We’re proud to announce the signing of pianist/composer Emiliano Messiez to Aliud Records. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently based in New York City, Emiliano is one of the most in-demand tango pianists in the US. With a versatile and unique style, he is...
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Ensemble Amalthée draws its name from Greek mythology; Amalthea was the name of the goat that saved and nursed Zeus, king of the gods. Transformed into a constellation (Capricorn) after its death, it retained its protective mission since its skin became the Aegis, pulled over...
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TRIGON ensemble is specialised in studying and performing medieval spiritual music. How medieval music sounded at the time no one can really know. What we can do is study the contemporary treatises that were written on the subject. And we can get as close as...
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Korneel Bernolet (b. 1989) is active as both a harpsichordist and a conductor.At the age of 19, he made his début with La Petite Bande (Sigiswald Kuijken). From then onwards, he is regularly invited as a soloist or ensemble player with a.o. Scherzi Musicali (Nicolas Achten), B’Rock,...
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Bob van der Ent (1982) began his violin studies with Lauri Vreeken-Bos at the age of five and subsequently studied with Jan Repko, Davina van Wely and Herman Krebbers. In 1993 he was one of the first students admitted to the special Young Talent Department at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he graduated in...
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Ensemble Rossignol (nightingale) owes its name to its first series of performances in 1998 built around De virtuoze zang van het Engels Nachtegaeltje (The virtuoso song of the English Nightingale) by Jr. Jacob van Eyck (Amsterdam, 1648). The virtuosity and the refined, musical, playful and inspiring...
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Margot Kalse studied Dutch, and specialized in Renaissance Literature at Leiden University. She then studied solo singing at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague; and she specialized in the performance practices and techniques of early vocal music at the Fontys Conservatory Tilburg, the Netherlands, where she received...
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Grand Désir’s artistic directors Anita Orme Della-Marta (Recorder, Harp) and Anne-Marieke Evers (Mezzo-Soprano) met at the beginning of their musical studies at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam in September 1997, where they specialised both in contemporary music as well as medieval and renaissance music. Later in their...
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The international ensemble Barocco Locco was founded in 1985 by Fritz Heller to perform music of the 16th and 17th centuries with the instruments and performance practice of the period. Each programme is preceded by extensive research, and the musicians play as far as possible...
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La Barca Leyden entlehnt ihren Namen von zwei Liedern “La Barca” (“die Schute”) und “Fortuna guida” von 1611 des Komponisten, Stadtmusikers und Organisten der Pieterskerk und der Hooglandse Kerk Cornelis Schuyt (1557-1616) aus Leiden. Zusammen bilden die Lieder einen Segenswunsch und außerdem eine Anspielung auf seinen eigenen Namen: “Möge...
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