ARDITTI QUARTET  (Ensembles and orchestras)       Irvine Arditti, violin. Ashot Sarkissjan, violin. Ralf Ehlers, viola. Lucas Fels, cello The Arditti Quartet enjoys a worldwide reputation for their spirited and technically refined interpretations of contemporary and earlier 20th century music. Several hundred string quartets and other chamber works have been written for the ensemble since its foundation by first violinist Irvine Arditti in 1974. These works have left a permanent mark on 20th century repertoire and have given the Arditti Quartet ... read more

ARS LONGA  (Ensembles and orchestras)       Created by Teresa Paz and Aland López in 1994, Ars Longa belongs, since 1995, to the Historian’s Office of Havana City. The music of the viceroyalty period in America and Cuban colonial music occupies an important place within its repertoire. Since its foundation it has offered numerous concerts in the most prestigious music halls of the country, as well as presentations in important international events such as: Festival de Músiques de Torroella de Montgrí, Spain, 2005; ... read more

AVE FÉNIX  (Ensembles and orchestras)       The Ave Fénix ensemble is a new formation born, fruit of the interest and hope of a group of musicians from different nacionalities. They knew each other long ago and also they´ve been playing together for a long time. They´ve decided to gather again so as to try and  recuperate new and interesting music examples from the Spanish Golden Age. They carry a vast experience as soloists, and also, forming part of some of the most prestigious and higher quality groups of the continent. They´ve ... read more

CAPILLA PEÑAFLORIDA  (Ensembles and orchestras)       The Capilla Peñaflorida was created in 1985 on initiative of the musicologist Jon Bagüés, coinciding with the bicentenary of the death of Xabier Maria de Munibe, Count of Peñaflorida, impeller of the musical illustration in the Basque Country. José Rada was its first director and under his musical responsibility and in the same year it took part in the first contemporary hearing of the Mass in D Major (Mass of Aránzazu) of Domenico Scarlatti.   In ... read more

CUARTETO QUIROGA  (Ensembles and orchestras)       Aitor Hevia, violin; Cibrán Sierra, violin; Dénes Ludmány, viola; Helena Poggio, violoncello. The Quiroga String Quartet was born following the advice and support of the later Charles-André Linale. The quartet takes its name from the great Galician violinist Manuel Quiroga, one of the most important string players of Spanish music history, together with Pau Casals and Pablo Sarasate. Since its foundation, the quartet has studied with Professor Rainer Schmidt, first at ... read more

ENSEMBLE JACQUES MODERNE  (Ensembles and orchestras)       Joël Suhubiette, conductor Founded by the musicologist and choirmaster Jean-Pierre Ouvrard, the Ensemble Jacques Moderne  is a professional ensemble, which varies in size according to requirements, comprising up to twenty musicians and instrumentalists as well as its sixteen singers choir, specialising in music of the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The Ensemble is conducted by Joël Suhubiette since 1993.   Faithful to its origins as a university ensemble, musicological ... read more

FORMA ANTIQVA  (Ensembles and orchestras)       “The formation from Asturias has established itself on its own merits as the visible forerunner of the new generation of Early Music in Spain” (Boletín Diverdi). Comprising the brothers Pablo, Daniel and Aarón Zapico, under the direction of the latter, Forma Antiqva is a musical formation of baroque music, whose members vary from time to time, bringing together the most illustrious performers of their generation having been chosen to play at Spanish festivals of old music ... read more

LA FONTEGARA  (Ensembles and orchestras)       María Díez-Canedo, recorder and baroque flute. Eunice Padilla, harpsichord and fortepiano. Eloy Cruz, baroque guitar and arch-lute.   Since its foundation, twenty years ago, La Fontegara is one of the most solid and distinguished groups in Mexico, with a renown international career. Founded in 1988 by María Díez-Canedo, Gabriela Villa Walls and Eloy Cruz, Eunice Padilla joined the group in 1997.   The group has specialized in the historic interpretation ... read more

