Europa galante : Amrbronay festival 2009

First congratulation ambronay festival for 30 years , in 2009 Ambronay festival celebrated its birthday
with title " Ambronay 30 years " , last year 2009 , ambronay festival celebrated among artists such as :
Philippe jaroussky , ensemble matheus , l'Arpeggiata , Juan Carlos Cáceres , Stéphanie d'Oustrac etc.

Ambronay festival 2009 was held from 11 September till 11 October . in this video you watch part of concert with heavy metal baroque ensemble : Europa galante , conductor : Fabio biondi.

about Ambronay festival :

Every season ambronay festival choose theme , from 2005 theme : Latin American music or baroque Latino , in 2006 Ballades en Bohême , in 2007 Music for a while dedicated to English baroque music with celebrated George Fredric Handel 250 years , in 2008 theme women and music , in 2009 celebrated 30 years .

Europa galante : brief history

Europa Galante founded in 1990 by violinist Fabio biondi . this ensemble interpret repertoire of baroque, classical instrumental and vocal works , from lesser known composer such as Nicola Fago till bellini .

concerts and guests :
Europa Galante invited to play in important festivals and concert halls .

La scala in Milan Italy , Royal Albert Hall in London united kingdom , Accademia di santa Cecilla in Rome Italy , Sydney opera house in Australia , Lincoln center in New york , Suntory Hall in Tokyo , Musikverein in Vienna and
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam .

notable festivals :

1_Ambronay festival 1999 and 2009
Kto tv broadcasted europa galante concert 1999 during
Emission sunday concert 2005 .
2_Misteria Paschalia Festival
3_ Baalbeck festival , Lebanon 2003

Europa galante nominated Grammy award 2006 , opera BAJAZET named as Best opera recording 2006 and MIDEM classical awards 2006 in Cannes .

notable soloists :
1_ David Daniels
2_ vivica Genaux
3_ Dorothea Röschmann
4_ Sandrine Piau
5_ Maurice Steger
6_ Ian Bostridge and many more

notable recordings :
Europa Galante recorded debut album vivaldi The four seasons , with label OPUS 111 , but nowadays they release albums under virgin / EMI , they won several prizes , they recorded albums from Antonio Vivaldi , Boccherini , Bach , Alessandro Scarlatti , Antonio caldara ,pergolesi ,and Mozart .

PS : i am not sure if Europa galante decide to record oratoorio : Il Faraone Sommerso , specially this work is very rare , and finally it revived by Fabio biondi

news :

Fabio Biondi and Ensemble europa galante recorded in Krakow 2009 opera ERCOLE SU'L TERMODONTE : Vivaldi with soloists philippe jaroussky , Vivica Genaux , Romina Basso, Carlo Allemano , Filippo adami .
but i don't know if it relaese on DVD too .

Europa galante release dvd too :
1_ Cavalli La Didone
2_ Bellini Norma with Verdi festival chorus .

the video:
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this video footage displayed ensemble europa galante concert at Abbatiale d'Ambronay , they interpreted vivaldi
four seasons concerto , the famous masterpieces in the world ever .

program:
Sunday : 20 September 2009
Europa galante
conductor : Fabio biondi
Antonio Vivaldi : concerto for violin and orchestra * the four seasons*
Telemann : Burlesque de Quixotte TWV 55
Germiniani : Concerto Grosso " LA FOLLIA "

actually i upload this video , as dedicated to IL Prete ROSSO Antonio Vivaldi , his birthday has been for 2 days , i mean that it must upload during 4 march .

Europa galante will perform during 2009/2010 season in united states ( Carnegie hall , Los angelos Disney hall ) , Latin America , Spain , Poland , Germany , France , England and Netherlands .

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• baroque
• Fabio
• biondi
• Vivaldi
• ambronay
• Telemann
• pergolesi

[hngltn]

less would have been more here. the harpsichord is too scratchy and distractive for this piece



[TheZacharyArneson]

I like how the harpsichord basically just becomes a percussion instrument, haha, clack clack clack clack

[GenoII]

Sensational !

[trshk66]

OMG! They really Rock!

[lucciDS7]

@xyaqua The time i saw him in florence, he even smiled at us lol while playing! hahaha it was funny cuz my parents and i were like hmm did he just smile at us?! and then at the end he smiled again and said thank you to us! hahaha

wont ever forget that!

[xyaqua]

This is the most animated i've ever seen Biondi- I saw him live one- almost stonefaced- hardly any motion like this- but the music was arguably even more creative and intense- Biondi has cajoled Europa Galante into the most beautifully focused creative interpreters of the old italian baroque, Pure genius,

[listentothecellos]

look at 1:42 after Fabio's solo... ...he makes this hilariously self-absorbed expression like "mmmmyes, I know, I know..."

[etxibetxisuperstar]

Fabio eres un maestro,¡qué emoción siempre verte!... Antonio estaría feliz ;-)).....y tu Europa Galante es simplemente genial!!!!

[vivacecilia]

Fuori dal comune!!! W Vivaldi quello vero :-))))

[tochidule]

Wow!!!! Biondi and Europa Galante Rocks!!!