Cappella Mediteranea

CAPPELLA
MEDITERRANEA

The Baroque music ensemble created and directed by Leonardo García Alarcón

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Leonardo García Alarcón, Saint-Denis 2022
Cappella Mediterranea, Auditorium de Dijon
Mariana Flores, Festival de Saint-Denis 2023
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INTRODUCING
Leonardo García Alarcón

In just a few short years, Argentine conductor, harpsichordist and composer Leonardo García Alarcón has become a leading figure in the world’s top music and opera institutions, from the Opéra de Paris to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and Geneva’s Grand Théâtre.

As a conductor and harpsichordist, he is regularly invited to perform in festivals and concert halls all over the world. In November 2018, he conducted a production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo directed by Sasha Waltz at the Berlin Staatsoper. He is a regular guest of Les Violons du Roy in Canada, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Gulbenkian Orchestra. After triumphantly directing Les Indes Galantes at the Opéra Bastille, he was named best conductor in Forum Opéra’s 2019 awards.

He divides his time between France, Belgium, his native South America and Switzerland. Transmitting knowledge is one of his top priorities, and he has taught Maestro al Cembalo at Geneva’s Haute école de musique since 2002.

In 2020, Leonardo García Alarcón became director of La Cité Bleue, a 300-seat concert hall in Geneva that is currently being renovated. It is due to open in 2024, but its programming already launched in 2023 with an initial season off-site.

 

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Octobre 2024
Novembre 2024

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Discover our repertoire through over thirty recordings for Alpha Classics, Ambronay Éditions, Ricercar and Naïve.
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le 28/03/2024 à 12:42:18

🎻 Cappella Mediterranea à l’Opéra de Dijon pour la « Passion selon saint Jean » Toujours un bonheur de retro

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le 26/03/2024 à 17:13:20

👑 Après le @festivalaix en 2022 et l’Opéra Royal du @chateauversailles.spectacles et @lesartsvalencia en 2023, la

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le 25/03/2024 à 17:12:29

📸 Les musiciens de Cappella Mediterranea dans la Passion selon saint Jean de Bach – dans la fosse et sur la scène !

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le 23/03/2024 à 10:56:54

✨👏 Grande première et standing ovation hier soir, au Felsenreischule de Salzburg ! Un magnifique succès pour la c

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le 21/03/2024 à 17:16:52

🎶 PASSION SELON SAINT JEAN Une « œuvre d’art totale » à partir de la Passion selon saint Jean de Johann Sebastian

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le 15/03/2024 à 16:35:23

📸 Début des répétitions de La Passion selon saint Jean de Bach, pour une partie de l’orchestre à l’Auditorium

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le 14/03/2024 à 18:35:52

Ouverture de La Cité Bleue Genève – concerts dans la salle 🎻 Après avoir déambulé dans tous les espaces du thé

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le 13/03/2024 à 16:14:03

Ouverture de La Cité Bleue Genève – concerts de déambulation 🎻 Après le concert inaugural par Cappella Mediterra

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le 10/03/2024 à 18:00:22

✨ Magnifique soirée d’ouverture de la @lacitebleuegeneve ! L’Orfeo de Monteverdi pour inaugurer cette salle ext

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Cappella Mediterranea

Cappella Mediterranea was founded in 2005 by Swiss-Argentine conductor Leonardo García Alarcón. As the ensemble’s name suggests, its passion is rooted in music from the Mediterranean region, and it aims to offer a new approach to Latin baroque music. Since its inception, Cappella Mediterranea’s repertoire has expanded to include madrigals, polyphonic motets and opera. The ensemble performs in over 45 concerts a year. This blending of genres defines the ensemble’s unique style, as does the rare complicity between Leonardo García Alarcón and his musicians.

Major projects in 2023 include productions of Antonio Draghi’s oratorio, Il Dono della Vita Eterna, and Philippe d’Orléans’ La Jérusalem Délivrée, in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles.

Cappella Mediterranea’s recordings include over 30 critically acclaimed albums for Ambronay Editions, Naïve, Ricercar and Alpha classics. In 2021 it released Lamenti & Sospiri (Ricercar) with Mariana Flores and Julie Roset, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo (Alpha classics), with Valerio Contaldo in the title role, and in 2022, the world premiere of Sacrati’s La Finta Pazza (Versailles spectacles). Amore Siciliano, a ‘mini Tosca’ that draws upon 17th and 18th century Italian classical and popular music, is set to be released in 2023

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