Riccardo Minasi
Violinist and conductor Riccardo Minasi has been a key figure in Italy's historical performance scene, having founded the influential groups Il Pomo d'Oro and Musica Antiqua Roma. He has also conducted modern-instrument groups and is an important educator.
Minasi was born in Rome in 1978. At first, he studied modern violin with Paolo Centurioni and Alfredo Fiorentini, then switched to the Baroque instrument, for which his teachers were Enrico Parizzi and Luigi Mangiocavallo. Minasi made his name in the early music field as a violinist, performing with an impressive variety of ensembles in both Europe and North America. The former group includes Le Concert de Nations (directed by Jordi Savall), the Accademia Bizantina, and Al Ayre Español. Minasi's connections with North American artists and groups developed from invitations extended by conductor Kent Nagano. Minasi made his recording debut on the Arts Music label in 2008 with a recording of Biber's Rosenkranz sonatas. His collaborators include such diverse performers as the early music group Ensemble 415, singer Joyce DiDonato (on the album Stella di Napoli), and the sister duo pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque.
After he founded the chamber ensemble Musica Antiqua Roma in 2007, Minasi became more interested in conducting. That group specialized in Roman music of the 17th and 18th centuries, but gradually, Minasi's musical interests broadened. He is familiar with and has written academically about music from the Renaissance to the present day. His broad knowledge led to his appointment as a historical consultant to Nagano's Montreal Symphony in 2009. He issued a critical edition of Bellini's opera Norma and has performed in several innovative productions of that opera. Minasi co-founded the early music group Il Pomo d'Oro in 2012 and remained its director until 2015, assuming the direction of the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg, Austria, in 2017. Minasi has also served as artist in residence with Ensemble Resonanz at the Elbphilharmonie Hall in Hamburg, Germany, an arrangement that continued into the mid-2020s.
Minasi has a large discography as both violinist and conductor. He has recorded difficult virtuoso Baroque violin repertory by the likes of Veracini for the Naïve label and has conducted several operas on Erato. In 2020, he led Ensemble Resonanz in a recording of Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, and 41 for the Harmonia Mundi label. In 2021, he led Ensemble Resonanz in a recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, and the so-called Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major, Op. 61a, a transcription of the composer's violin concerto. Minasi returned in 2023 with a recording of Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 ("Linz"), and Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504. By then, his recording catalog comprised more than 30 items.
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Discografía
21 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36 "Linz" & 38 "Prague"
Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Sinfonías - Editado por harmonia mundi el 27 oct. 2023
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter"
Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 28 feb. 2020
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C.P.E. Bach : Cello Concertos
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Riccardo Minasi, Ensemble Resonanz
Conciertos para violonchelo - Editado por harmonia mundi el 13 abr. 2018
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Haydn : Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze
Riccardo Minasi, Ensemble Rezonanz
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 22 mar. 2019
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Vivaldi : Concerti per due violini e archi (vol. I)
Dmitry Sinkovsky, Riccardo Minasi, Il Pomo D'oro
Clásica - Editado por naïve classique el 18 nov. 2013
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Rossell: Salve Regina
Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi, Giulia Semenzato, Lucile Richardot
Música vocal sacra - Editado por harmonia mundi el 19 mar. 2021
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Antonio Vivaldi : Concerto per violino IV "L'Imperatore"
Riccardo Minasi, Il Pomo D'oro
Música concertante - Editado por naïve classique el 17 abr. 2012
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C. P. E. Bach: 6 Hamburger Sinfonien, Wq. 182
Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Clásica - Editado por Es-Dur el 17 oct. 2014
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4, Op. 58 & "6", Op. 61a
Gianluca Cascioli, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Música concertante - Editado por harmonia mundi el 5 nov. 2021
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C. P. E. Bach: 4 Sinfonien Wq 183, 6 Sonaten Wq 184
Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Clásica - Editado por Es-Dur el 14 oct. 2016
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Strauss: Metamorphosen & Wind Sonatina No. 1
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Riccardo Minasi
Clásica - Editado por Berlin Classics el 3 nov. 2023
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Bad Guys
Xavier Sabata, Riccardo Minasi, Il Pomo D'oro
Clásica - Editado por Aparté el 21 ene. 2013
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Haydn: 4 Piano Trios
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 22 abr. 2016
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Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K. 306, 376 & 454
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 18 mar. 2016
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The four seasons
Orchestra La Scintilla, Riccardo Minasi
Clásica - Editado por Philharmonia Records - Opernhaus Zürich el 15 may. 2020
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Georg Friedrich Händel : Sonates pour violon
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 1 ene. 2011
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Veracini: Sonatas For Violin And Basso Continuo
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 26 mar. 2010
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Haydn: Piano Trios
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 22 abr. 2016
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Veracini: Sonatas For Violin And Basso Continuo
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 26 mar. 2010
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Rietz & Gross: Cello Concertos & Fantasy
Klaus-Dieter Brandt, L'arpa Festante, Riccardo Minasi
Clásica - Editado por Ars Produktion el 1 jul. 2014
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Mozart: Violin Sonatas
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 18 mar. 2016
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