Il Barocco musicale romano

A concert performer, teacher and cultural promoter, he began his artistic career in 1979. He founded the Orchestra Barocca Italiana and was president of the Centro Italiano du Musica Antica from 1980 to 2000. He has contributed to the production of hundreds of symphonic and choral works and has trained numerous musicians. He has performed in Italy’s major concert seasons and toured France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and the Middle East. He has recorded for Stradivarius, Tactus and Radio France, earning the highest critical acclaim. From 2001 to 2016, he conducted cycles of cantatas and passions by J.S. Bach at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. In 2007, he founded Artipelago in Castelnuovo di Porto. He collaborates on contemporary shows and has been the artistic contact person for the I Borghese e la Musica project at Rome’s Galleria Borghese since 2020. He currently teaches cello at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia.

Furio Zanasi, one of Europe’s leading specialists in the repertoire of Monteverdi and early 17th-century Italy, has performed at major Italian festivals (Settembre Musica Turin, Festival Roma Europa, Venice, Festival Monteverdi Cremona) and international festivals (Utrecht, Beaune, Bruges, Versailles, Prague, Berlin, Carnegie Hall, Salzburg Festival). He has collaborated with conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, René Jacobs, Jordi Savall, Alan Curtis and Riccardo Chailly. He made his debut as Marcello in La Bohème (1987), and went on to sing in prestigious theaters: Rome Opera, La Scala, La Fenice, Barcelona Liceu, Munich Staatsoper, Opéra Garnier. He also devotes himself to chamber music, with an emphasis on German Lieder. He has recorded over 90 CDs and DVDs for labels such as Harmonia Mundi, Opus 111, Virgin and Naïve, and has been broadcast on major European radio stations.

Winner of the Francesco Provenzale International Baroque Singing Competition, Silvia Frigato regularly collaborates with conductors such as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi and John Eliot Gardiner. Recent engagements include Il Vespro della Beata Vergine with Coro Monteverdi conducted by Gardiner; L’Incoronazione di Poppea at La Scala; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Rome; Orfeo ed Euridice and Gluck’s Pelléas et Mélisande in Florence. She is a regular guest at La Fenice in Venice, where she has performed several roles, including Mirandolina in Martinů. A protagonist of the Monteverdi 450 project, she has also taken part in productions such as Handel’s La Clemenza di Tito and Messiah. Upcoming engagements include San Giovanni Battista in Viterbo and Alcina at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera. She teaches Renaissance and Baroque singing at Rome’s Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Music.

From the outset, the Musicanova choir has distinguished itself with a varied repertoire, ranging from medieval to pop music. In addition to performances in Italy, it has performed in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Poland, Spain and Hungary, winning prizes in international competitions such as Tours (FR), Maribor (SL) and Arezzo (IT). Highlights include his victory in Tours in 2017 and the Grand Prix at the Guido National Competition in Arezzo in 2022. At the 58th Spittal Competition, it won several awards, including the Audience Prize, a first for an Italian choir (July 2024). A popular show, Roma che in… canta, blends choral music and theater, presented at the Milan EXPO in 2015. In 2019, for its twentieth anniversary, it performed Steve Dobrogosz’s Jazz Mass. Among its recordings, Ombre di Luce and the Palestrina Masses stand out. The choir is directed by Fabrizio Barchi, who introduces young people to choral singing through school projects and workshops.