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 2026/27 – A SELECTION
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
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks © Astrid Ackermann
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PAST CONCERTS – A SELECTION
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
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
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 Armonico Giovanni 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
