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Vesuvius Ensemble
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"An evening with Elisa Citterio"
Music by; G. Greco, A. Falconieri, N. Matteis, G.M. Trabaci, G. Strozzi, N. Matteis Junior
The brilliant violinist Elisa Citterio was Tafelmusik Music Director from 2017 to 2022. She moved to Toronto from her native Italy, where she divided her artistic life between orchestral work and an intense schedule as a chamber musician. She has recorded and toured, often as leader or concertmaster, with such ensembles as Dolce & Tempesta, Europa Galante, Accademia Bizantina, Accordone, Zefiro, la Venexiana, La Risonanza, Ensemble 415, Concerto Italiano, Orquestra del Monsalvat, Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra Academia 1750, and Balthasar-Neumann Choir & Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock). From 2004 to 2017 she was a member of the Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano.
Elisa’s arrival in Toronto has created much excitement. Just 18 months into her new position at Tafelmusik, she was awarded 2019 Leonardo Award for Arts, Science & Culture by the Italian Chamber of Commerce for her contribution to the cultural and intellectual life of Canada. North American orchestras have taken note, and upcoming appearances as guest director include Seattle Symphony, and Québec’s Les Violons du Roy.
In 2000, Elisa was selected as concertmaster and soloist with the orchestra of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, where she received intensive professional training in orchestral and chamber music repertoire, as well as violin technique. Soon after graduating, she began studying baroque violin, taking part in masterclasses with Enrico Onofri, and studying with Chiara Banchini at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and with Luigi Mangiocavallo in Rome.
Elisa Citterio’s discography includes more than 35 recordings with Accademia I Filarmonici (Vivaldi), Europa Galante (Vivaldi and Bach), Zefiro (Handel), Accordone (Storie di Napoli), Brixia Musicalis (Vivaldi Four Seasons), Accademia Bizantina (Handel and Corelli), Il Giardino Armonico (Handel and Haydn), La Venexiana (Monteverdi), Joachim Quartet (Schuster), Helianthus Ensemble (C.P.E. Bach trios), and a number of opera recordings with the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala under such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Edward Gardner, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Loribn Maazel, and Riccardo Muti.
Elisa played with Stefano Montanari in Estravagante Ensemble, and from 2014–2016 worked alongside Stefano as co-chair of the baroque violin studies program at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.
Photo; Nicola Del Maso
Featured Program
Elisa Citterio – Violin
Michelle Odorico - Violin
Felix Deák - Cello
Lucas Harris – Theorbo, Lute
Christopher Bagan - Harpsichord
Gaetano Greco (c. 1657 – c. 1728)
Toccata per cembalo
Andrea Falconieri (1585 or 1586 – 1656)
Passacaglia
Andrea Falconieri (1585 or 1586 – 1656)
l’infanta arcibizzarra
Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1650 – after 1713)
sonata, corrente alla maniera
francese , giga, ciaccona
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Andrea Falconieri (1585 or 1586 – 1656)
Soave melodia
N. Matteis Junior (1670 – 1737)
Sonata a tre preludio grave-presto- sarabanda -gavotta-lento-giga
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Gregorio Strozzi (1615 circa –1692)
"Sonata per basso solo."
Giovanni Maria Trabaci (ca. 1575 – 31 December 1647)
Gagliarde
Andrea Falconieri (1585 or 1586 – 1656)
Ciaccona folia