Since its founding in 1981 by Helmuth Rilling, the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart has been dedicated to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach through benchmark-setting performances and vibrant educational initiatives. This mission also embraces the music of Bach’s contemporaries, as well as his predecessors and successors. With Bach at its core, the Bachakademie’s repertoire encompasses sacred vocal music, oratorios, and choral symphonic works from the 17th century to the present day.
Since 2013, the institution has been led by conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann, who in 2016 unified the former ensembles Gächinger Kantorei (choir) and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (orchestra) into a newly restructured ensemble consisting of a reformed choir and a newly founded Baroque orchestra under the name Gaechinger Cantorey. In this ensemble, a Baroque orchestra and a carefully selected choir form a finely tuned original-sound ensemble. Under the direction of artistic director Hans-Christoph Rademann, the ensemble has made it its mission to promote an internationally recognized “Stuttgart Bach style.”
The Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart, a two-week festival, brings together young and seasoned artists from around the world who devote themselves to Bach and his era. Additionally, the Bachakademie maintains its own subscription concert series in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg and is actively engaged in a busy concert schedule both nationally and internationally.
“What Hans-Christoph Rademann, his Gaechinger Cantorey, and the carefully selected soloists reveal here in terms of vocal-instrumental balance, tonal refinement, and rhetorically informed artistry surely represents the pinnacle of historically informed performance today!”
concerti, 13 november 2023
“To the audience of 2023, it spoke directly from the heart.”
Concerto Copenhagen (CoCo) combines artistic authenticity and innovation through original and uncompromising interpretations that breathe new life into music, making it relevant for a modern audience. Since 1999, the collaboration between CoCo and Lars Ulrik Mortensen has led to an exciting artistic and musical journey, highly praised by audiences and critics worldwide. With a unique repertoire that blends well-known European music with lesser-known works of Scandinavian origin, as well as new compositions, CoCo celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2021.
“During the Adagio, I even had the feeling that the composer was perched on the conductor’s shoulder to congratulate him!”
bachtrack, 23 july 2022
„Festive music in the best sense.”
concerti, 18 April 2023
PROJECT 26/27
Dates upon request PÄRT AND HÄNDEL
To mark Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday, Concerto Copenhagen and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Grammy Award-winner Tõnu Kaljuste, come together to combine works by the celebrated composer with pieces by one of his great inspirations, George Frideric Handel. Performing Pärt’s music on period instruments promises a unique sonic experience – especially in combination with the voices of a choir renowned for its outstanding interpretations of this repertoire.
A. Pärt: Silouan’s Song / Festina Lente für Orchester Trisagion / Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten für Orchester Stabat Mater / Berliner Messe für Chor und Orchester G. F. Händel: Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 5 for orchestra / Dixit Dominus for soloists, choir and orchestra
Tõnu Kaljuste, musical direction / Concerto Copenhagen / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
PHANTASM, an award-winning consort of viols, was founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus. The ensemble quickly set a new standard for consort playing internationally both in the depth of its interpretations and its commitment to flawless string technique.
The winner of three Gramophone Awards among other prominent citations, the consort has travelled the world over, performing on concert series and in festivals throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Phantasm’s performances and over 20 recordings have garnered steady praise with critics singling out their ‘intensity and homogeneity of tone and their acuity to the music’s ever-active emotional flux’. Their most recent honours are the 2017 Gramophone Award for Early Music and the 2017 Diapason d’or de l’année bestowed for their recording of Dowland’s Lachrimae.
The members of Phantasm (from the UK, Finland and Germany) were Consort-in-Residence at the University of Oxford and Magdalen College from 2005 to 2015. In 2015, the group’s art activity shifted to Berlin.
In March 2025, Phantasm is launching its own concert series POLYPHONIC ENCOUNTERS at St Elisabeth Church in Berlin. Under the title The Well-Tempered Consort, the opening concert on 14 March 2025 will be dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach. With works by the English composers Orlando Gibbons, John Jenkins and Henry Purcell, the concerts of the 2025/26 season offer an opportunity to discover new musical territory.
