Theresia at European Mozart Ways Assembly

July 5, 2024
On 28 and 29 June, we participated in the annual assembly of European Mozart Ways, a Cultural Route recognised by the Council of Europe, held in the German town of Schwetzingen.

This network connects the various cities Mozart visited during his life. Theresia Orchestra’s Artistic Director, Mario Martinoli, and Artistic Secretary, Susanna Bucher, presented the orchestra and our upcoming activities to representatives from many Mozart-connected cities and institutions, including Augsburg, Offenbach, Kirchheimbolanden, Villa Musica Mainz, and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. They also presented Fondazione ICONS and its unique philanthropic activities supporting early-career musicians in historically informed performance practice, in addition to its large-scale research projects in science communication and business innovation.

The European Mozart Ways are an international network connecting cities, regions and institutions in the 10 European countries visited by Mozart during his travels. Since 2004, the European Mozart Routes have been a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, distinguished as the only one within the Cultural Routes Programme to focus on music and feature a musician as the central figure. The European Mozart Ways are treading a wonderfully creative, a peace- and socially integrative European path into the future, using the network of Mozart sites as inspiring source to find new ways to Mozart, fostering an authentic and vibrant relationship with the musical heritage of his time.

Theresia Orchestra is member of the European Mozartways since 2023.

Theresia wins REMA Business Innovator Award

June 6, 2024
Theresia Orchestra has won the Business Innovator of the Year Award from the European Early Music Network (REMA). This prestigious award is a tremendous encouragement for our efforts in providing young talent with significant performance opportunities in the classical repertoire according to a Historically Informed Performance (HIP) approach.

The award was given in the Professional Collaboration category, chosen by a jury of experts in the early music scene comprising of Stéphane Segreto-Aguilar of Circostrada Network, María del Ser Radio Clásica (rtve), and Jan de Winne of Passacaille Records. It was presented to our Artistic Programming Secretary, Susanna Bucher, at the annual General Assembly of REMA, which gathers early music professionals from across Europe and was held this year in Stockholm.

We are honoured to share this recognition with our artistic twin, the European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO), the other period instrument youth orchestra managed and supported by Fondazione ICONS.

Our special thanks go to ICONS for their firm support and philanthropic vision!

New round of auditions

May 2, 2024
Announcing Theresia Orchestra’s 2024 General Auditions! A new chance for musicians of period instruments who are at start of their career to gain valuable experience playing classical repertoire.

We’re organising new auditions taking place at in Antwerp, Belgium, in collaboration with AMUZ, from July 8 to 10 2024. Open positions are available for all string sections, as well as oboe, bassoon, and horn players.

During the auditions, invited candidates will have the opportunity to showcase their skills through participatory chamber music workshops. Successful applicants will receive grants of €3,500 to participate in up to five projects starting this autumn.

This is a fantastic opportunity for young musicians eager to take their first steps into the professional world and expand their historically informed performance practice of the classical repertoire. Theresia Orchestra, co-funded by Creative Europe, offers a unique platform for growth and artistic development.

Applications are open until Monday 3 June 2024.
For full details, application guidelines and registration, head over to our auditions section.

Please, help spread the word and share this opportunity with any promising musicians.

“Le astuzie femminili” on disc

March 27, 2024
Our latest recording of Cimarosa's 'Le astuzie femminili' conducted at the 2022 Reate Festival by Alessandro De Marchi is out now on the CPO label.

We’re proud to announce another addition to our recording catalogue: CPO has just released Domenico Cimarosa‘s Le astuzie femminili on CD following our acclaimed performances at the Reate Festival in 2022. Theresia Orchestra was conducted by Alessandro De Marchi and accompanied a talented ensemble of emerging singers including Eleonora Bellocci, Martina Licari, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Matteo Loi and Angela Schisano in a production by Cesare Scarton.

This album represents the first modern recording of this two-act opera buffa on period instruments and is the third album as part of our ongoing partnership with CPO.
Another rarely-performed opera on disc!

The album is availabe for purchase and streaming.