Music tales

New record release for Theresia: Traetta’s Rex Salomon under the direction of Christophe Rousset
A world premiere recording has been added to our CD collection: Tommaso Traetta's ‘Rex Salomon’, with Theresia Orchestra conducted by the great Christophe Rousset, has just been released and is available on the main streaming platforms.

Theresia Harmonie to perform in Rome and Turin
Kicking off the 2025 season in style with two concerts in Rome and Turin

Self-accompaniment – a historical approach (and personal path) to music making
Orpheus. Apollo. Achilles. Troubadours. (Pretty much) every single music maker from antiquity up to the Romantic era would have done this. Ambassadress Anna Freer explores the fascinating word of self-accompaniment, past and present.

3D printing and its role in historical instrument copies
Have you ever considered 3D printing, and how it can be used to make copies of historical instruments?

Exploring Beethoven in Geneva: Chiara Banchini on Theresia’s next chamber music project
Theresia will be in Geneva in July for a chamber music residency led by violinist Chiara Banchini, in which nine musicians from the orchestra explore and perform a historical transcription of Beethoven's Second Symphony in the chamber version by Ferdinand Ries.

Alfredo Bernardini: “The Seven Last Words of Christ are challenging to perform, as they were to compose”
Next Theresia's orchestral project will be entirely focused on a very special and peculiar composition, "The Seven Last Words of Christ" by Franz Joseph Haydn. Leading the orchestra will be Alfredo Bernardini, whom we asked to introduce us to this 18th-century masterpiece

Vanni Moretto on the release of Theresia’s new CD on Ernst Eichner
Theresia has just released a new CD on the CPO label: a recording of Ernst Eichner's Symphonies conducted by Vanni Moretto.

ICONS foundation partners with Mozart Ways to begin an extraordinary new journey
All roads lead to Rome, they say. However, some lead to... Mozart. Today we like to tell you about Mozart Ways, an extraordinary network that brings together cities and cultural institutions associated with the great composer from Salzburg.

Concerts, travel, recordings… A look back at the cool and new things that 2023 has brought us
At this time of the year, we take a look back reflecting on the highlights of 2023 in concerts, travel, and recordings.

Let’s celebrate: Spanish Villancicos in Christmastime
Theresia's Ambassador Javier Sanchez Castillo explores Villancicos - traditional Spanish songs for Christmastime.

A wave of beauty
Cellist Matylda Adamus reflects on the experience of touring Haydn's 'Die Jahreszeiten' with Il Giardino Armonico and working with Giovanni Antonini as an apprentice.

Alessandro De Marchi: “Rossini is a matter of balance between historical research and tradition”
Only a few days away from our next performances, we caught up with conductor Alessandro De Marchi who conducts Theresia in our annual opera project just like last year. We will make our return to the Reate Festival for belcanto opera to accompany a talented cast of emerging singers. And this time we'll be challenged by adding something entirely new to our repertoire: Gioacchino Rossini and one of the first opera's he wrote "L'inganno felice".