August – 7 September 2026 and upon request SECRET BYRD– AN IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE BY CANDLELIGHT
Secret Byrd was jointly commissioned by St Martin-in-the-Fields and the Washington National Cathedral to mark the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death in 2023. Byrd was a defiant Catholic whose five-part Mass was written for fellow believers who worshipped in secret, risking torture or death. In Secret Byrd, one of his clandestine Masses is brought to life – performed by two of the most renowned specialist ensembles in this repertoire: Phantasm Viol Consort and The Gesualdo Six.
Bill Barclay, künstlerischer Leiter / Phantasm Viol Consort / The Gesualdo Six
Works by W. Byrd
16 – 22 September 2026 and upon request SONGS AND FANTASIES – The 400th Anniversary of John Dowland’s Death
This programme honours the legacy of the incomparable composer John Dowland in his anniversary year, celebrating the union of words and music in England and Italy through contrasting vocal and instrumental polyphony from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. In the unmatched songs of John Dowland and William Byrd, alongside the proto-baroque madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries, the expressive power of the texts is brought vividly to life through the collaboration between the distinctive tenor Ian Bostridge and the elegant phrasing of the Phantasm viol consort. Instrumental fantasias and dances by Byrd, John Ward, and Tarquinia Merula complement the vocal works, weaving a rich tapestry of poetic expression..
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Works by J. Dowland, W. Byrd, C. Monteverdi, J. Ward und T. Merula
Availability upon request The Art of Being Human with Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol and musical direction / Alexander Polzin, visual concept / Sommer Ulrickson, choreography / Dance: Saeed Hani Moeller, Sami Similae, Yamila Khodr, Camille Jackson, Rodolfo Piazza
The Art of Being Human is an exploration of how it feels to be alive and to exist among others, in relationships that are perfectly expressed through the polyphony of Early Music – its dissonances and harmonies – and reflected in the movement of dancers’ bodies, in a performance that offers profound insights into the very meaning of life. The Art of Being Human was commissioned by Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, where it was premieredn successfully in March 2023.
With works by William Byrd, John Dowland, William Lawes, Henry Purcell and others
“Dreyfus therefore calls the evening ‘challenging’, but the ensemble succeeds in this challenge brilliantly.”
BYRD COMPARED: BYRD AND ENGLISH SONG 10 January 2024, Wigmore Hall 24 Sepember 2024, Musikverein Wien
Works by William Byrd, John Dowland, Thomas Tallis, Carlo Gesualdo
Phantasm Viol Consort / Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol and musical direction / Anna Prohaska, soprano
“At the Wigmore Hall, her way with music from the English and Italian Renaissance was characterised by impeccable assurance and deep sincerity, her tone a mixture of silk and silver, the words etched with admirable restraint.”
The Guardian, 11 January 2024
„Together with the marvellously well-attuned viol consort Phantasm, this gave rise to an intimate evening that appealed not only to fans of early music.”
Die Presse, 24 September 2024
THE ART OF BEING HUMAN 23, 24, 25 March 2023, Pierre Boulez Saal 18 June 2023, Aldeburgh Festival 12 March 2025, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Works by William Byrd, John Dowland, William Lawes, Henry Purcell and other composers
Phantasm Viol Consort / Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol and musical direction / Alexander Polzin, visual concept / Sommer Ulrickson, choreography / Dance: Saeed Hani Moeller, Sami Similae, Yamila Khodr, Camille Jackson, Rodolfo Piazza
“Dreyfus describes the evening as “demanding,” but the ensemble rises to the challenge with great aplomb.”
rbbkultur, 24. März 2023
„This mesmeric show was physically daring, liberating all ideas of gender and inviting acceptance of difference… The impact was provocative and ethereal.”
La Folia – this term of the baroque era focusses on wildness, fury, jollity and generally on an artistic attitude of liberality and excessive creativity.
