Italiano
English
Français
Deutsch
Selected musical group:
Konzert Opera Florence
For eleven years, the K.O.F. musical cultural association has been offering Baroque music concerts in selected venues of artistic interest in the city of Florence. Florence was still lacking a genuine early music festival, and filling this void has been the mission of our association. A city with such an extraordinary artistic heritage can no longer fail to have, within its vast cultural offerings, an initiative that highlights the richness of the Florentine and Tuscan musical tradition and offers its residents, and the guests who visit each year, a series of events featuring early music. Today, it is clear that the words "early music" immediately conjure up images of an art form from times long past our own, and therefore distant from our contemporary sensibilities and interests. However, this expression also refers to a cultural movement born a few decades ago and continually evolving, whose mission is to perform the music of the past on instruments and with techniques as similar as possible to those used in the era in which the music was composed. The international success of these artists demonstrates that applying philology to the music of the past allows it to be brought to the forefront, bringing it alive and authentically to contemporary audiences. In this regard, the Association has created the "Baroque Festival Florence," now in its 10th edition. This unique festival offers an annual series of concerts of Renaissance and Baroque music, featuring national and international artists, including A. Bernardini, C. Vicens, G. Giacomelli, R. Bertini, G. Nuti, M. Squillante, U. Orlandi, F. Fábri, M. Lutze, S. Foresti, G. Sasso, F. Romano, F. Cera, C. Prontera, P. Cantamessa, and E. Zanovello. Also active in the recording field, the Association has recorded and published the world premieres of the sonatas of J.G.Müthel, the trio sonatas Op.1 by A. Veracini, the oboe sonatas by D.Dreyer, the harpsichord sonatas by L.Cherubini and the motets of G.F.M.Dreyer. Our Association engages in its concert activities young and established professional Tuscan, Italian, and international musicians from leading musical groups (e.g., Modo Antiquo, the Fiesole Music School, the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Music, the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, etc.); since 2019, it has been in partnership with the "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory of Music in Florence, the Ensemble San Felice, the Marucelliana Library, and the Galileo Museum. The association is also a non-budget stakeholder in the European project "Virtual Stage," led by Giunti Psychometrics (Reference No: 2020-1-IT01-KA226-VET-008970 Erasmus+ – Call for proposals 2020. KA226 – Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness). The Association has been in partnership with the Ministry of Culture (MIC) for three years, and its Festival is recognized as one of the most important Italian festivals in the sector. The artistic director and president of the Association is Maestro Giacomo Benedetti, organist and Kappelmeister of the Church of Santa Felicita and the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte. In education, he teaches harpsichord at the Conservatories of Cosenza and Gallarate, as well as at the Fiesole School of Music. He regularly gives masterclasses in Italy for AFAM institutions, collaborates regularly as organist and harpsichordist with the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and performs extensively as conductor, organist, and harpsichordist in Italy and abroad (Japan, Mexico, the United States, Germany, Finland, France, Malta, and South Africa). The vice-president is Maestro Andrea Benucci, a Florentine lutenist and mandolinist; a concert artist, he has recorded for the labels Brilliant, Bongiovanni, and Tactus; In 2022, he was artistic director of the early music festival at the Teatro Niccolini in Florence, and in 2023 of the "Baroque Festival Sesto," a series of early music concerts held in the Municipality of Sesto Fiorentino. He is the founder of the "E. Marucelli" plectrum quartet, with which he works to rediscover the Italian heritage of this ensemble. The Association has availed itself of the collaboration of Maestro Cecilia Iannandrea, organist of the Basilicas of San Marco and Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
Musical events from 09/08/26
(0 results for your search - page 1 / 0)
We are sorry but at the moment there are no events
