha gloriosamente diretto l’Ensemble Le Musiche Nove che fanno parte del sorprendente sviluppo della prassi esecutiva storica in Italia che sta rapidamente diventando Paese leader nel mondo della musica barocca.”
www.danielanuzzoli.com
CELLO
Ludovico Minasi
CELLO
Ludovico Minasi
Ludovico Takeshi Minasu was born in Rome in 1984. He began his musical education at Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome with Mario Centurione, Francesco Strano and with Luigi Piovano. Since the beginning of his studies, he has developed a strong interest in the early music, and has been taught this speciality by Gaetano Nasillo at the Accademia Internazionale della Musica of Milan and by Bruno Cocset at the ESMUC (Barcelona). In 2004 he was awarded at the Van Wassenaer Concours (Den Haag). As principal cello he has performed with such renowned ensembles as “Il Complesso Barocco” (Alan Curtis), “Il Pomo d’Oro” (Maxim Emelyanichev), “Concerto Italiano” (Rinaldo Alessandrini), “Cappella Gabetta” (Andres Gabetta), “Ensemble Kapsberger” (Rolf Lislevand), “Ensemble Claudiana” (Luca Pianca), “Mare Nostrum” (Andrea de Carlo). He collaborated and played under the conduction of musicians like Enrico Onofri, Luca Pianca, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Rolf Lislevand, Zefira Valova. In 2015 he founded with Boris Begelman and Alexandra Koreneva “Arsenale Sonoro” and their first recording (Telemann sonatas recorded for Sony Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) received enthusiastic answers from the international press.
STRUMENTO
Jesus Merino
STRUMENTO
Jesus Merino
Testo segnaposto
STRUMENTO
Nicholas Robinson
STRUMENTO
Nicholas Robinson
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Francesco Corti
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Francesco Corti
Francesco Corti (Arezzo, 1984) studied organ and harpsichord in Perugia, Geneva and Amsterdam. Prized at the Bach-Wettbewerb Leipzig (2006) and at the Bruges Harpsichord Competition (2007). Member of Les Musiciens du Louvre, Ensemble Zefiro, Bach Collegium Japan, Harmonie Universelle, Concert des Nations, Les Tamens Lyriques. Conducts regularly Les Musiciens du Louvre, is invited as guest conductor by Pomo d’Oro, Holland Baroque Society and De Nederlandse Bach Vereniging. Performs as soloist all over Europre, USA, Latin America, Far East, and is invited to play in halls like the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Bozar in Bruxelles, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Tonhalle in Zürich. Solo recordings include L. Couperin, Bach’s Partitas, Mozart’s Piano Quartets and K. 488 concerto, Haydn Sonatas. Masterclasses all over the world. Since September 2016, professor of harpsichord and thorough bass at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
www.francescocorti.com
DOUBLE BASS
Jonathan Orlando Álvarez
DOUBLE BASS
Jonathan Orlando Álvarez
Jonathan Orlando Álvarez, born in Los Teques, Venezuela. Began his practices in “El Sistema”, under the tutelage of Prof. Félix Petit at the Conservatoire of Music Simón Bolívar and the Double Bass School of Venezuela, moreover, received master classes from Klaus Stoll, Janne Saksalas, Nabil Shehata or Edicson Ruiz from the Berliner Philharmoniker, among others. Was a member and guest player of the highest level symphonic orchestras of his country from an early age, playing under the conducting of José Antonio Abreu, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle or Gustavo Dudamel, among others, and touring from Norway to China concert halls. He won positions as permanent double bass at the Caracas Municipal Symphonic Orchestra (2012) and principal bass at the Simón Bolívar Baroque Orchestra (2014) getting involved in the early music with original instruments, receiving also master classes from Michael Form, and was awarded a scholarship to the Academy of Ancient Music, Brunico (2016), receiving master classes and sharing stage with Riccardo Coelati, Roberta Invernizzi or Midori Seiler. Nowadays based in Madrid, he won a first place to the Navarra Symphony Orchestra (2017) and more recently as a freelance player, works with il Pomo d’Oro Orchestra and symphonic ensembles all-over Spain, among others, going through the ancient to modern repertoire.
He’s co-founder, as well, of emerging groups as the Cantabrian Symphony Orchestra (2018) and the Humboldt Orchestra (2019) along Michael Form, and has shared stage with artists such as Péter Eötvös, Paquito d’Rivera, Lucero Tena, Anna Fedorova or Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky, Lisette Oropesa or Jakub Józef Orliński. In addition, he collaborates with nonprofit organizations such as “El Sistema” inspired programs, youth symphonic orchestras or the Spanish Red Cross, and was given during his activities in Venezuela the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador recognition.
VIOLIN, GUEST CONDUCTOR, CONCERTMASTER
Federico Guglielmo
VIOLIN, GUEST CONDUCTOR, CONCERTMASTER
Federico Guglielmo
Italian conductor and violinist Federico Guglielmo was born in Padua in 1968. He studied violin with his father and later graduated at the Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory in Venice. He attended numerous master classes in Violin, Chamber Music and Orchestral Conducting with such names as: Salvatore Accardo; Vladimir Spivakov; Isaac Stern; Trio Beaux Arts; Trio di Trieste; Amadeus Quartet; Quartetto Italiano; La Salle Quartet; and Gianluigi Gelmetti. He won many awards in several international competitions, including the 1st prize at the 1991 Vittorio Gui International Competition in Florence. Encouraged by Christopher Hogwood, he has devoted himself to the study of historically informed practice, using Baroque and Classical violins. He has conducted and performed with various string orchestras, such as: the Academy of Ancient Music in London; the Handel; Haydn Society in Boston; the Tokyo Chamber Orchestra; the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. In 1994, he founded L’Arte dell’Arco, an ensemble that specializes in Venetian music of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Federico Guglielmo has also conducted Baroque opera such as Paisiello’s La Daunia Felice , D. Scarlatti’s La Dirindina; Vivaldi’s first opera, Ottone in Villa, at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, and Piccinni’s Il finto turco, also in Vicenza.
In 2017, he worked with period instrument ensemble il Pomo d’oro for the first time, leading a concert tour with violinst Alina Ibragimova. He has performed in many of the world’s most important halls and theaters: Musikverein in Vienna; Wigmore Hall London; Società del Quartetto in Milan; Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome; Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; Herkulessaal in Munich; Carnegie Hall in New York; Suntory Hall, Opera City and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo; Izumi and Symphony Hall in Osaka; and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. He realized numeros recordings, many of which received awards and great critical acclaim. Federico Guglielmo is praised for his “sparkling virtuosity”, his “brilliant and entertaining interpretations” and his extraordinary versatility.