Since their foundation in 2007 the La Folia Barockorchester vitalises on period instruments the international music scene. Whether in a chamber music instrumentation or with baroque opulence, whether with instrumental music or together with vocal soloist – the aspiring young orchestra under the direction of the violinist Robin Peter Müller stands for energetic and overwhelming interpretations of the music from the 17th and 18th century. Historically informed the musicians are looking for opportunities to transfer the emotions and contents of the past centuries into contemporary interpretations which have thrilled both audience and critics alike.
The ensemble cooperates regularly with renowned instrumentalists and singers like Hille Perl, the Vienna Boys’ Choir, Regula Mühlemann, Mahan Esfahani and Jan Vogler, Dorothee Oberlinger, Dorothee Mields, Anna Prohaska, Maurice Steger and Stefan Temmingh.
Founder and director Robin Peter Müller, born in Dresden, is one of the most sought-after musicians of his generation performing on period as well as on modern violin.Within a short period he led La Folia Barockorchestra to international reputation.
„Standing Ovations für einen überragenden Countertenor mit einem erlesenen Orchester und für ein spannendes, die interpretatorischen Grenzen durchaus tangierendes Programm.“
28 September – 11 October 2026 CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN DEATH – Dances of Death and Love (Not Only) in Times of Plague
Pandemics have accompanied humanity throughout history. Across different cultures, they have always been artistically reflected upon, and in music—spanning the last 500 years — we find a rich variety of laments, dances, folk songs, arias, and cantatas. Yet all these works share one thing in common: they are a powerful affirmation of life, which Anna Prohaska, Robin Peter Müller, and the La Folia Baroque Orchestra come together to celebrate.
Anna Prohaska, soprano
Works by O. v. Wolkenstein, R. Kaiser, J.h. Schmelzer, B. Strozzi, S. Rossi, div. Volkslieder and others
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA 01 – 22 December 2023, Theater an der Wien
Paul Schweinester, Don Anchise / Carina Schmieger, Violante / Adrian Autard, Contino Belfiore / Michaella Cipriani, Arminda / Valerie Eickhoff, Cavaliere Ramiro / Elisabeth Freyhoff, Serpetta / Anton Beliaev, Roberto / Clemens Flick, conductor / Anika Rutkofsky, stage direction / Adrian Stapf, stage and costumes / Franz Tscheck, light design / Bettina Bartz, dramaturge
W.-A. Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera
In his opera LA FINTA GIARDINIERA, the then 18-year-old Mozart was already exploring one of his central themes – the tension between faithful partnership and erotic temptation, as well as emotional turmoil. Under the musical direction of Clemens Flick, the La Folia Baroque Orchestra followed Mozart’s intricate paths through the labyrinth of feelings and passions at the Wiener Kammeroper.
10 Sep 2021 Harbour Front Literaturfestival, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Robin Peter Müller, direction & violin / Anna Prohaska, soprano / Carolin Emcke, text
Anna Prohaska and the La Folia Barockorchester provided musical answers to questions between love and loss from eight centuries. Together, the author and the musicians celebrated “Celebration of Life in Death” on that evening at HARBOUR FRONT SOUNDS and gave expression to hope and grief in times of pandemic.
Il Giardino Armonico, founded in 1985 and conducted by Giovanni Antonini, has long established itself as one of the world’s leading period instrument ensembles, bringing together musicians from some of the most important music institutions in Europe. The repertoire of the ensemble focuses mainly on works of the 17th and 18th centuries. Depending on the requirements of the program, the ensemble consists of three to 30 instrumentalists.
Il Giardino Armonico is regularly invited to festivals all over the world, performing in the most important concert halls, and received the highest acclaim for both their concerts and their staged opera productions, like Monteverdi’s Orfeo, Händel’s Agrippina, Il Trionfo del Tempo del Disinganno and La Resurrezione, Vivaldi’s Ottone in Villa, as well as Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto at the Salzburger Festspiele and Pfingstfestival in 2012.
Il Giardino Armonico is regularly invited to festivals all over the world, performing in the most important concert halls, and received the highest acclaim for both their concerts and their staged opera productions, like Monteverdi’s Orfeo, Händel’s Agrippina, Il Trionfo del Tempo del Disinganno and La Resurrezione, Vivaldi’s Ottone in Villa, as well as Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto at the Salzburger Festspiele and Pfingstfestival in 2012.
