The Italian violinist Fabio Biondi and the ensemble Europa Galante, whose joint discography includes an incredible twenty-two titles dedicated to the work of Antonio Vivaldi, which has been awarded Diapason d’Or or Star Recording of The Strad, will present four concerts from the so-called “Collalto” collection in the Czech premiere. According to a receipt Vivaldi [...]
Opera! Vivaldi wrote more than forty of them. One of the most popular is the drama of love, death and hope with the struggle for power called Farnace. It has a total of five versions of the libretto – Venetian, Prague from 1730, Mantua, Treviso and Pavia from 1731. And the very last version mentioned is an object [...]
On our 6th evening, our Vivaldi show graduates with two modern world premieres. The programme, which will take place under the majestic octagon of the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in Břeclav-Poštorná, will present Antonio Vivaldi in the “competition” of his Italian contemporaries and the disciple František Jiránek, whose Concerto in C [...]
On the fifth evening of the festival, we will be guided by the fantastic Italian baroque orchestra Accademia Bizantina led by violinist and viola d’amore player Alessandro Tampieri and French counteraltist Delphine Galou, one of the baroque music world celebrities, who collaborated with stars such as Ottavio Dantone, Andrea Marcon, Jean-Christophe Spinosi or Jordi Savall. This time, the [...]
French violinist Amandine Beyer, winner of the prestigious French award Diapason d’Or de l’année, will present the less frequent compositions from Vivaldi’s concert work with her ensemble Gli Incogniti, including the Violin Concerto in E minor RV 278, which is considered to be one of the most admirable compositions Vivaldi has created in this genre [...]
Critics describe his play as “devilish”, oscillating between Paganini and Mephistopheles. However, a Spanish musician Javier Lupiáñez is not only an excellent violinist and artistic leader of the Ensemble Scaramuccia, which received a nomination for the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) 2019 for its recording 1717. Memories of a Journey to Italy, but also a [...]
The charming chamber concert, evoking afternoon music parties in 18th century aristocratic residences, with – hyperbolically said – almost “environmental programme” will present a chamber version of Vivaldi’s famous concerts RV 428 “Del gardellino” (A Goldfinch), RV 439 “La notte” (A Night), RV 570 “La tempesta di mare” (A Sea Storm) and RV 269 “La primavera“ (A Spring) from the famous cycle Le Quattro Stagioni, dedicated [...]
The excellent French Ensemble Matheus and its artistic leader Jean-Christophe Spinosi, famous for his experimental productions at Queen Mary II or New York’s Central Park, will begin a new era of collaboration with the Polish countertenor and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński at LVMF 2021. Czech debut of one of the most watched and sought-after artists [...]
Concert programme and lyrics of the vocal-instrumental compositions “Three in one”, this is how we can – with a slight hyperbole – call the prologue of the 2021 festival. It connects the jewel of Viennese Baroque architecture – Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna, hiding one of the largest and most valuable private art collections in [...]