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Ensemble Odyssee is a collective of young baroque musicians who seek new
interpretative paths in early music. The group combines a strong interest in
historical performance practice and in unearthing new repertoire with a yen for
improvisation and experimentation.
Ensemble Odyssee
Ensemble Odyssee performs regularly in concert series throughout Germany,
The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Austria, including such noteworthy venues as
the Konzerthaus Berlin, summerwinds festival, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam,
Kunsthalle Lingen, Noorderkerk Amsterdam, Minimekerk Brussels, and
Muziekgebouw aan ’t Ij Amsterdam. Radio recordings include live broadcasts by
the Dutch Classical Radio 4 and Concertzender Amsterdam, as well as TV
channel Cultura24 and Dutch national channel Nederland 2. As a chamber group,
Ensemble Odyssee was prize winner of Amsterdam’s prestigious International
Van Wassenaer Concours in 2011, and most recently has welcomed eminent
guest artists such as Claron McFadden.
In 2013, Ensemble Odyssee launched their debut CD on the German label PanClassics, featuring little-known Neapolitan composers such as Pietro Marchitelli
and Antonio Farina as well as Alessandro Scarlatti. The Cd has gotten enthusiastic
reviews by the International press, amongst which Diapason and BBC 3. In 2014
their second CD "Gaetano Veneziano: Christmas in Naples" has been published
on the same label and again was greeted with great enthusiasm among reviewers
in Europe: BBC Music Magazine selected it as their Christmas Choice and other
reviews in International Record Review, Diapason, Early Music Magazine followed.
In 2015 Ensemble Odyssee will publish two more Cd's with music by Gaetano
Veneziano and Attilo Ariosti, a joint project with Italian countertenor Filippo
MIneccia.
Born in Florence, Filippo Mineccia begins his musical studies very early
in the prestigious School of Music of Fiesole, singing in the polifonic
choir. After that he continues studying cello, obtaining a degree in the
Conservatory “Luigi Cherubini ” in Florence. In the same period he
started discovering his voice and earned a degree with Gianni Fabrini, at
the same Conservatoire. In October 2011 it has obtained his final
degree in singing with highest honours
with professor Donatella
Debolini.
Filippo Mineccia
In these years he works with groups like Il Complesso Barocco, La Capella de
la Pietá de Turchini, Collegium Marianum, Accademia Bizantina, Divino Sospiro,
Orquesta de Cambra de Zurigo, Orquesta Barroca Catalana, Orquesta
Barroca Nereydas, Auser Music o Estro Armonico. And worked with directors
like Alan Curtis, Antonio Florio, Ottavio Dantone, Ruben Jais, Filippo Maria
Bressan, Gwennolè Rufet, Manuel Valdivieso, Enrico Onofri and Carlo Ipata.
Orchestra of 1 countertenor + 17 - 19 musicians
Filippo Mineccia – countertenor
Andrea Friggi – harpsichord, conductor
2 recorders • 2 oboes • 2 bassons [optional 1] • 6 violins • 2
violas • 2 cellos • 1 violone • 1 theorbo • 2 harpsichords • 2
trumpets [optional]
Mineccia also participated as a soloist in several important Festivals of ancient
music. Among the most important is the performance of the Passion and the
Stabat Mater by Francesco Provenzale with the Capella de Turchini during the
Festival Misterya Paschalia in Krakow (March 2009), the role of San Pietro in
the Passione by A. Caldara during Festival de la Chaise Dieu in France (Agoust
2007), Haendel Dixit Dominus and Purcell’s Te Deum with Orchestra Barroca
Catalana (February 2009) , as well as Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and
“Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell (April 2005). Also notable is his
participation in the recording “L’adorazione dei Magi” in Naples directed by
Antonio Florio (Glossa Records), as well as Haydn’s Missa Cellensis with the
Camerata Strumentale di Prato, directed by Filippo Maria Bressan.
Attilio Ariosti
A musical journey in the life of a 18th century diplomat and musician
Attilio Ariosti can be counted amongst one of the most interesting musical
figures of the beginning of the eighteenth century. A priest, born in Bologna,
Ariosti served at several European courts in Germany, Austria, and France
where he got acquainted with diplomats, monarchs and philosophers such as
Leibniz. He was considered a virtuoso singer and a great performer on many
instruments, including the viola d’amore, for which he composed a substantial
amount of music.
Attilio Ariosti
On top of the success which he has reached with the several oratorios,
probably written for the Viennese court, he earned great popularity after
moving to London. There he composed operas for the same theatre as
Handel and Bononcini. His daring harmonic writing was noticed by Rameau
who quoted his opera Coriolano as the best example of expressive musical
writing.
The present program draws a line from the alto arias by Ariosti from his early
oratorios until his last operas in a breath-taking recital with emerging vocal
talent Filippo Mineccia. He is accompanied by Ensemble Odyssee, in a big
chamber orchestra setting, as it was customary in the English theatres where
Ariosti was used to work on par with Handel and Bononcini.
Guest Artist: Filippo Mineccia (Alto)
Programme concept: Andrea Friggi, Filippo Mineccia
Duration: 65 minutes of music
A programme of more than usual interest […] performed with such
commitment and artistry that one is compelled to listen … a really enticing
disc, proving that ‘authenticity’ in performance need not mean a reduction in
musical enjoyment and enlightenment.
Robert Matthew-Walker – International Record Review, December 2014
[...] it is the instrumental ensemble led by Andrea Friggi that makes us admire an inventive and sharp
performance and a generous sound. Diapason 2013, Sophie Roughol
Press
What a joyous disc this is – a seductive blend of foot tapping rhythms, beguiling melody and casually virtuosic vocal
fireworks! ... Ensemble Odyssee are complete masters of their recital; the vocalists [Filippo Mineccia, Jenny Högström] are
uniformly splendid, with limpid tone and throw-away virtuosity when (frequently) required.
Alastair Harper – Early Music Review, December 2014
Ensemble Odyssee’s approach is fresh and unconstrained. Lingener Tagespost 2012
Stichting Ensemble Odyssee
Herengracht 65b
1018CC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
M. +31 6 24 33 45 12 (Anna Stegmann)
E. info@ensembleodyssee.com
Feel free to inquire us about bookings, prices, and
programme possibilities!
Contact
Photography:
Minjas Zugic, 2014; Katarzyna Kosiniec, 2012 (cover)
www.filippomineccia.com
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