The most recent projects include the recording of Haydn’s The Creation in collaboration with the Bavarian Radio Chorus, published by Alpha Classic in October 2020.
„The clarity of the orchestration is made transparent and gleaming by the soloists of Il Giardino Armonico, who also make the most of every joke or surprise.“
18 – 21 February 2027 and summer 2027 upon request
IL VIAGGIO DEL PRINCIPE An extraordinary concert project presented by Il Giardino Armonico and the Bavarian Radio Chorus — as exceptional as the journey undertaken by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa in 1593 to northern Italy to meet his future second wife. Equally important to him, however, was the opportunity to meet with his fellow composers Emilio de Cavalieri and Giovanni Gabrieli during the trip, to engage in discussions about compositional matters. This program is conceived as a journey into the mind and emotions of Gesualdo and his time.
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini, conductor
C. Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsoria / Works by Emilio de Cavalieri, Giovanni Gabrieli and other composers from that period
06 March 2023, Konzerthaus Berlin 07 March 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Giovanni Antonini, conductor / Fatma Said, soprano
JA. Vivaldi: Concerto per archi in e minor RV 134 / Sinfonia in b minor “al Santo sepolcro” RV 169 C. Monteverdi: Lamento di Arianna D. Castello: Sonata decimasesta a quattro in Do A. Vivaldi: Gelido in ogni vena (10′), Gelosia P. A. Locatelli: Concerto grosso “Il Pianto di Arianna” J. Haydn: Arianna a Naxos
10 + 11 May 2019, Herkulessaal der Residenz, München 13 May 2019, Mozartfest Augsburg 14 May 2019, Konzerthaus Wien 23 June 2019, Soli Deo Gloria – Braunschweig Festival 28 June 2019, Rheingau Musik Festival Giovanni Antonini, conductor / Anna Lucia Richter, soprano / Maximilian Schmitt, tenor / Florian Boesch, bass baritone / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
J. Haydn: The Creation Hob. XXI:2
14. November 2018, Konzerthaus Berlin Il Giardino ArmonicoGiovanni Antonini, conductor / Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Works by A. Vivaldi, L. Francesconi, S. Movio, A. Cattaneo
26. + 7. August 2018 „Serpent & fire“ Giovanni Antonini, conductor / Anna Prohaska, soprano
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra looks back on a success story lasting almost thirty years and is a popular guest at the most important concert halls and opera houses. A glance at the ensemble’s concert calendar shows a diverse repertoire played at a variety of venues, ranging from the Baroque to the musical present and from Freiburg to the Far East. The Freiburgers’ artistic credo, however, remains unchanged: the creative curiosity of each of them, with the intention of playing a composition in as lively and as expressive a manner as possible.
Under the artistic directorship of Gottfried von der Goltz and Kristian Bezuidenhout, and under the baton of selected conductors, the FBO presents it-self with about one hundred performances per year in a variety of formations from chamber to opera orchestra: a self-administrated ensemble with its own subscription concerts at Freiburg’s Concert Hall, Stuttgart’s Liederhalle, and Berlin’s Philharmonie and with tours all over the world.
Andreas Richter Cultural Consulting represents the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Asia, Great Britain, Germany and neighboring countries on request.
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra has played a significant role in shaping European music history over the past 40 years, often by launching extraordinary concert and opera projects in collaboration with internationally renowned partners. Among them are Isabelle Faust and Sir Simon Rattle, with whom the FBO will delve into the romantic sound world of Robert Schumann in the summer of 2026.