LA VENEXIANA  (Ensembles and orchestras)       La Venexiana, fouded by Claudio Cavina,  is today the most important madrigal group actually in activity. In styling  to the anonymous renassaince comedy from it’s named, La Venexiana aims to incorporate into its musical interpretation the theatrically, attention to language in all of its subtlety, and exultation of contrasts between refined and popular, sacred and profane, that characterize our culture today. Since the beginning of 1998, La Venexiana collaborates excusively with ... read more

LES ÉLÉMENTS  (Choirs)       CHAMBER CHOIR - Director, Joël Suhubiette    Founded in 1997, the chamber choir les éléments, conducted by its founder Joël Suhubiette, has in just a few years established itself as one of the leading lights of French choral life.   In 2005, the group won the Prix Liliane Bettencourt for choral singing awarded by the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institut de France, and in 2006 they were Ensemble of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique awards.   They ... read more

LES MUSICIENS DU LOUVRE · GRENOBLE  (Ensembles and orchestras)       Les Musiciens Du Louvre • Grenoble   Founded in 1982 by Marc Minkowski, les Musiciens du Louvre • Grenoble (artists in residence at the Grenoble Cultural Centre La MC2 since 1996) are closely associated with the revival of Baroque music in France, but also more generally with the interpretation of music on original instruments and in the appropriate style of a given epoch. The artistic project of the Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble is therefore to progressively propose a fresh look ... read more

SCHOLA ANTIQUA  (Choirs)       Since its foundation in 1984, Schola Antiqua has focused its activities towards the study, investigation and interpretation of early music especially Gregorian Chant. All of its members were trained as choir boys in the Choir School of the Sta. Cruz del Valle de los Caídos Abbey. Its repertoire covers the whole western liturgical monody, as well as the primitive polyphony of Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova. It often introduces alternatim productions in its repertoire both with the organ and with ... read more

SOND’AR-TE ELECTRIC ENSEMBLE  (Ensembles and orchestras)       The Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble was created in July 2007 as an innovative project in the European contemporary music scene, since the core of its structure is the combination of acoustic instruments with electronic means. The very high standard of its musicians is met by the newest music technologies developed over the years by Miso Music Portugal at the Miso Studio.   Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble has a fixed formation of eight musicians: Pedro Amaral: director, Monika Štreitová: ... read more

THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE  (Ensembles and orchestras)       David James, countertenor. Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor. Steven Harrold, tenor. Gordon Jones, baritone. Unrivalled for its formidable reputation in the fields of both early and new music, The Hilliard Ensemble is one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups. Its distinctive style and highly developed musicianship engage the listener as much in medieval and renaissance repertoire as in works specially written by living composers. The group’s standing as an early music ensemble dates from the ... read more

THE KING’S CONSORT  (Ensembles and orchestras)       The King's Consort is one of Europe's leading period instrument orchestras. Founded in 1980 by Robert King, The King's Consort and its equally renowned Choir of The King's Consort have toured in five continents and appeared in almost every European country, in Japan, Hong Kong and the Far East, as well as North and South America. With 95 CDs in the catalogue, and more than one million CD sales, The King's Consort is one of the world's most-recorded historical instrument orchestras. For thirty ... read more

ILDIKÓ ALLEN, (Soloists)       SOPRANO   Ildikó Allen read music at Birmingham University and completed her MMus at Trinity College of Music. At Trinity she was awarded the Wilfred Greenhouse prize for her performance in Haydn Nelson Mass under the direction of Sir Charles Mackerras and second prize in the TCM Association Soloists’ Competition. She was also a finalist in the 2004 London Handel Singing Competition. Ildikó’s operatic engagements have included Bach St John Passion at the Châtelet, ... read more

