Europa Galante
Founded in 1990 by violinist Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante has become the most internationally renowned and awarded Italian ensemble of Baroque music. With a worldwide concert schedule, Europa Galante has performed in many of the world's major concert halls and theatres, including La Scala, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Suntory Hall, Concertgebouw, Royal Albert Hall, Musikverein, Lincoln Center, and the Sydney Opera House.Europa Galante's repertoire ranges from the operas of Handel and Vivaldi and the oratorios of Alessandro Scarlatti through the great instrumental works of the eighteenth century. The ensemble has performed at the Alessandro Scarlatti Festival in Palermo, giving the world premieres of Clori, Dorino e Amore serenata and the staged operas Massimo Puppieno, Il Trionfo dell'Onore, La Principessa Fedele and Carlo Re d'Alemagna.
Europa Galante often collaborates with the Fondazione Santa Cecilia in Rome to rediscover and restore eighteenth-century Italian operas such as Antonio Caldara's La Passione di Gesù Cristo and Leonardo Leo's Sant'Elena al Calvario. The ensemble also has a varying structure and often performs chamber music such as the string sonatas of Italian composers of the seventeenth century.
The ensemble has been nominated twice for Grammy Awards--in 2004 for its disc of Vivaldi's Concerti con molti strumenti and in 2006 for its recording of Vivaldi's Bajazet. Recent recordings include Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio La Santissima Trinità and Mozart Concertos.
Europa Galante is resident orchestra of Fondazione Teatro Due in Parma.
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