Isabelle Faust, violin / Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
R. Schumann: Ouvertüre zu „Genoveva“ op. 81 / Violinkonzert in D minor WoO 1 / Symphony no. 2 in C major op. 61
“This music, with its bewitching beauty, is not of this world.“
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21 November 2023
“All the colors of Baroque music can be heard from the orchestra pit this evening.“
taz, 21. November 2023
3 May 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / 6 May 2023, Staatstheater Wiesbaden / 30 June 2023 Philharmonie Berlin
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Max Urlacher, actor / RIAS Kammerchor Berlin / Mi-Young Kim, soprano / Anna Schaumlöffel, mezzo-soprano / Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night’s Dream op. 61 F. Schubert: Symphony no. 6 in C major D. 589(Hamburg, Wiesbaden) E. Grieg: „Aus Holbergs Zeit“ suite for string orchestra op. 40 Gottfried von der Goltz, musical direction / Barokkanerne / Concerto Copenhagen / Drotting- holms Barockensemble / Finnish Baroque Orchestra / Freiburger Barockorchester (Berlin, Nordic Lights Festival)
“It sounds like trembling and rustling in the forest, where the elves flit about.”
Hamburger Abendblatt, 5 May 2023
“When the violins, after the three magical opening chords crowned by glowing recorders, begin to whisper on gut strings, that’s when this enchantingly unreal atmosphere unfolds.”
Tagesspiegel Berlin, 1. July 2023
13 December 2022, deSingel, Antwerpen / 14 December 2022, Chiesa di San Pietro, Perugia 15 December 2022, Basilica di San Vittore, Varese / 16 December 2022, Franziskaner Konzerthaus, Villingen / 18 December 2022, Kölner Philharmonie / 19 December 2022, Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie, Berlin / 21 December 2022, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart / 22 December 2022, Konzerthaus Freiburg
MAGNIFICAT Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier, bass & leader J. S. Bach: Magnificat in E-flat major BWV 243A / J. Kuhnau: Uns ist ein Kind geboren BWV 142, Magnificat in C major
28 April 2022, Konzerthaus Freiburg / 30 April 2022, Staatstheater Wiesbaden / 03 May 2022, Kölner Philharmonie / 04 May 2022, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
FREISCHÜTZ Polina Pasztircsák, soprano – Agathe / Kateryna Kasper, soprano – Ännchen / Maximilian Schmitt, tenor – Max / Dimitry Ivashchenko, bass – Kaspar / Christian Immler, bass – Eremit / Max Urlacher, speaker – Samiel / Zürcher Sing-Akademie / Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs, conductor C. M. von Weber: Der Freischütz
“Great hit on the bull’s eye!“
Hamburger Abendblatt, 06 May 2022
“Concertante always also means theatrical with René Jacobs.”
Badische Zeitung, 30 April 2022
10 March 2020, Melbourne Recital Center Gottfried von der Goltz, leader & violin / Kris Bezuidenhout, piano L. v. Beethoven: Piano Concert no. 1 in C major op. 15 / Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major op. 19 / Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor op. 37
11 March 2020, Melbourne Recital Center Gottfried von der Goltz, leader & violin / Kris Bezuidenhout, piano L. v. Beethoven: Ouverture Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op.43 / Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major op. 58 / Ouverture Coriolan op. 62, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major op. 73
Founded in 1989, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra (FiBO) has been a pioneer in many ways throughout its history. The orchestra is known in Finland and abroad for its skilful performances, its creative approach to concert programming and groundbreaking partnerships, such as the Nordic Baroque Scene. At the core FiBO is a Baroque orchestra, but they also venture into early Baroque and Romanticism as well as Sibelius’ works and new music for period instruments. In addition to its own FiBO Records series, FiBO has made recordings with several record labels. The latest record, Il labirinto armonico (BIS), featuring Locatelli’s violin concerts with soloist Ilya Gringolts, has received significant international recognition such as Gramophone Editor’s Choice (3/2021) and Diapason d’or (5/2021).
„From the opening track onwards, elegant playing launches a programme rich in charm from Ilya Gringolts and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, all on sparkling form.“
Gramophone Magazin, 19.02.2021
„Sharp-edged playing from the Finnish Baroque Orchestra.”
Dates upon request THE DANCING FIDDLE The Finnish Baroque Orchestra, led by violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala, combines the captivating melodies of fiddle music from Kaustinen, Finland—recently inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity—with timeless suites by J. D. Heinichen and J. S. Bach.
