Il Giardino Armonico et Isabelle Faust à la Halle aux Grains

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 22 October 2017

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“Expression violonistique claire et virtuosité sans accroche”

Reviewed at Halle aux grains, Toulouse on 20 October 2017

Haydn, Symphony no. 47 in G major "Palindrome”

Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 1 in B flat major, K207

Haydn, Symphony no. 49 in F minor "La Passione"

Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major "Turkish", K219

Il Giardino Armonico

Giovanni Antonini, Conductor

Isabelle Faust, Violin

Taking risks that pay off at the Enescu Festival

Peter Quantrill, 13th September

The Giocoso’s Enescu and Il Giardino Armonico’s Beethoven bookend an exhilarating day of rarities and classics.

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Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico at Sommets Musicaux

David Karlin, 1st February

Giovanni Antonini leads Il Giardino Armonico through a sampler of Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, with a stellar Isabelle Faust leading the soloists.

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Spirited Mozart from Isabelle Faust and Il Giardino Armonico in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th December

Isabelle Faust, Giovanni Antonini and the Italian period instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico gather again for Mozart's complete Violin Concertos.

*****

Pre-Baroque rarity for a grand season opening at Theater an der Wien

Laura Servidei, 19th September

A superlative cast led by Annett Fritsch and Cyril Auvity dazzle in Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s “musical drama” in a brilliant production by Robert Carsen.

*****

Modern Queens: Anna Prohaska at the Proms

Kevin W Ng, 2nd August

Anna Prohaska reigns supreme in programme of Cleopatra and Dido-inspired Baroque arias in her late night Prom.

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Il giardino armonico’s bouquet of Baroque bonbons causes a sensation in Wrocław

Jonathan Sutherland, 10th September

A concert at the Andrzej Markowski International Wratislavia Cantans Festival that was anything but traditional or predictable.

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.