Ensemble Cordia (Instrumental Ensemble)

Founded: 2004 - Bruneck, South Tyrol, Austria

The Cordia Ensemble, founded and conducted by Stefano Veggetti, is dedicated to the performance of Baroque and Classic music. The Ensemble is based in Bruneck (South Tyrol) and is composed of musicians from South Tyrol and the neighbouring German and Italian speaking regions, strengthened, according to the project, by famous European soloists such as Stanley Ritchie, Alfredo Bernardini, Erich Höbarth, Monika Mauch, Roberta Invernizzi, Christian Hilz, Gemma Bertagnolli, Gary Cooper, Dorothee Oberlinger. The Concert programmes like to vary between well-known componists (J.S. Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldii) and newly discovered pieces (Platti, A. and P. Wranitzky), which will now be released by the label Brilliant. The use of valuable original instruments the Ensemble to combine its own conception of an authentic sound with a young, fresh performance. In 2003 the Cordia Ensemble was invited on a tour with Les Musiciens du Louvre and in the same year the Ensemble had its debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna.The Cordia Ensemble is supported by the Municipality of Bruneck.

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Director: Stefano Veggetti
Violin 1: Davide Monti, Marialuisa Barbon, Lorenzo Gugole
Violin 2: Elisa Imbalzano, Giancarlo Ceccacci, Emanuele Marcante
Viola: Krishna Nagaraja, Alessandro Lanaro
Violoncello: Franziska Romaner, Stefano Veggetti
Violone: Riccardo Coelati Rama
Harpsichord: Christian Kjos, Pietro Prosser
Oboe: Konrad Zeller, Michele Antonello
Horn: Johannes Hinterholzer, Egon Lardschneider
Bassoon: Gilat Rotkop

Source: Passionate Baroque Aria: Händel, Veracini, Vivaldi, Hasse (Brillian Classics)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (July 2016)

Stefano Veggetti: Short Biography | Ensemble Cordia | Recordings of Vocal Works

Links to other Sites

Ensemble Cordia (Official Website) [German]