Kreeta-Maria Kentala, violin & leader
Works by J. D. Heinichen, J. S. Bach & fiddle music from Kaustinen
30 June 2023, Nordic Lights Festival, Philharmonie Berlin Gottfried von der Goltz, musical direction / Barokkanerne / Concerto Copenhagen / Drottingholms Barocksemble / Finnish Baroque Orchestra / Freiburger Barockorchester Edvard Grieg: „Aus Holbergs Zeit“ suite for string orchestra op. 40 (30 June 2023)
1 July 2023, Nordic Lights Festival, Säälichen auf dem Holzmarkt Barokkanerne & Ragnhild Hemsing, Hardangerfiedel / Concerto Copenhagen & Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Bassbariton / Drottningholm Baroque Orchestra & Torbjörn Näsbom, Nyckelharpa / Finnish Baroque Orchestra & Petri Kumela, Barock-Gitarre / Freiburger Barockorchester L. Boccherini Grave assai & Fandago from Quintett no. 4 in D major G. 448 / A. Auvinen Excerpts from „Andalusian Panzerwagen Jazz“ / J. Haydn Presto from Symphony no. 4 D-Dur Hob. I:4 / C. Baguer Sinfonia in G major no. 16
19 August 2022, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg „Water Music“ G. F. Händel: Suite no. 2 in D major HWV 349 »Water Music« G. F. Händel: Suite no. 1 in F major HWV 348 »Water Music« G. F. Händel: Suite no. 3 in G major HWV 350 »Water Music« G. F. Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 As well as Finnish traditional works by Viljami Niittykoski
Europa Galante was founded in 1989 by its musical director Fabio Biondi, who wanted to form an Italian period instrument ensemble to play both, the baroque and classical repertoire. The ensemble has a varying structure and often performs chamber music, such as the string sonatas of Italian composers of the seventeenth century. des 17. Jahrhunderts.
The ensemble’s repertoire includes operas of Handel, such as Agrippina and Imeneo, as well as Vivaldi, including Bazajet, Ercole sul Termodonte, Oracolo in Messenia and many pre-eighteenth century instrumental works. The orchestra is widely known for its performances of the works of Alessandro Scarlatti, such as the oratorios (Maddalena, La Santissima Trinità), serenatas (Clori, Dorino e Amore) and operas including Massimo Puppieno, Il Trionfo dell’Onore, La Principessa Fedele and Carlo Re d’Allemagna. Europa Galante regularly collaborates with the Fondazione Santa Cecilia in Rome to rediscover and restore eighteenth-century Italian operas, such as Antonio Caldara’s La Passione di Gesù Cristo, Leonardo Leo’s Sant’Elena al Calvario or Gesu sotto il peso della Croce by F. di Mayo. Last season in Rome, the ensemble presented La Foresta Incantata by Francesco Geminiani, together with an animated film by Fabio Biondi and the director Davide Livermore.
Europa Galante performed in many of the world’s major concert halls and theatres, including La Scala in Milan, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall in London, Musikverein in Vienna, Lincoln Center in New York and the Sydney Opera House. The ensemble also toured throughout Australia, Japan, Europe, Canada, Israel, the USA and South America.
„… tutto aveva un senso, un’ intelligenza musicale. In tutto, questo Europa Galante si è confermata un’ orchestra che risponde come un corpo unico ma che rivelare tra le sue fila bravi solisti, quando serve. Teatro colmo pubblico un festa come a un concerto rock!”
Gazzetta di Parma, 22 October 2021
„Had Fabio Biondi made no other record, we would know from this one that he was a great violinist.“
Dates upon request EUROPE ON THE MOVE Fabio Biondi, violin & conductor
Europa Galante and Fabio Biondi present “Europe in Motion“, a program featuring composers who left their homelands and proved themselves anew far from home. It also includes works intended to introduce audiences at home to the musical styles of other nations. The program concludes with Telemann’s “Ouverture des Nations“, also known as the “Overture of the Nations.”
