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Musica Antiqua Latina
baroque ensemble - Conductor: GIORDANO ANTONELLI
Giordano Antonelli - baroque cello & conductor
Luca Giardini - baroque violin
Alberto Caponi - baroque violin
Gabriele Politi - baroque violin and viola
Francesco Tomasi - theorbo and baroque guitar
Roberto Stilo - double bass and violone
Andrea Buccarella - cembalo
Luisa Di Menna - baroque violin
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"...What are the features linking together composers such as Haendel, Kapsberger, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Froberger, Muffat, Corelli in a long counting up to the Salzburg-born Mozart? People from remote lands of Europe were driven by a sort of enchanting attraction towards the 'prodigious baroque forge' of the eternal city, Rome, the Studium Urbis."
Musica Antiqua Latina, based in Rome, is devoted to the renaissance of early Italian baroque repertoire, performing on original instruments at period pitch.
Musica Antiqua Latina has performed at concerts and festivals nationwide and abroad, as well through radio broadcasting.
It breathes life into original locations, rendering Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerti Grossi at St. Luigi de’ Francesi, the church where they were first performed, or Alessandro Scarlatti’s unpublished Opus at its native Oratorio St. Girolamo della Carità.
Sources and manuscripts, coming from the major Italian archives. are closely examined, decoding hidden rhetorical figures, symbols and patterns, tracing the blend between sacred orthodoxy and theatrical melodismo.
Following the initial scholarly groundwork, Musica Antiqua Latina prepares each opus by delving into its unique life and background, searching for the mysterious bond between performer and creator that transcends ages, styles and language.
In 2005, Musica Antiqua Latina produced the DVD Christina of Sweden Musical Treasures to mark the 350th anniversary of Christina’s residency in Rome, and her patronage of arts.
It is a scholar evidence that the ecclesiastical patronage of arts in the XVII° century pursued an integrated communication strategy, without inner division. Figurative arts, architecture, music, poetry had flourished within the convivium of the aristocratic residences. Musica Antiqua Latina is likewise working in close collaboration with major cultural institutions, such as the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Rome, the National Museums. Musica Antiqua Latina has appeared at the Chamber Music Festival of the World Youth Orchestra, Campus Internazionale di Latina, Teatro Le Maschere di Roma, Anfione a San Luigi de’ Francesi, Istituto Culturale Portoghese di Roma, Festival Musica Storica, Oratorio San Girolamo della Carità - Primavera Musicale Barocca di Roma, Bologna International Process - Sala Nervi Vaticano, Festival Musica Reservata, Radio Vaticana, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, Radio3-I concerti del Quirinale, Musei in Musica – inaudita (2009-2010), Stagione Musicale Etnea, Festival Perla Baroku (Varsavia), Innsbrucker Festwochen 2017, Malta International Baroque Festival.
Musica Antiqua Latina records for Sony Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
Giordano Antonelli conductor
Former pupil of the great russian cellist Ivan Monighetti, has attended a master of early music interpretation and baroque cello at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Christophe Coin. In 1993 he has joined the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester, and a year later, the Prague Mozart Academy (Czech Republic), deepening the research and interpretation of the classical repertoire in the Mittel-Europa. Since 1994, Giordano Antonelli has regularly appeared in many European music festivals, and has been invited to perform as soloist, section leader or continuo at: Baroque Orchestra of Sevilla, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Kammer Orchester Basel, Théatre Royale La Monnaie-Bruxelles, Baroque Orchestra of Granada, I Fiati di Parma, Prague Mozart Orchestra, il Giardino Armonico.
His interest for early music has led him to perform with directors such as Christopher Hogwood, Philippe Herreweghe, Fabio Biondi, Giovanni Antonini, Giovanni Acciai, to name just a few. From 1998 to 2003 he held the position as cello soloist at the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (Spain). Giordano Antonelli has founded in year 2000 the ensemble MUSICA ANTIQUA LATINA, based in Rome, specifically devoted to the early baroque repertoire. Futhermore, his scholar interest for the 5 strings violoncello piccolo, has led him to rediscover unknown masterworks of the baroque age. The cellist L.Quandt, Konzertmeister of the Berliner Philharmoniker, wrote about him: “…Giordano Antonelli is one of the rare musicians, who are able to create links between active musicians and music scientist,s as well as to build up and to lead ensembles which perform ‘directly from the archieves’. ” He performs often on a 5 strings Violoncello Piccolo P.A.Landolfi, Milano 1760.