Coppola

By yeefei -

Lorenzo Coppola was born in Rome. After studying modern clarinet with Franco Ferranti, he studied historical clarinet with Eric Hoeprich at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (The Netherlands) from 1991 to 1995. In 1991 he settled in Paris and began performing with ensembles specializing in historically informed performance, including the Freiburger Barockorchester—of which he […]
‍

In 1991 he settled in Paris and began performing with ensembles specializing in historically informed performance, including the Freiburger Barockorchester—of which he has been principal clarinet since 1997—Les Arts Florissants, La Petite Bande, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, and Europa Galante.

He shares a deep love of chamber music with musicians and ensembles such as Cristina Esclapez, Andreas Staier, Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov, Hidemi Suzuki, the Kuijken Quartet, Ensemble Zefiro, and the Terpsycordes Quartet.

Together with pianist and fortepianist Cristina Esclapez, he founded Ensemble Dialoghi in 2015. With this group they explore the Classical and Romantic chamber repertoire with piano, with particular attention to communicating directly with their audiences.

He has taught historical clarinet and chamber music at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona since 2004. He has recorded a number of important works from the clarinet repertoire for Harmonia Mundi, including Mozart’s Concerto K. 622 (with the Freiburger Barockorchester), Brahms’s Op. 120 sonatas (with Andreas Staier), Schubert’s Octet Op. 166 (with Isabelle Faust), and the wind-and-fortepiano quintets by Mozart K. 452 and Beethoven Op. 16 (with Ensemble Dialoghi).

Share this

Scarton

By yeefei -

Cesare Scarton studied opera and theatre stage direction at the Music Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” in Rome. He also graduated in Disciplines of Music and Performing arts at the University of Bologna. He teaches high level courses and co-ordinates as well the activities of the “Opera Studio”, a project of excellence and high education in opera […]
‍

He is a member of the scientific committee of the Rossini Foundation in Pesaro, as well as the director of the book series collections “Iconografia rossiniana”, “I libretti di Rossini”, “Saggi e Fonti”. He collaborated in the management and production of important international artistic events (music, dance, theatre) such as the Sagra Musicale Umbra, the Panatenee (Pompei, Agrigento, Capri), the Verdi Festival in Parma and the Reate Festival of Rieti, of which he took the direction in 2012. He is in charge of the correct Italian diction at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and Teatro Real in Madrid, where he has also participated in important productions.

He delivered lectures in relevant institutions, such as Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Universities of Rome and L’Aquila, Music Conservatories of Bari and Trento, as well as master classes at the Universities of Graz (Austria), Varna and Sofia (Bulgaria), Vilnius (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Kiev (Ukraine), Budapest (Hungary). He has directed over a hundred musical theatre productions.

He teaches Theory and Technique of stage and performing interpretation at the Music Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Share this

Longoni

By yeefei -

Gemma Longoni graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 2010 and completed her master’s degree in 2012 with highest honours under the tutelage of Cinzia Barbagelata. From 2013 to 2015, Longoni resided in Basel, where she further honed her skills in baroque violin, obtaining her master’s degree at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis under the […]
‍

Gemma Longoni graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 2010 and completed her master’s degree in 2012 with highest honours under the tutelage of Cinzia Barbagelata.

From 2013 to 2015, Longoni resided in Basel, where she further honed her skills in baroque violin, obtaining her master’s degree at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis under the guidance of Leila Schayegh.

She was a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra from 2011 to 2012, holding also the role of section leader. Currently, she is the concertmaster of the Geneva-based orchestra Geneva Camerata (GECA), where she occasionally holds the role of concertmaster. She also collaborates regularly with Accademia Bizantina, Kammerorchester Basel (KOB) and Spira Mirabilis, and since 2023 she collaborates with Ensemble Zefiro as concertmaster and section leader.

Since 2019, she has been involved with Theresia Orchestra as concertmaster and tutor for the string section, a role she also assumed with EUBO upon its relaunch in 2022.

She recorded with EMI Classic, CPO, Amadeus, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Sony Classical.

Share this

Bernardini

By yeefei -

Italian born Alfredo Bernardini studied early music in the Netherlands, where he graduated in 1987. He has since performed all over the world as a member of ensembles such as Hesperion XX, Le Concert des Nations, La Petite Bande, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The English Concert, Bach Collegium Japan and others. He has played in […]
‍

He has been guest director of baroque orchestras all over Europe, in Canada, Australia, Venezuela, Cuba, Israel, with the European Union Baroque Orchestra and Theresia. He is currently professor at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.

Share this

Banchini

By yeefei -

Born in Lugano, Chiara Banchini is one of the major interpreters of seventeenth and eighteenth century violin music. After completing her studies, earning the Virtuoso award from the Geneva Conservatoire, she specialized under Sandor Vegh and for several years dedicated herself to the creation of contemporary works as a member of the Contrechamps Ensemble. Her acquaintance with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sigiswald Kuijken led to her enthusiasm for performing music from the 17th and 18th centuries using the original instruments. She has cooperated with important orchestras including La Petite Bande, Hesperion XX, La Chapelle Royale, initiating her international career as a soloist. In 1981 she founded Ensemble 415, considered one of the reference and most prestigious European groups for the 17th-18th century repertoire.

Chiara Banchini taught Baroque violin at the Early Music Centre in Geneva before becoming Professor at the Schola Cantorum in Basel from 1992 to 2011. She has to its credit a large discography, over 50 award-winning recordings by international critics.

Share this