MARTA ALMAJANO, (Soloists)       SOPRANO Born in Zaragoza (Spain), Marta Almajano studied piano at the Madrid Coservatory and then studied singing in Barcelona with Josep Benet and later with Jordi Albareda.She has appeared at festivals and concert halls around the world, notably at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Barcelona’s Palau de la Música, the Opéra Comique de Paris, the Zurich Tonhalle, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Vienna Misikverein, the Brisbane Biennale, the ... read more

PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI, (Artists)       PIANO   Piotr Anderszewski is regarded as one of today's most inspired musicians and is a regular visitor to major concert venues around the world. In recent seasons he has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston, Chicago and London Symphony orchestras, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Concertgebouw. He has also developed a special reputation for playing and directing, collaborating with many ensembles including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the soloists ... read more

BENOÎT ARNOULD, (Soloists)       Baritone-Bass   Benoît Arnould studied singing at the conservatoire in Metz before going to work with Christiane Stutzmann at the conservatoire in Nancy, where he obtained a gold medal, a diploma and a first interregional price improvement in lyrical chant, which concluded his studies in June 2007. He becomes the price “Classical lyric revelation of Adami 2007”. He also obtained a Licence de musicology at the Sorbonne University. His career as a soloist began with the Academy ... read more

JUAN CARLOS ASENSIO, (Conductors)       CONDUCTOR Juan Carlos Asensio Palacios began his musical studies in the Escolanía de Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos which he would later continue in the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música (Musicology, Transverse Flute, Directing choirs...). As a collaborator in musical projects pertaining to the Caja Madrid Foundation and RISM he has published different articles in specialized magazines together with transcriptions of the Códice de Madrid and the Códice ... read more

ELISA ÁVALOS MARTÍNEZ, (Artists)       SOPRANO  In 1990 she starts her musical education as member of the choir Scholla Lasallista and in 1995 she enters in the choir Orfeón Interuniversitario of Puebla, in these choral groups acts as soloist in several occasions. She studied a singing degree in the professorship of the teacher Maritza Alemán and the colaboration of the teacher Mario Alberto Hernández in the Superior Music School of INBA and the CONACULTA approving her degree with an honorary mention in March ... read more

MIGUEL AZGUIME, (Conductors)       CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER   Composer, poet, and percussionist, he founded the Miso Ensemble in 1985, a flute and percussion duo recognised by the public and by the critics as one of the most important Portuguese contemporary music groups. The Miso Ensemble has given numerous concerts in Portugal and abroad, with more than 500 performances to date.   Miguel Azguime has obtained various awards for composition and performance, has composed for diverse formations, instrumental and/or vocal ... read more

MICHEL BOUVARD, (Soloists)       ORGANIST   He was born in Lyon (France) in 1958. His grandfather, Jean Bouvard, Lyoner organist and composer, pupil of Louis Vierne, Florent Schmitt and Vicent d’Indy, he transmited him, since he was very young, his feelings for music. After his piano studies in Rodez and Paris, he started playing the organ under the conduction of Suzanne Chaisemartin. Also, he went to the master classes of André Isor in Orsay, as well as to the courses given by the National Music Conservatory ... read more

YASUKO BOUVARD, (Soloists)       ORGANIST   For Yasuko Uyama-Bouvard, born in Kyoto (Japan), the meeting with the great organist Pierre Cochereau meant a privilege for her formation. Following his advice, she reached France in 1976, carrying her organist certificate that she received from Tokio´s National Art University. In France she discovers the historical instruments and goes into depth with her knowledge in European music for organ and harpsichord. She receives master lessons from Edouard Souberbielle and Michel ... read more

BERNARD BRAUCHLI, (Artists)       CLAVICHORD Since his first clavichord performance in Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1972, Bernard Brauchli has entirely devoted himself to the performance, study and revival of early keyboard instruments. He has travelled extensively with his instruments in the United States, Canada and Europe, concertising, lecturing and introducing audiences to early keyboard instruments and historical performance practises. Major appearances have included the Boston Early Music Festival, the Shrine to Music Concert ... read more

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