Andrea Marcon

Andrea Marcon continues to be widely praised both being a conductor and key pad participant in repertory largely in the Baroque era. He’s often identified using the music of J.S. Bach and Vivaldi: he provides played and documented numerous Bach body organ and harpsichord functions, and provides conducted and documented many concertos and various other compositions by Vivaldi. However Marcon can’t be categorized as an expert since his repertory is fairly broad, encompassing functions by D. Scarlatti, Frescobaldi, Carissimi, Cherubini, and many more. Marcon provides made many recordings for many brands, including Hanssler Classics, Archiv Produktion, Sony Classical, and Divox. Marcon was created in Treviso, Italy. His initial advanced studies had been on key pad with organist/harpsichordist Vanni Ussardi. From 1983 to 1987 he examined on the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (a college from the Academy of Music in Basel, Switzerland). There his most significant teachers had been the well-known viol participant Jordi Savall, organist Jean-Claude Zehnder, and harpsichordist Jesper Christensen. In his initial year as students, Marcon founded an early on group, the Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, which would disband in 1997 after many years of vital and well-known support under his command. After finishing being a award champion in the 1985 International Bach-Händel Competition in Bruges Belgium, Marcon were able to earn first reward the following yr in the exclusive Paul Hofhaimer Body organ Competition, kept in Innsbruck, Austria. After graduation Marcon continuing studies with an extraordinary roster of music artists that included Ton Koopman, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, and Hans vehicle Nieuwkoop. He received another essential competition in 1991, the Bologna Harpsichord Competition. In 1995 Marcon founded an body organ academy in his hometown known as Citt? di Treviso; a yr later on he received two exclusive honours — the Antonio Vivaldi International Disk Award for Early Italian Music as well as the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik — both for his Compact disc The Heritage of Frescobaldi: Nacchini Body organ on Divox. In 1997 Marcon founded another instrumental ensemble, the Venice Baroque Orchestra. In the brand new century Marcon offers remained busy not merely leading this group in concert, however in reviving many neglected Baroque operas with them. Among his main attempts was the extremely praised 2004 U.S. premiere of Handel’s Siroe in NY. Marcon’s most significant recent recordings are the 2003 Vivaldi Four Months with violinist Giuliano Carmignola on Sony Classical, as well as the 2007 launch of Vivaldi motets on Archiv Produktion, both attempts utilizing the Venice Baroque Orchestra. The Basel-based La Cetra orchestra called Marcon its music movie director in ’09 2009.