Luca Rizzello

Luca Alfonso Rizzello

baroque violin and viola

Loosduinsekade 186 A – 2571BW Den Haag – NL luca.alfonso@gmail.com +31 6 51065930
Born in Lecce (Italy) 11 August 1981

o Education
Diplomas
Bachelor of Music in Baroque Violin – Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2013. Class of Enrico Gatti.
Master of Music in Baroque Violin – Conservatory of Piacenza, Italy, 2010. Class of Enrico Gatti. Bachelor of Music in Baroque Violin – Conservatory of Lecce, Italy, 2006.

Diploma in Violin – Conservatory of Bari, Italy, 2006. Masterclasses and workshops

Private lessons with Ryo Terakado and François Fernandez.
Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, 2009 – 2013, chamber music and orchestral projects with Sigiswald Kuijken, Barthold Kuijken, Charles Toet, Sébastien Marq, Peter Kooij, Patrick Ayrton, Philippe Pierlot, Peter Van Heyghen and others.
Academia Montis Regalis, Mondovì, Italy, 2009, with Alessandro De Marchi, Enrico Onofri, Amandine Beyer, Alessandro Tampieri, Luigi Mangiocavallo.
Granada Musica Festival, Spain, 2008, summer course with Emilio Moreno, Catherine Manson, Corrado Bolsi.
Orchestre Français des Jeunes Baroque, 2007, with Lucy Van Dael and Christophe Rousset. Accademia Internazionale della Musica, Milan, 2006 – 2008, chamber music and orchestral projects with Mara Galassi, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Vittorio Ghielmi, Enrico Onofri, Paolo Grazzi, Stefano Montanari and others.
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o Professional experience
Ensembles

Il Pomo D’Oro – dir. Maxim Emelyanychev
Musica Temprana – Amsterdam, dir. Adrian van der Spoel 2016
Musica Poetica – The Hague, dir. Jörn Boysen
Liuwe Tamminga – Italy, recital partner 2015
The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands, dir. Pieter Jan Leusink extensive touring throughout the Netherlands, principal 2nd violin Vigo 430 – Spain, dir. Alfonso Sebastián Alegre
Santa Teresa dei Maschi – Bari, Italy, dir. Sabino Manzo concertmeister
Luthers Bach Ensemble – Groningen, dir. Tymen-Jan Bronda
Cappella Musicale Corradiana – Molfetta, Italy, dir. Antonio Magarelli concertmaster
Concerto Soave – Marseille, dir. Jean-Marc Aymes
principal 2nd violin
Silete Venti – Italy, dir. Simone Toni
principal 2nd violin
Giardino Musicale – The Netherlands, dir. Elske Timbergen
Opera 2day – The Netherlands, dir. Hernán Schvartzman
Juventus Lirica – Buenos Aires, dir. Hernán Schvartzman
Collegium Musicum Den Haag, dir. Claudio Ribeiro
Concerto Aventino – Prague, dir. Jakub Kydlíček 2011 principal 2nd violin
Orfeo Futuro – Bari, Italy, dir. Alessandro Ciccolini, Antonio Magarelli concertmaster
Le Chardon – Germany, dir. Hajo Wienroth
principal 2nd violin
Ensemble Pian & Forte – Milan, dir. Antonio Frigè

Festivals

Musica Antica da Camera, Den Haag (2010 to 2016)
Utrecht Oude Muziek (2011, 2015)
Anima Mea and Oriente Occidente, Bari – Italy (2010 to 2015)
Mars en Baroque, Marseille – France (2014)
Musica Sacra Maastricht (2013)
Grandezze e Meraviglie, Modena – Italy (2009, 2012)
Reincken Festival, Deventer – Nederland (2012)
MiTo, Milan – Italy (2009, 2010)
Grad Teatar in Budva and Ars and Musica Antiqua in Perast – Montenegro (2006, 2010)
2016 – present
2015 – present 2010 – present

2015 – present 2015 – present
2014 – present 2013 – present

2013 – 2015 2013 – 2014

2012 – present 2012 – 2014 2012 – 2013 2011 – present

2010 – present 2010 – present 2007 – 2011
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Artistic direction

Ensemble Prothimia, music from 17th Century Italy, www.prothimia.com
Antiqua Manent, Lecce – Italy, early music festival, www.antiquamanent.com, since 2010 Mainely Baroque, University of Maine, U.S.A., visiting artist, teacher (see YouTube “Mainely Baroque 2015”)
The Bach Orchestra of the Netherlands

Cappella Musicale Corradiana Luthers Bach Ensemble Collegium Musicum Den Haag Allegoria Ensemble
Recordings

J. S. Bach, Matthew Passion, 2010 and 2013 G. F. Handel, Messiah, 2013
W. A. Mozart, Opera Arias for Soprano principal 2nd violin, 2014

W. A. Mozart, Requiem, Coronation Mass principal 2nd violin, 2014
V. A. Cozzoli, Passio Iesu Domini, 2013
J. S. Bach, Magnificat, concertos and cantatas, 2014 “Empfindsam”, orch. works by Bach’s sons, 2015 “L’Anima Oscura”, music from 17th Cent. Italy, solo violin, 2015

Publications
Prothimia Suavissima, sonatas partially attributed to Antonio Bertali (1672): critical edition and source research, Musedita, Italy 2011

Traditional music experience

Research into the traditional repertoire and Pizzica Pizzica dance from Salento (South of Italy). Founder of the ensemble BTQ Ballati Tutti Quanti, specializing in the traditional music of Salento. Guest lecturer and performer in specialized festivals such as Festival della Tarantella, Bologna (2015); Gran Bal Trad, Torino (2001 – present); Zingaria, Foggia (1998 – present).

Extensive touring worldwide with the Salentinian group Alla Bua (1998 – 2006). Recordings: Ttacca banda (2004) and Zunfunie (2012) with BTQ.

Stella Lucente (1999), Alla Bua (2002) and Limamo (2004) with Alla Bua.
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