Works by M. Mascitti, J.-M. Leclair, J. D. Heinichen, G. F. Händel, A. Vivaldi, J. Helmich Roman, J. Myslivecek and many others
Europe around 1740
“See? It works — at least musically, with the vision of a united Europe.”
Tagesspiegel, 2018
Dates upon request FOUR SEASONS Fabio Biondi, violin & leader
F. Geminiani: Concerto Grosso „La Follia“ P. Locatelli: Concerto Grosso op. 1 no. 3 A. Corelli: Concerto Grosso op. 6 no. 4 A. Vivaldi: The four seasons
29 & 30 Juli 2023 Oberöstereichische Stiftskonzerte Works by F. Geminiani, P. Locatelli, A. Corelli, A. Vivaldi Fabio Biondi, conductor / Europa Galante /
“Vivaldi at its best, breathtaking, unprecedented, and shattering traditional listening habits – Baroque music doesn’t get any better than this.”
Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt
16 February 2022 Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / 18 February 2022 Palau de la Música Barcelona / 20 Feburary 2022 Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid / 22 Feburary 2022 Theater an der Wien C. Monteverdi: L’ Orfeo Fabio Biondi, Conductor / Ian Bostridge (Orfeo) / Monica Piccinini (Euridice, La Musica) / Marina de Liso (Messagera, La Speranza) / RIAS Kammerchor / Europa Galante / a.o.
“One can only marvel at the richness of colour in the ensemble Europa Galante, not even two dozen strong, under the direction of its concertmaster Fabio Biondi.”
Hamburger Abendblatt, 17 February 2022
“El excelente conjunto instrumental.”
opera world, 15 February 2022
20 April 2019 C. Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Fabio Biondi, conductor / Furio Zanasi, Ulisse / Sara Mingardo, Penelope / Ewa Leszczynska Ericlea / Matheus Pompeu, Giove / Coro Costanzo Porta / Walter Le Moli (stage director) a.o.
As part of the Ludwig van Beethoven Year 2020 – the 250th anniversary of the birth of the German-born Viennese master -, the Compagnia di Punto has made a recording of his first three symphonies. How is this special?
A remarkable aspect of this recording is that Beethoven’s symphonies, today considered as untouchable and virtually sacred monuments, are here performed by the Compagnia di Punto in arrangements realized by Beethoven’s contemporaries for a chamber ensemble made up of only ten instrumentalists. While this may be considered an affront to some purists, this recording will be welcomed by classical music fans with an open mind as an absolute rarity. On one hand, original arrangements of famous works reveal how loosely the “musical pantheon” could be treated during Beethoven’s time; on the other hand, they manage to cast a completely new light on musical works that are known inside out. With exceptional works such as Beethoven’s symphonies, this is an especially rewarding undertaking. Nominated for an OPUS Klassik 2020 in the category “Ensemble/Orchestra of the year”!
Compagnia di Punto plays symphonies by Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn on period instruments in a chamber music format, arranged by contemporaries Carl Friedrich Ebers and Ferdinand Ries. The symphonies can be combined with each other as desired or supplemented with other small-scale works by Beethoven.
L. v. Beethoven: Sympony no. 1 in C major op. 21, arr. by Karl Friedrich Ebers (1770-1836) L. v. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D major op. 38, arr. by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) L. v. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major op. 55, arr. by Carl Friedrich Ebers L. v. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 “Pastorale” in F major op. 68 W. A. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor KV 550 J. Haydn: Symphony no. 99 in E flat major Hob. I:99 J. Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D major Hob. I:101 A. Rosetti: Symphony in G major Murray A41 A. Rosetti: Symphony in F major Murray A35 A. Rosetti: Symphony in C major Murray A3
Complementary works by Beethoven: Serenade for flute, violin, viola op. 25, Sextet op. 81b (with 2 horns and piano), Horn Sonata
Die Sammlung André - Compagnia di Punto
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: IV. Allegro molto (Arr. for Small Orchestra by Ferdinand Ries)
