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.
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„That was an unforgettable evening.“
Opera, 23 March 2023
„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.“
The Guardian, 19 June 2021
„De la très belle ouvrage.“
Diapason d’Or, April 2021
PROJECTS 2027/28 – A SELECTION
9 – 20 February, 5 – 16 April, 20 August – 10 September, 24 October – 5 November 2028
THE FOUR SEASONS
Isabelle Faust, violin / Giovanni Antonini, conductor
A. Vivaldi: Violin concertos op. 8 no. 1 – 4 „The four seasons“
Isabelle Faust © Felix Broede
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PAST CONCERTS – A SELECTION
06 March 2023, Konzerthaus Berlin / 07 March 2023, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
VIVALDI – HAYDN
Fatma Said, soprano / Giovanni Antonini, conductor
A. 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
IGA & Fatma Said © Sebastian-Madej/Deutsche Klassik
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
THE CREATION
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano / Maximilian Schmitt, tenor / Florian Boesch, bass baritone / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Giovanni Antonini, conductor
J. Haydn: The Creation Hob. XXI:2
26. + 7. August 2018
SERPENT & FIRE
Anna Prohaska, soprano / Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Works by H. Purcell, C. Graupner, A. Sartorio u.a.
