Personal Interests
My main `non-academic' interests are on Medieval, Renaissance and
Baroque Music.
My favorite singers are:
My favorite groups are:
- The Consort of Musicke
- Les Arts Florissants
- The Tallis Scholars
- The Gothic Voices
- Concerto Vocale
- Hesperion XX
- La Capella Reial de Catalunya
- The Taverner Consort, Choir and Players
- Gabrieli Consort and Players
- English Baroque Soloists
- Monteverdi Choir
- The Hilliard Ensemble
- The Academy of Ancient Music
- The Sixteen Choir and Players
- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Choir
- London Baroque
- New London Consort
- The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
- The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
- Concentus Musicus Wien
- The Bach Ensemble
My favorite composers are:
- Hildegard von Bingen
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Carlo Gesualdo
- Luca Marenzio
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Giovanni Perluigi de Palestrina
- John Dowland
- William Byrd
- Thomas Morley
- Orlando di Lasso
- Josquin des Pres
- Clement Janequin
- Claude de Sermisy
- Tomas Luis de Victoria
- Francisco Guerrero
- Heinrich Schütz
- Dietrich Buxtehude
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- George F. Handel
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Henry Purcell
- Marc Antoine Charpentier
not necessarily in this order.
I have been very lucky (you know, being at the right place at the right time) to
attend performances of some of the above mentioned singers and groups: Emma Kirkby
and Anthony Rooley at the Concert Hall of Newcastle University Conservatorium (NUC),
Australia, April 1996; Emma Kirkby with Tafelmusik
at Trinity St Paul's Center, Toronto, Canada, April 2003; Tafelmusik Baroque
Orchestra and Choir in Sing Along Messiah at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada,
December 2003 (amazing experience !!); Andreas Scholl at St. James's Church,
Sydney, Australia, January 1998; Hesperion XX and the
Capella Reial de Catalunya at the Concert Hall of Sydney Opera House (SOH),
Australia, March 1996; Philarmonia Orchestra and Monteverdi Choir under John
Eliot Gardiner at Westminster Cathedral, London, UK, March 1998; London
Philarmonic Orchestra and Choirs of St Paul's and Westminter Cathedrals at
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK, March 1998; English Chamber Orchestra under
David Hill at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK, March 1998; Australian Chamber
Orchestra under Christopher Hogwood at Newcastle City Hall, Australia, May 1996;
Australian Chamber Orchestra and Stockholm Bach Choir under Anders Ohrwall at the
Concert Hall of SOH, Australia, December 1997; The Tallis Scholars
under Peter Phillips at the Concert Hall of SOH and Sydney Town Hall, Australia in two
consecutive days on July 1995, and at Newcastle City Hall, Australia, October 1997;
Les Arts Florissants under William Christie at the Auditorio Nacional, Madrid,
Spain, January 2001; The Gabrieli Consort and Players at the Auditorio Nacional,
Madrid, Spain, January 2001; The Hilliard Ensemble, Turin, Italy, 1988.
Between 1976 and 1994 I sung with the Coro Pablo Casals (under
Mario Zeppa), an independent choir in Rosario. Between 2001 and 2006, I sung with
Pro Música Gregoriana (under Claudio Morla), a group of the
Conjunto
Pro Música de Rosario specializing in
Gregorian Chant. Since April 2004 I have been singing with the Coro
Estable de Rosario (under Cristián Hernández Larguía), an independent choir
in Rosario, with 60 years of choral tradition. Since 2008 I have been singing with
Pro Musica Antiqua (under Cristián Hernández Larguía). During
1987/1988 I sung with the Coro
dell'Accademia del Santo Spiritu di Torino (under Sergio Ballestracci),
Turin, Italy. Between 1994 and 1998 I sung with the Newcastle University
Choir (under Peter Brock), Newcastle,
Australia, and from September 2002 to September 2003 I sung with London Pro
Musica (under Ken Fleet), a chamber choir based in London, Ontario, Canada.
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