Organization

Admin

Varaždin Baroque Evening Festival

Conductor

Fransesco Corti

Orchestra

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Varaždin

Croatia

Croatian National Theatre

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis: Chandos Anthems Händel

Public

Chandos Anthems

Approved

The AD ASTRA Schole Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra consists of students from the University of Basel who are studying early music at the Schole Cantorum. As a result, this ensemble is both old and a new every year. Depending on the current project, it is led by a different lecturers from the Schole Cantorum. Francesco Corti is the artistic director of this project, and under his guidance, the students will perform at this year’s 53rd Varaždin Baroque Evening.

Harpsichordist and conductor Francesco Corti (Arezzo, 1984) studied organ in Perugia, then harpsichord in Geneva and in Amsterdam. As a soloist and conductor, he has appeared in recitals and concerts all over Europe, in the USA and Canada, in Latin America, in Asia and in New Zealand. He has been invited by festivals such as Mozart Woche and the Salzburger Festpiele, Musikfest Berlin, BachFest Leipzig, MusikFest Bremen, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Festival Radio France Montpellier. He has performed in halls such as Salle Pleyel and Thêatre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Bozar (Bruxelles), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Philharmonie (Berlin and Hamburg), Mozarteum and Haus für Mozart (Salzburg) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro Real (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barecelona). He’s a member of Les Musiciens du Louvre (Minkowski), Zefiro (Bernardini), the Bach Collegium Japan (Suzuki), Les Talens Lyriques (Rousset) and Le Concert des Nations (Savall). Starting January 2023, he is be musical director at the Drottningholm Royal Court Theater, where he has conducted a new production of Purcell’s Fairy Queen in August 2023. He has taught in masterclasses all over Europe, in Latin America and in Asia. Since September 2016, he is professor of harpsichord at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

English

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis by Händel, Frá (2023/2023), Hljómsveitarstjóri Fransesco Corti, Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin, Croatia

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Hljómsveit

Dagskrá, Um & Yfirlit

Ljósmyndir

Frekari lestur

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