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Andrea Marcon

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Conductor, organist, and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon is one of the most renowned musicians and specialists for early music. He was born in Treviso and received a diploma in Early Music from Basel’s Schola Cantorum Basiliensis for his organ and harpsichord studies with Jean-Claude Zehnder and conducting with Hans Martin Linde. He has also inspired by Jordi Savall sowie bei Luigi Fernando Tagliavini, Hans Van Nieuwkoop, Jesper Christensen, Harald Vogel und Ton Koopman.

He won first prize in the organ competition at Innsbruck in 1986 and, in 1991, first prize for harpsichord at Bologna. Today Andrea Marcon is internationally recognized as a leading interpreter for music of the Classic and Early Romantic periods, professor of harpsichord, organ and interpretation at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

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In 1997, he founded the Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO), today one of the leading baroque ensembles in the world. Since 2009, he has been artistic director of the La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel. In fact, his partnership with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel began back in 1999 with the ensemble's very first concert. Since then, he has led it from highlight to highlight with highly acclaimed productions of operas and ballets at the Theater Basel, as well as in international concert tours with stars such as Magdalena Kožená and Patricia Petibon. To mark the 25th anniversary, a new CD with Bach's Mass in B minor will be released in October. Anniversary concerts are held under the motto “Una festa barocca”, A weekend with La Cetra.

For many years, Andrea Marcon has performed in all the major concert halls worldwide. He performs with leading singers and well-known instrumental soloists. Andrea Marcon is a regular guest conductor at the Frankfurt Opera and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and he has been invited by the Berlin Philharmonic, BR, WDR, HR, NDR and RSB radio orchestras, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Danish National Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Luzern Sinfonie Orchester, Münchner Philharmoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Camerata Salzburg and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In spring 2023 he made his debut at La Scala di Milano.

He has been heralded for his performances of Marcello’s Il trionfo della Musica e della Poesia; Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso, Atenaide, Tito Manlio, Gloria, Magnificat, Juditha Triumphans; Cavalli’s Calisto and Giasone; Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Vespers; Handel’s Messiah, Ariodante and Alcina; and Bach’s cantatas and Mass in B minor. His repertoire also spans Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert symphonies, early Rossini operas and symphonies by Brahms and Mahler.

Over 75 often award-winning recordings as conductor, harpsichordist and organist document the rich repertoire with which he is still engaged today. For his recordings he was awarded four times with the Deutsche Schallplatten Kritik prize. Mr. Marcon’s recordings as conductor also received several accolades, including the Diapason D’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Vivaldi Award of the Cini Foundation, Germany’s ECHO Klassik Award, the Edison Prize, the International Classical Music Award and two Grammy nominations.

In 2021, Andrea Marcon received the Händel-Preis, the award of the City of Halle will be presented to him during the Handel Festival.

More information about Andrea Marcon's new project "Frau Musika": https://fraumusika.eu/

 

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Always in Learning Mode: MDR KLASSIK Interview with Andrea Marcon

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Rare Version of the St. John Passion BWV 245.2 (1725)

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Chouchane Siranossian and Andrea Marcon at BRSO hip

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Shining stars of the baroque repertoire in Lugano

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Valer Sabadus and the hr-Sinfonieorchester under Andrea Marcon

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Venice Baroque Orchestra, Siranossian strike musical sparks in Coral Gables

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Andrea Marcon and La Cetra at the Innsbrucker Festwochen

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Successful concert in Paris

The enchanting violin of Chouchane Siranossian in Venice with Andrea Marcon

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Andrea Marcon at the Musikfest Bremen - Interview

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The Violoncello da Spalla took centre stage - The Venice Baroque Orchestra with Andrea Marcon and Sergey Malov at Kissinger Sommer

Diapason d'or for Chouchane Siranossian!

New release "Duello d'archi a Venezia" - Album of the week on NDR-Kultur

Chouchane Siranossian publishes her new album „Duello d’archi a Venezia“

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Andrea Marcon conducts baroque opera at Teatro alla Scala Milano

Andrea Marcon_2 © Marco Borggreve

Andrea Marcon - Welt am Sonntag - magazine portrait

Projects

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    Venice Baroque Orchestra (14 Musiker) – Andrea Marcon (Leitung) – Chouchane Siranossian (Violine)

    Duello d'archi

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    Program:

    Vivaldi - Sinfonia in G-Dur für Streicher und basso continuo RV 149
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für zwei Violoncelli, Streicher und B.c. g-Moll RV 531
    Locatelli - Konzert für Violine, Streicher und b.c. c-Moll op. 3 n. 2 aus "L´arte del Violino"
    Galuppi - Sinfonia G-Dur
    Tartini - Konzert für Violine und Orchester A-Dur D 96
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für Violine, Streicher und B.c D-Dur RV 208 ´´Grosso Mogul´´

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    Venice Baroque Orchestra (14 Musiker) – Andrea Marcon (Leitung) – Chouchane Siranossian (Violine)

    Vivaldis Vier Jahreszeiten

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    Program:

    Händel - Concerto grosso Nr. 1 G-Dur HWV 319
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für zwei Violoncelli, Streicher und B.c. g-Moll RV 531
    Vivaldi - Concerto per archi g-Moll RV 157
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für Violine, Streicher und B.c D-Dur RV 208 ´´Grosso Mogul´´
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    Vivaldi - Vier Jahreszeiten op. 8

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  • Further dates upon request

    Venice Baroque Orchestra (14 Musiker) – Andrea Marcon (Leitung) – Chouchane Siranossian (Violine)

    Duello d'archi

    Details

    Program:

    Vivaldi - Sinfonia in G-Dur für Streicher und basso continuo RV 149
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für zwei Violoncelli, Streicher und B.c. g-Moll RV 531
    Locatelli - Konzert für Violine, Streicher und b.c. c-Moll op. 3 n. 2 aus "L´arte del Violino"
    Galuppi - Sinfonia G-Dur
    Tartini - Konzert für Violine und Orchester A-Dur D 96
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für Violine, Streicher und B.c D-Dur RV 208 ´´Grosso Mogul´´

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  • Further dates upon request

    Venice Baroque Orchestra (14 Musiker) – Andrea Marcon (Leitung) – Chouchane Siranossian (Violine)

    Duello d'archi

    Details

    Program:

    Vivaldi - Sinfonia in G-Dur für Streicher und basso continuo RV 149
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für zwei Violoncelli, Streicher und B.c. g-Moll RV 531
    Locatelli - Konzert für Violine, Streicher und b.c. c-Moll op. 3 n. 2 aus "L´arte del Violino"
    Galuppi - Sinfonia G-Dur
    Tartini - Konzert für Violine und Orchester A-Dur D 96
    Vivaldi - Concerto - für Violine, Streicher und B.c D-Dur RV 208 ´´Grosso Mogul´´

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    Venice Baroque Orchestra (16 Musiker) – Andrea Marcon (Leitung)

    Una festa barocca

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    Program:

    Veracini - Ouverture V in Sol minore
    Vivaldi - Concerto per archi e basso continuo in C-Dur, RV 114
    Vivaldi - Concerto in g-Moll per due violoncelli, basso continuo e orchestra, RV 531
    Vivaldi - Concerto in h-Moll per quattro violini, violoncello e orchestra
    Vivaldi - Concerto in C-Dur per flautino, orchestra e basso continuo, RV 443
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    Vivaldi - Concerto in d-Moll per due oboi, orchestra e basso continuo, RV 535
    Corelli / Gemignani - Concerto grosso “La Follia

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