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| Il Giardino Armonico | ||
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Il Giardino Armonico, founded in Milan in 1985 (20 years ago!), brings together a number of graduates from some of Europe’s leading colleges of music, all of whom have specialised in playing on period instruments. The ensemble’s repertory is concentrated in the main on the 17th and 18th centuries. Depending on the demands of each programme, the group will consist of anything from 3 to 30 musicians. The ensemble is regularly invited to the most important festivals all over the world and has performed in many concert halls, as Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Tonhalle in Zurich, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Conservatory in Milan, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Staatsoper unter den Linden in Berlin, Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Konserthus in Oslo, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Oji Hall in Tokyo, Library of Congress in Washington, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Sydney Opera House and many more. Il Giardino Armonico has been under exclusive contract to TELDEC Classics for a number of years. Its various recordings of works by Vivaldi – among which the Four Seasons – and other 18th-century composers have met with widespread acclaim on the part of audiences and critics alike and have received several major awards (Award “Fondazione Cini” of Venice, Caecilia Award in Belgium, Diapason d’Or, Choc de la Musique, Grand Prix des Discophiles). Released under the title Il Proteo, their recording of several of Vivaldi’s double and triple concertos for cello and orchestra, with Christophe Coin as guest soloist, received a Gramophone Award in October 1996 and the Diapason d’Or. The Brandenburg Concertos were awarded with the Echo-Preis 1998 and the CD dedicated to works by M. Locke and H.I.F. Biber won the Diapason d’Or 1999. In 1999 appeared the acclaimed Vivaldi Album with Cecilia Bartoli for Decca, which won the Grammy Award. In autumn 2000 has been published the CD Viaggio Musicale (10 de Répertoire) with Italian music of the 17th century. The CD entitled Musica Barocca has been released in autumn 2001 and has won the French prize “10 de Répertoire”. In December 2002 Teldec has published an Artist Portrait of the ensemble. Il Giardino Armonico plays regularly with many acclaimed soloists such as Cecilia Bartoli, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Sara Mingardo, Lynne Dawson, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Prégardien, Magdalena Kožená, Christophe Coin, Viktoria Mullova and Giuliano Carmignola both in concerts as in opera stage productions such as Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Handel’s Agrippina, Il Trionfo del Tempo del Disinganno, Aci Galatea e Polifemo, La Resurrezione and Pergolesi’s La serva padrona. Il Giardino Armonico is conducted by Giovanni Antonini.
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| Representation: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany*, Portugal*, Turkey*, Holland*, Belgium* | ||
