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Apr 2, 2025

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.

Mar 11, 2025

Theresia Harmonie to perform in Rome and Turin

Kicking off the 2025 season in style with two concerts in Rome and Turin

Dec 2, 2024

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.

Sep 19, 2024

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?

Jul 22, 2024

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.

Mar 1, 2024

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

Feb 28, 2024

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.

Jan 23, 2024

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.

Dec 28, 2023

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.

Dec 23, 2023

Let’s celebrate: Spanish Villancicos in Christmastime

Theresia's Ambassador Javier Sanchez Castillo explores Villancicos - traditional Spanish songs for Christmastime.

Nov 16, 2023

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.

Oct 20, 2023

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".

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